Undefined error on google spreadsheet script - google-apps-script

Question

I am desperately looking for some help about an error I keep getting when running a function on a Google Spreadsheet.
I have written all the code and I get two situations:
if I run the script from the sheet where it is supposed to work, I get the error "Oops
We're sorry. The server encountered an error. Please press "OK" to refresh the sheet" even though all the operations are actually completed below the error popup.
if I run the script from another sheet the script is completed successfully.
I thought this problem could have been related to the active sheet function, so I started debugging to find a solution. I noticed I get absolutely no problems with all of the code except a part in which I ask the spreadsheet to make some operations on the columns: first to create a new one, then to resize two of them and eventually to delete one.
I am attaching all the code so that you can get a better idea of what the script is doing.
Thank you for your attention.
Tony
function forecastSettimanale() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var data = sheet.getDataRange();
// I need to operate on a column that has TOT written on its top, and its
// position can vary
var k = 1;
while (k <= data.getNumColumns()) {
var startRange = sheet.getRange(1, k, 1);
var value = startRange.getValue();
if(value == 'TOT') {
var flagColumn = startRange.getColumn(); //
}
k++;
}
sheet.insertColumnsBefore(flagColumn, 1);
sheet.setColumnWidth(flagColumn - 1, 40);
sheet.setColumnWidth(flagColumn, 50);
sheet.deleteColumn(flagColumn - 6);
sheet.setColumnWidth(flagColumn, 100);
}
NEW edited code with your suggestion:
function forecastSettimanale() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var data = sheet.getDataRange();
var searchElement = 'TOT';
var firstRow = 1, firstColumn = 1, rows = 1;
var lastColumn = sheet.getLastColumn();
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
var range = sheet.getRange(firstRow, firstColumn, rows, lastColumn).getValues();
var flagColumn = range[0].lastIndexOf(searchElement) + 1;
sheet.setColumnWidth(flagColumn - 1, 40);
sheet.deleteColumn(flagColumn - 6);
sheet.insertColumns(flagColumn - 1);
var cellLeggiData = sheet.getRange(2, 3, 1);
var cellData = sheet.getRange(1, flagColumn - 1, 1);
cellData = cellData.setValue(cellLeggiData.getValue());
var last_row = sheet.getLastRow();
var copiaDa = sheet.getRange(2, flagColumn, last_row - 1);
var copiaA = sheet.getRange(2, flagColumn - 1, last_row - 1);
copiaDa.copyTo(copiaA, {contentsOnly: true});
for (var i = 35; i <= lastRow; i+=33) {
var cellaFormula = sheet.getRange(i, flagColumn, 1);
var rigaPrecedente = i - 1;
var totN = sheet.getRange(rigaPrecedente, flagColumn, 1);
var totFore = sheet.getRange(rigaPrecedente, flagColumn - 1, 1);
var letteraColonna = String.fromCharCode(64 + flagColumn);
var letteraColonnaMenoUno = String.fromCharCode(63 + flagColumn);
cellaFormula.setFormula("=" + letteraColonnaMenoUno + rigaPrecedente + "-" + letteraColonna + rigaPrecedente);
}
sheet.setColumnWidth(flagColumn - 1, 100);
sheet.showColumns(flagColumn - 6, 6);
}

Answer 1

I can not reproduce the problem. The code in question works without problem, as you indicate. Maybe you have to do some validations such as, for example, in sheet.deleteColumn(flagColumn - 6); What if flagColumn is less than 6?
I modified a bit the way to get the column that is needed.
/* CODE FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES */
function forecastSettimanale() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var searchElement = 'TOT';
var firstRow = 1, firstColumn = 1, rows = 1;
var lastColumn = sheet.getLastColumn();
var range = sheet.getRange(firstRow, firstColumn, rows, lastColumn).getValues();
var flagColumn = range[0].lastIndexOf(searchElement);
if (flagColumn > -1) {
++flagColumn;
sheet.insertColumnsBefore(flagColumn, 1);
sheet.setColumnWidth(flagColumn - 1, 40);
sheet.setColumnWidth(flagColumn, 50);
sheet.deleteColumn(flagColumn - 6);
sheet.setColumnWidth(flagColumn, 100);
}
}
Try to debug line by line to determine the method generates the error, that way it will be easier to find a solution.