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Google App Script : Pasting Values only in new spreadsheet

I have a dashboard on a gsheet spreadsheet, with one sheet being an overview. It has tables generated by various QUERY Functions. I want to create a script that would make a copy of this sheet only, and save it into a new Spreadsheet, stored on a Google Drive folder.
I managed to do this, but then the result does not display my queries, it just copies the formula.
Here is my code :
function CopyToSpreadSheet() {
//Source sheet
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sourceSheet = ss.getSheetByName("MTS");
//Name new sheet in target SpreadSheet
var formattedDate = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT", "yyyy-MM-dd' 'HH:mm:ss");
var name = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getName() + " Archive " + formattedDate;
//Create new spreadsheet
var newss = SpreadsheetApp.create(name);
var newss_id = newss.getId();
var newfile = DriveApp.getFileById(newss_id);
newfile.moveTo(DriveApp.getFolderById('1EUFJcySQ_Mv8qD8OzYUX1QniXQy2gjw0'));
//open target SpreadSheet
var target = SpreadsheetApp.openById(newss_id);
//CopyTo...
var targetSheet = sourceSheet.copyTo(target);
targetSheet.setName(name);
return;
}
So, i've been trying the CopyTo parameters {contentsOnly:true} and SpreadsheetApp.CopyPasteType.PASTE_VALUES, which gives me The parameters (SpreadsheetApp.Spreadsheet,(class)) don't match the method signature for SpreadsheetApp.Sheet.copyTo for the ContentsOnly parameter, and The parameters (SpreadsheetApp.Spreadsheet,SpreadsheetApp.CopyPasteType) don't match the method signature for SpreadsheetApp.Sheet.copyTo for the CopypasteType.
At this point, I have no idea how to fix this, but it is clearly coming from me not knowing how to handle this. I've also tried to use .makeCopy, but there was no parameter to force the copy to use the Values and not the formula in itself.
Any ideas? I'm open to anything at this point!
Thanks in advance :)

I believe your goal is as follows.
From your title of Google App Script : Pasting Values only in new spreadsheet and I want to create a script that would make a copy of this sheet only, and save it into a new Spreadsheet, stored on a Google Drive folder., you want to copy only the values from the source sheet to the target sheet in a new Spreadsheet by using Google Apps Script.
Modification points:
First, about the reason for your issue of So, i've been trying the CopyTo parameters {contentsOnly:true} and SpreadsheetApp.CopyPasteType.PASTE_VALUES, which gives me The parameters (SpreadsheetApp.Spreadsheet,(class)) don't match the method signature for SpreadsheetApp.Sheet.copyTo for the ContentsOnly parameter, and The parameters (SpreadsheetApp.Spreadsheet,SpreadsheetApp.CopyPasteType) don't match the method signature for SpreadsheetApp.Sheet.copyTo for the CopypasteType., I thought that you might have used the method of copyTo(destination, options) of Class Range to Class Spreadsheet. If my understanding is correct, such an error occurs and the reason for this is due to it.
In order to copy only the values from a source sheet to a destination sheet, I thought that there might be the following 2 patterns.
Pattern 1:
In this pattern, getValues and setValues are used.
function CopyToSpreadSheet() {
// Source sheet side.
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sourceSheet = ss.getSheetByName("MTS");
var range = sourceSheet.getDataRange();
// This is from your script.
var formattedDate = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT", "yyyy-MM-dd' 'HH:mm:ss");
var name = ss.getName() + " Archive " + formattedDate;
var newss = SpreadsheetApp.create(name);
var newss_id = newss.getId();
var newfile = DriveApp.getFileById(newss_id);
newfile.moveTo(DriveApp.getFolderById('1EUFJcySQ_Mv8qD8OzYUX1QniXQy2gjw0'));
// Destination sheet side.
var target = SpreadsheetApp.openById(newss_id);
var targetSheet = target.getSheets()[0];
targetSheet.setName(sourceSheet.getSheetName()); // If you don't want to rename sheet name, please remove this line.
targetSheet.getRange(range.getA1Notation()).setNumberFormats(range.getNumberFormats()).setValues(range.getValues());
}
When this script is run, only the values are copied from the source sheet to the destination sheet. In this sample, the number format is also copied.
Pattern 2:
In this pattern, copyTo methods of Class Sheet and Class Spreadsheet are used.
function CopyToSpreadSheet() {
// Source sheet side.
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sourceSheet = ss.getSheetByName("MTS");
var tempSheet1 = sourceSheet.copyTo(ss);
var tempRange1 = tempSheet1.getDataRange();
tempRange1.copyTo(tempRange1, { contentsOnly: true });
// This is from your script.
var formattedDate = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT", "yyyy-MM-dd' 'HH:mm:ss");
var name = ss.getName() + " Archive " + formattedDate;
var newss = SpreadsheetApp.create(name);
var newss_id = newss.getId();
var newfile = DriveApp.getFileById(newss_id);
newfile.moveTo(DriveApp.getFolderById('1EUFJcySQ_Mv8qD8OzYUX1QniXQy2gjw0'));
// Destination sheet side.
var target = SpreadsheetApp.openById(newss_id);
var tempSheet2 = tempSheet1.copyTo(target);
var targetSheet = target.getSheets()[0];
targetSheet.setName(sourceSheet.getSheetName()); // If you don't want to rename sheet name, please remove this line.
const tempRange2 = tempSheet2.getDataRange();
tempRange2.copyTo(targetSheet.getRange("A1"));
// Remove temp sheets.
ss.deleteSheet(tempSheet1);
target.deleteSheet(tempSheet2);
}
When this script is run, not only the values but also background colors, font styles, and so on are copied from the source sheet to the destination sheet.
References:
getValues()
setValues(values)
copyTo(spreadsheet) of Class Sheet
copyTo(destination, options) of Class Range

Since no example given I'm assuming you are using the Query function without importrange which only works within the same spreadsheet.
Try:
=query(importrange("URL", "Dashboard!A1:A"), "select Col1", 0)
Replace the URL with your Source Spreadsheet URL and the Range to refer to.
Source Spreadsheet:
Result:
This is the result I got using your code, only the drive folder ID was changed. I am able to get the actual data/values not only the formula.
Explanation:
The reason is using the normal Query function it can only get data from the same Spreadsheet file. Same with normally pasting your Query formula in a different spreadsheet, it will not be able to get the data. For it to be able to Query data from other Spreadsheet you need to use it with importrange.
Also don't forget to change access to the file so those who use it for Query will actually be able to retrieve the data.
Reference:
Query From Another Spreadsheet

How to make a dynamic source for .getRange() in Apps Script?

Original Question:
I have multiple tabs in a Google Spreadsheet that represent different data sources. Currently, I have a variable (var = quote1location) that is equal to the sheet name that I would like to get my data from based on other logic.
Pretend that quote1location can equal 'Sheet1', 'Sheet2', or 'Sheet3' depending on the logic but for this case, it equals 'Sheet1'.
var totalpeople = quote1location.getRange('A1').getValue();
In the function above, Apps Script will return an error saying 'quote1location.getRange is not a function' because Apps Script is not substituting the value of the variable that I have designated ('Sheet1') but is using the variable name ('quote1location' instead. I would like Apps Script to process this as 'Sheet1.getRange('A1').getValue()'.
Your help would be appreciated
Answer:
Thank you all for your responses. What I was trying to do is use a string in the 'getRange()' function. Pretend I had two Google Sheets named 'Sheet1' and 'Sheet2' and I had a variable that helped me determine what sheet to grab as my data reference. I was trying to set a variable as either (var source = 1) or (var source = 2) so that I could then use this variable in my getRange() function like this: ('Sheet' + source).getRange('A1').getValue();
What I was trying to do here is if var source = 1, then I would get my data from 'Sheet1'. If the var source = 2, then I would get my data from 'Sheet2'.
The issue (as mentioned by those who responded) is that I was trying to use .getRange() on a string, not an object like a specific spreadsheet. Instead of using var source = 2 or var source = 1 I should be using
ss = SpreadSheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
if(somevariable = somecondition){
var source = ss.getSheetbyName('Sheet1')
}
if(someothervariable = someothercondition){
var source = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet2')
}
Now when I use getRange()' on 'source', it will be calling the sheet that I have designated rather than trying to retrieve a range from a string which will not work.
Thank you very much to all who provided feedback.

I believe you are looking to do:
const quote1Location = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
.getSheetByName(`Sheet1`)
const totalPeople = quote1Location.getRange(`A1`).getValue()
Alternatively:
const spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
const quote1Location = `Sheet1`
const totalPeople = spreadsheet.getSheetByName(quote1Location)
.getRange(`A1`)
.getValue()
Whether these are the exact syntax you're hoping to use or not, I hope this helps you better understand how to accomplish accessing a Sheet.

How to place notes from different source sheet in Google Spreadsheets

I've been struggling trying to find a method to place information from a cell (a range of cells) as comments in a different cell (range of cell) in a different sheet.
Something like this, if I have Apple in Cell A1 in Sheet1 I want Apple to be inserted as a comment in Cell F1 in Sheet 2.
I tried coming up with something like this.
//I'm still working on this I have not been able to make this work//
//Ideally this will put the phone numbers as comment's in the needed cases//
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var targetsheet = ss.getSheetByName("report");
var sourcesheet = ss.getSheetByName("Sheet1");
var nrange = sourcesheet.getRange(2, 3, sourcesheet.getLastRow(), 1)
var sourcenotes = [nrange.getValue()]
var notes = targetsheet.getRange(2, 6, sourcesheet.getLastRow(),1)
notes.setNotes(sourcenotes);
As you can read this is not working I've tried different methods but none is working so I come to you guys for help.

The function "setNotes" takes a 2 dimension array, the value should be like this setNotes([sourcenotes]). Check the documentation.
Also if you are going to set the note for just one cell, i would recomend to use the function setNote. Here is an example on that function.

Looping through cells in Google Spreadsheet

I've been busy trying to use the build-in javascript in Google Spreadsheet, however, not having worked in either javascript or Google Spreadsheet, i'm having a few difficulties.
My script is supposed to read a number (1-3) in a cell, and from that number parse an image to the cell below (I've been using the setFormula command for this).
So far it's working for 1 cell (B6 as i've choosen right now), but i would like to loop through a column with numbers in every other cell (So that after the script has run, it's number-picture-number-picture etc) - i just can't figure out how.
The code i'm using right now:
function numbtoimage() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var url = 'IMAGE("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/bpqy8o796casqjl/belt.JPG?dl=0", 2)';
var url2 = 'IMAGE("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/4q8sakhkpot0h65/belt2.JPG?dl=0",2)';
var url3 = 'IMAGE("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kvsf4z6z45rcg53/belt3.JPG?dl=0",2)';
var cell = sheet.getRange("B6")
var data = cell.getValue()
if(data==1) {cell.offset(1, 0, 1).setFormula(url);}
else if(data==2) {cell.offset(1, 0, 1).setFormula(url2);}
else if(data==3) {cell.offset(1, 0, 1).setFormula(url3);}
}
I've looked at This similar problem, but have been unable to make it work for my case.
Any help is greatly and truly appreciated!
Nicklas

You need some sort of loop to go through the data. I Would suggest a FOR loop.
Your script is currently written to get one single cell value, rather than all the values.
So it might be an idea to get all values in one go, then check whats in them.
Also from you question, it's not clear where the numbers will be found.
Only in column B?
Here is a quick example (untested), that goes through column B looking for a number and it should insert the link in the cell below based on that number. This code is based on your original example and untested but hopefully it helps.
function numbtoimage() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var url = 'IMAGE("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/bpqy8o796casqjl/belt.JPG?dl=0", 2)';
var url2 = 'IMAGE("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/4q8sakhkpot0h65/belt2.JPG?dl=0",2)';
var url3 = 'IMAGE("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kvsf4z6z45rcg53/belt3.JPG?dl=0",2)';
var values = sheet.getValues();
for(i=0; i < values.lenth ; i++){
if(values[i][1]==1) {sheet.getRange(i+2, 2).setFormula(url);}
else if(values[i][1]==2) {sheet.getRange(i+2, 2).setFormula(url2);}
else if(values[i][1]==3) {sheet.getRange(i+2, 2).setFormula(url3);}
}
}

Google Spreadsheet Determine lowest number in a row of cells

I'm new to this site for the main purpose that I plan to pursue a career in programming. I've landed my first job at an engineering company who is asking me to set up a system in which they can easily determine the time between a job being filed, and it's completion. We're using spreadsheet docs right now to accomplish certain pieces of this.
I'm looking to create a custom function in Google Docs that will allow me to traverse the array of values in row C and then compare it with a number that the function was called with, compare the number to the number in the array and give me which one is the smaller number. EDIT: The function will be called on another sheet called "parsed data" located in the same project file. It's purpose is to automatically file the order number of a current project (just for the sake of being organized) All the other functions I plan to implement will be based off of this order number being correct.
So far, I've gathered this much (I'm learning this on the fly because I still lack experience, so bear with me.)
{
/**created by Alexander Bickford for use at Double E Company
*sorts through a range of values to determine the lowest next value
*returns lowest determined value of next cell
*/
//List Of To Be Implemented Functions
// sheet.appendRow
function setValue(num)
{
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet('parsed data');
var ss = ss.getSheets()[0];
var myRange = ss.getRange("C:C").getValues();
newValues = [];
for(i=1;i<=myRange;i++) //Loop to traverse the C range and find the lowest value.
{
if(num<=range[3][i])
{
}
else
num = range[3][i];
}
return num;
}
}
when I call the function in the spreadsheet, I'm getting an error passed that says:
error: ReferenceError: "SPREADSHEET_ID_GOES_HERE" is not defined. (line 8, file "Code")
Google predefines some functions at the top that look like this:
/**
* Retrieves all the rows in the active spreadsheet that contain data and logs the
* values for each row.
* For more information on using the Spreadsheet API, see
* https://developers.google.com/apps-script/service_spreadsheet
function readRows() { <---Line 8 in the file
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var rows = sheet.getDataRange();
var numRows = rows.getNumRows();
var values = rows.getValues();
for (var i = 0; i <= numRows - 1; i++) {
var row = values[i];
Logger.log(row);
}
};
* Adds a custom menu to the active spreadsheet, containing a single menu item
* for invoking the readRows() function specified above.
* The onOpen() function, when defined, is automatically invoked whenever the
* spreadsheet is opened.
* For more information on using the Spreadsheet API, see
* https://developers.google.com/apps-script/service_spreadsheet
function onOpen() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var entries = [{
name : "Read Data",
functionName : "readRows"
}];
sheet.addMenu("Script Center Menu", entries);
};
End Code I don't need */
I assume it has something to do with the earlier lines (I pointed out line 8). Any thoughts?

Below code is working fine for me.
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var myRange = ss.getRange("C:C").getValues();
newValues = [];
for(i=1;i<=myRange.length;i++)
{
Logger.log(myRange[i]);
}

Looking at your code, it seems like you have a few problems.
You seem to be mixing up "sheets" with "spreadsheet", and your redundant declaration of "ss" as a variable is bound to cause you some problems.
You seem to be passing in arguments to the incorrect methods. I had this same problem when working with the Google App script earlier. It took a lot of poking around Google's Documentation (which you should really take a look at: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/). You seem to be making the same mistake I did, coding by analogy. looking at Google's sample code and trying to replicate is bound to bump you into some trouble.
Some useful advice:
The most confusing thing to wrap your head around is the structure: spreadsheet>>sheet>>range, you have to explicitely deal with the one's on top before moving to the one's on the bottom.
Remove the 'parsed data' argument from getActiveSpreadsheet(), it should be blank. What you want to use is "getSheetByName("parsed data")" and pass that into a sheet variable.
In your for loop, you also need to use the ".length" method, or use the ".getLastRow()" method with a sheet object to find the last row in your sheet.
Your code might look something like this:
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet1 = ss.getSheetByName("parsed data");
var endRowNumber = sheet1.getLastRow();
//insert rest of code