Using Google Sheet, data were entered into cells before the data gets transferred into a 'database' page.
Problem:
1) After the transfer completed, previous entries were replaced by the new entries.
2) Database would start at a different row (i.e. row 35) instead of row 1.
Question: What caused the two problems, and how to solve the problems?
Below is my script. Thanks in advance!
function setValue(cellName, value) {
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getRange(cellName).setValue(value);
}
function getValue(cellName) {
return SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getRange(cellName).getValue();
}
function getNextRow() {
return SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getLastRow() + 1;
}
function addTrade(a,b,c,d,e,f,g) {
var row = getNextRow();
setValue('Meta4!B' + row, a);
setValue('Meta4!C' + row, b);
setValue('Meta4!D' + row, c);
setValue('Meta4!E' + row, d);
setValue('Meta4!F' + row, e);
setValue('Meta4!G' + row, f);
setValue('Meta4!H' + row, g);
}
function submitTrade() {
addTrade(new Date(), getValue('Dashboard!N3'), getValue('Dashboard!N4'), getValue('Dashboard!N5'), getValue('Dashboard!N6'), getValue ('Dashboard!N7'), getValue('Dashboard!N8'));
var app = SpreadsheetApp;
var activeSheet = app.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
activeSheet.getRange('Dashboard!N3:O8').clearContent();
}
Possible Issues:
getLastRow executed on a incorrect sheet
Possible datavalidation dropdowns/unrecognised values up to row 35
Code repeats
Solutions
Get sheet first and then execute getLastRow
Remove Data validations from sheet
Use DRY principle
Flow:
Get source sheet values as a array, add current date to it and transpose the array.
Get lastRow from target sheet and setValues the modified array.
Sample Script:
function transposeWithDate() {
var cfg = {
ssh: 'Dashboard',//sourceSheet
sRng: 'N3:N8',//sourceRange
tsh: 'Meta4',//targetSheet
dt: new Date(),
};
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var source = ss.getSheetByName(cfg.ssh);
var values = source.getRange(cfg.sRng).getValues(); //[[1],[2],[3]]
var target = ss.getSheetByName(cfg.tsh);
var lastRow = target.getLastRow();
values.unshift([cfg.dt]); //add Date
var transposedVal = [ //transpose values [[date,1,2,3]]
values.map(function(e) {
return e[0];
}),
];
target
.getRange(lastRow + 1, 2, transposedVal.length, transposedVal[0].length)
.setValues(transposedVal);
}
References:
Arrays
Array#Unshift
Array#map
Best Practices
DRY Principle
Related
To get this specific function to work, I'm trying it out in a simple test sheet.
I've got two sheets(STATUS and FEBRUARI) in the FEBRUARI sheet I've selected a certain cell. This cell has a value. What I want the script to do is to look at that value, find that value in the STATUS sheet(say it finds it in A1) and return the value in B1 to a cell note in the selected cell in the FEBRUARI sheet. As example: in the cell it says "Project 6" and the cell-note gives info about this project.
This is what I got. This gives me a certain value(-1) but it doesn't seem to matter where i put the lookupvalue.. it always returns -1.
// My Script
function noteSetter() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var lookupvalue = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getActiveCell().getValue();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName("STATUS"); //source sheet
var sheet2 = ss.getSheetByName("FEBRUARI"); //result sheet
var cellnote = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getActiveCell();
var lc = sheet.getLastColumn()
var lookup = sheet.getRange(1,1,1,lc).getValues() //
var index = lookup.indexOf(lookupvalue)
cellnote.setNote(index);
// This part will actually run the script once it's up and running
function onOpen() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var entries = [{
name : "Set cell note",
functionName : "noteSetter"
}];
sheet.addMenu("Scripts", entries);
};
}
var lookup = sheet.getRange(1,1,1,lc).getValues();
var index = lookup.indexOf(lookupvalue)
The first line returns a 2D array. indexOf() only works on flattened arrays. Try using:
var lookup = sheet.getRange(1,1,1,lc).getValues()[0];
According to Google preferably use getCurrentCell() instead of getActiveCell() because it returns the current highlighted (or selected) cell.
Also your onOpen() function should be outside of your noteSetter() function otherwise it is not being called when the spreadsheet opens.
The following code will do what you want for a sheet like yours. If the data order is altered you have to alter the range formulas accordingly.
/*
* This function will run when the Spreadsheet is opened and,
* will add a Menu item for the noteSetter function
*/
function onOpen() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var entries = [{
name : "Set cell note",
functionName : "noteSetter"
}];
sheet.addMenu("My Menu", entries);
};
function noteSetter() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName("STATUS"); //source sheet
var sheet2 = ss.getSheetByName("FEBRUARI"); //result sheet
var noteCell = sheet2.getCurrentCell();
var lookUpValue = noteCell.getValue();
// Search through Col C in "STATUS" sheet to get the matching row
// You need to transpose the lookUpRange
var lookUpRange = sheet.getRange(2,3,sheet.getDataRange().getLastRow(),1).getValues();
lookUpRange = transpose(lookUpRange);
var index = lookUpRange[0].indexOf(lookUpValue); // Starts at 0
var row = index + 2; // One for the omitted header and one because rows start at 1
var note = sheet.getRange(row,7).getValue();
noteCell.setNote(note);
}
// You need to transpose to avoid looping through the array
function transpose(a)
{
return Object.keys(a[0]).map(function (c) { return a.map(function (r) { return r[c]; }); });
}
A novice on app scripts, but managed to successfully build my own script through much research, but now my script is running into errors. Below is my current code:
function MyFunction() {
var sss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var ss = sss.getSheetByName('Daily Sales');
var range = ss.getRange('B8:H83');
var data = range.getValues();
var OUrange = ss.getRange('K8:Q83');
var OUdata = OUrange.getValues();
var ts = sss.getSheetByName('Tracker');
ts.getRange(ts.getLastRow()+1, 1,data.length, data[0].length).setValues(data);
ts.getRange(ts.getLastRow()+1, 1,OUdata.length, OUdata[0].length).setValues(OUdata);
}
In the Daily Sales sheet I am copying values from columns B-H and K-Q and pasting them in the last row of the Tracker sheet starting at Column A. The Daily Sales values in Col. K-Q are pasted correctly below the B-H values, so happy with those results.
On the Tracker sheet these values are in Columns A-G. However I have since added formulas in Columns I and J based on the script data and a manual entry in Column H. These formulas are copied down the entire column within the sheet (i.e. row 5000). Since adding these formulas, the script is now pasting values in A5001.
I realize it is because of these formulas, but is there a way to update my script to paste in the last row of column A while maintaining those formulas in Columns I and J? Thanks in advance.
You could create a helper function that computes the first free row of a given column (NOT a column with formulas)
function MyFunction() {
var sss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var ss = sss.getSheetByName('Daily Sales');
var range = ss.getRange('B8:H83');
var data = range.getValues();
var OUrange = ss.getRange('K8:Q83');
var OUdata = OUrange.getValues();
var ts = sss.getSheetByName('Tracker');
var values = data.concat(OUdata).filter(function (r) {return r[0]});
var fr = findFirstFreeRow(ts, 1) // second parameter represents column to check for first free row
ts.getRange(fr, 1,values.length, values[0].length).setValues(values);
}
function findFirstFreeRow(sheet, colNum) {
var v = sheet.getRange(1, colNum, sheet.getLastRow()).getValues(),
l = v.length,
r;
while (l >= 0) {
if (v[l] && v[l][0].toString().length > 0) {
r = (l + 2);
break;
} else {
l--;
}
}
return r;
}
See if that helps?
After deleting the extra empty rows from your 'Tracker' sheet, you can use the appendRow function to create a new row with the manual values (leaving the cells that need formulas blank).
After the manual values are in, you can then get the cells that need formulas and use setFormula on them.
For the sake of brevity, if you wanted column A,B,C,E,F to have manual values and column D to have a formula you would do:
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
sheet.appendRow(['A','B','C','','E','F']);
sheet.getRange(sheet.getLastRow(),4).setFormula('=FORMULA(HERE)');
I'm struggle with this script. I need to search for today date, once match it return column number (done!). I need a script to do the same with row number. The script I have is works fine if I keep only one table on that sheet, but I have more tables and if I use values.length -1 will return last row from the sheet. Also, every table might not have a fixed row numbers, so need to be dynamic.
This is the script I have so far:
function getTodaysTotal() {
function toDateFormat(date) {
try {return date.setHours(0,0,0,0);}
catch(e) {return;}
}
var values = SpreadsheetApp
.openById("id")
.getSheetByName("Q3 - W27 - 39")
.getDataRange()
.getValues();
var today = toDateFormat(new Date());
var todaysColumn = values[5].map(toDateFormat).map(Number).indexOf(+today);
var output = values[values.length - 1][todaysColumn];
var emailDate = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(today),"GMT+1", "dd/MM/yyyy");
And that's a screen shoot of my table.
table
Hope it make sense. I have the column number and I need to find row number that contain Total.
Thank you!
Kind regards
You have to loop through an array of data which is probably the fastest.
Have a look at the below script and implement in your existing.
Not sure if it is only one column where you are looking but for example column C:
for (i in values){
if (values[i][2]=='Total'){
Logger.log(i);
var nr = i
}
}
var nr now contains i as the row number it found the word "Total" in column C (the #2 after [i]).
you can then use the variable in anything that you would like after the first closing bracket.
I add this to my script, but I get undefined on output. I get the right value if I use logger log, but I also get an empty value (undefined). So I need only the first value.
function getTodaysTotal() {
function toDateFormat(date) {
try {return date.setHours(0,0,0,0);}
catch(e) {return;}
}
var values = SpreadsheetApp
.openById("id")
.getSheetByName("Q3 - W27 - 39")
.getDataRange()
.getValues();
for (i in values){
if (values[i][0]=='Total'){
var nr = i;
var newNr = parseInt(nr);
// Logger.log(nr);
var today = toDateFormat(new Date());
var todaysColumn =
values[5].map(toDateFormat).map(Number).indexOf(+today);
var output = values[newNr][todaysColumn];
Logger.log(output);
var emailDate = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(today),"GMT+1", "dd/MM/yyyy");
// Logger.log(todaysColumn);
// Logger.log(output);
// return values[values.length - 1][todaysColumn];
}
}
if (output == undefined) {
GmailApp.sendEmail("email#company.com", "test data", "Today, " +emailDate +" we had no calls made or no values are inputed.");
}
else if (output == "") {
GmailApp.sendEmail("email#company.com", "test data", "Today, " +emailDate +" we had no calls made or no values are inputed.");
}
else {
GmailApp.sendEmail("email#company.com", "test data", "Today, " +emailDate +" we had " +output + " calls made.");
}
}
I am trying to loop through the whole row in my google sheet and copy some of the data from one sheet to another. The list will get longer over time.
More specifically: If input in column B equals "blue", than copy the values from column A and C into another sheet.
Do this for all columns till the end of the column.
Link to my spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xnLygpuJnpDfnF6LdR41gN74gWy8mxhVnQJ7i3hv1NA/edit?usp=sharing
The loop stops when the colour does not equal blue. Why?
As you can see I used a for loop. Is that even the way to go?
Can I do anything about the speed of the code execution?
Any comments, hints or help are highly appreciated.
Regards!
You had the input sheet named "List" and I named the output sheet "Output". And here's the code.
function condCopy()
{
var s = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sht = s.getSheetByName('List')
var drng = sht.getDataRange();
var rng = sht.getRange(2,1, drng.getLastRow()-1,drng.getLastColumn());
var rngA = rng.getValues();//Array of input values
var rngB = [];//Array where values that past the condition will go
var b = 0;//Output iterator
for(var i = 0; i < rngA.length; i++)
{
if(rngA[i][1] == 'blue')
{
rngB[b]=[];//Initial new array
rngB[b].push(rngA[i][0],rngA[i][2]);
b++;
}
}
var shtout = s.getSheetByName('Output');
var outrng = shtout.getRange(2,1,rngB.length,2);//Make the output range the same size as the output array
outrng.setValues(rngB);
}
You have 2 options. The first is to use the standard query() function from Google Sheets to get the values. The downside here is that it is only a reference of the values. So you cannot reorder them, etc. To use this, place this in cell A1 and it will pull the Headers and retrieve the values from column A and C:
=QUERY(A:C, "select A, C where B = 'blue'", 1)
For a Google Apps Script answer:
This will loop through your List sheet and for every row where column B is blue it will save the values in column A and C to column A and B of the new sheet:
function doIt(){
var activeSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Sheet4");
var lastRow = activeSheet.getLastRow();
var lastCol = activeSheet.getLastColumn();
var targetValues = [];
var sourceSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("List");
var lastSourceRow = sourceSheet.getLastRow();
var lastSourceCol = sourceSheet.getLastColumn();
var sourceRange = sourceSheet.getRange(1, 1, lastSourceRow, lastSourceCol);
var sourceData = sourceRange.getValues();
var activeRow = 0;
//Loop through every retrieved row from the Source
for (row in sourceData) {
//IF Column B in this row has 'blue', then work on it.
if (sourceData[row][1] === 'blue') {
//Save it ta a temporary variable
var tempvalue = [sourceData[row][0], sourceData[row][2]];
//then push that into the variables which holds all the new values to be returned
targetValues.push(tempvalue);
}
}
//Save the new range to the appropriate sheet starting at the last empty row
activeSheet.getRange(lastRow + 1, 1 , targetValues.length, 2).setValues(targetValues);
}
Of course, you could pass the value to test to the function by replacing 2 lines. The first, defining the function:
function doIt(testingvar){
to pass a variable called testingvar, and the test line to replace the hard coded test with the passed variable:
if (sourceData[row][1] === testingvar) {
I am attempting to send an array through the callback and having no luck. Let me explain my intent and perhaps an expert out there can send me some ideas for how to solve this dilema.
I have creates a spreadsheet that collects data. I then have a UI script which pulls row data into a flex table for a user to process by clicking a checkbox. I created a separate flex table that contains the checkboxes which the user checks or leaves blank. In my script I need to send an array that contains the checkbox condition. Why? Because I also need the row # or array placement that I can push to the spreadsheet to send the correct updated status for the data.
The script only pulls data that needs action into the UI. Thus I may be acting on Rows 1,3,4,5,and 8 of the spreadsheet but on the UI flextable the row that correspond to the data are rows 1,2,3,4,5 thus the row assignments don't match. BUT if I use an array I can capture that the row pulled was 1,3,4,5,and 8 and then update the spreadsheet accordingly.
However, that is the problem when I try to callback my array labeled offset[inc] I cannot get it to work I get run errors of cannot find method addcallback and cannot get it to work.
Recommendations on how to send an array through the addcallback method or alternate recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Sean Nutzman
function doGet(e){
var app = UiApp.createApplication();
//Create Caption Panel
var captionPanel = app.createCaptionPanel('Detention Attendance').setWidth('350px').setHeight('75px').setStyleAttribute('fontWeight', 'bold').setStyleAttribute('fontSize', '24px');
//Add a widget to caption panel
captionPanel.add(app.createLabel("Please enter attendance for Detention by clicking the checkbox next to the student's name if they were present. Then click Sumbit."));
//add the caption panel to the application
app.add(captionPanel);
var panel = app.createHorizontalPanel();
var flexTable = app.createFlexTable().setStyleAttribute('border', '2px solid black')
.setStyleAttribute('borderCollapse','collapse')
.setBorderWidth(2)
.setCellSpacing(50)
.setCellPadding(6);
//Get Data from spreadsheet
var spreadsheetId = '0Aup0nXQ4K-pydFREb1FFcTFYX3lOenNQenR1Q01jQ1E'; //Change this to the Spreadsheet ID
var dataArray = getData(spreadsheetId);
var inc = 1;
//Load data into table cells
for (var row = 0; row<dataArray.length; row++) {
var booleanCheck = dataArray[row] [17];
var offset = new Array();
if (booleanCheck == "" || booleanCheck == "Date Served") {
if (row > 0) {
Logger.log("Row value = " + row);
var ticketDate = dataArray[row] [0];
var dateStamp = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(ticketDate), "America/Chicago", "MM/dd/yyyy");
dataArray[row] [0] = dateStamp;
var ticketDate2 = dataArray[row] [16];
var dateStamp2 = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(ticketDate2), "America/Chicago", "MM/dd/yyyy");
dataArray[row] [16] = dateStamp2;
flexTable.setText(row, 1, dataArray[row][2].toString());
flexTable.setText(row, 0, dataArray[row][0].toString());
flexTable.setText(row, 2, dataArray[row][16].toString());
offset[inc] = row; inc++;
Logger.log('Inc variable = ' + inc);
Logger.log('Offset = ' + offset[inc-1]);
} else {
Logger.log("Inside ELSE row is not > 0");
Logger.log("Row value here = " + row);
flexTable.setText(0, 1, "Student's Name").setStyleAttribute(0, 1, 'fontWeight', 'bold');
flexTable.setText(0, 0, "Date Assigned").setStyleAttribute(0, 0, 'fontWeight', 'bold');
flexTable.setText(0, 2, "Date Delinquent").setStyleAttribute(0, 2, 'fontWeight', 'bold');
}
}
}
Logger.log(offset);
panel.add(flexTable);
var check1 = app.createCheckBox().setName('ch1');
var check2 = app.createCheckBox().setName('ch2');
var check3 = app.createCheckBox().setName('ch3');
var check4 = app.createCheckBox().setName('ch4');
var check5 = app.createCheckBox().setName('ch5');
var check6 = app.createCheckBox().setName('ch6');
var check7 = app.createCheckBox().setName('ch7');
var check8 = app.createCheckBox().setName('ch8');
var check9 = app.createCheckBox().setName('ch9');
var submitButton = app.createButton("Submit");
var handler = app.createServerClickHandler('updateStatus');
handler.addCallbackElement(check1)
.addCallbackElement(check2)
.addCallbackElement(check3)
.addCallbackElement(check4)
.addCallbackElement(check5)
.addCallbackElement(check6)
.addCallbackElement(check7)
.addCallbackElement(check8)
.addCallbackElement(check9)
.addCallbackElement(offset);
submitButton.addClickHandler(handler);
handler.addCallbackElement(check1)
.addCallbackElement(check2)
.addCallbackElement(check3)
.addCallbackElement(check4)
.addCallbackElement(check5)
.addCallbackElement(check6)
.addCallbackElement(check7)
.addCallbackElement(check8)
.addCallbackElement(check9)
.addCallbackElement(offset);
var table = app.createGrid(11,1).setStyleAttribute('border', '2px solid black')
.setStyleAttribute('borderCollapse','collapse')
.setBorderWidth(2)
.setWidth('75px')
.setCellSpacing(5)
.setCellPadding(6);
table.setStyleAttributes({textAlign: "center"});
table.setStyleAttribute('fontWeight', 'bold').setText(0, 0, 'Attendance');
table.setWidget(1,0, (check1));
table.setWidget(2,0, (check2));
table.setWidget(3,0, (check3));
table.setWidget(4,0, (check4));
table.setWidget(5,0, (check5));
table.setWidget(6,0, (check6));
table.setWidget(7,0, (check7));
table.setWidget(8,0, (check8));
table.setWidget(9,0, (check9));
table.setWidget(10,0,(submitButton));
panel.add(table);
app.add(panel);
app.close();
return app;
}
What I usually do is to convert the array to a string and write it on the widget's tag.
Then I can retrieve it using e.parameter.widgetName_tag in the handler function. At this point I can split it to get back the array : e.parameter.widgetName_tag.split(',');
You'll have to be careful when choosing the join and split character since your data might contain a comma (which is the default separator in arrays)... I often use a | or any other 'uncommon' character (Ë,Í;∆) in combination with join('∆') and split('∆') so I'm sure I get the array back as it should.
Of course the widget must be included in the callBackElement but this is easily achieved by using the highest level parent UiApp element as callBackElement.
Last comment : try to use widget Ids that will simplify your life ... for example use Ids containing a number that corresponds to the array index ( chk0, chk1, chk2...) so that you can easily retrieve the numeric value to use in your handler function using something like this :
Number(e.parameter.source.replace(/[a-z]/ig,''))
which will give you a number that identifies which checkBox is the origin of the handler call so you can write :
var arrayElement = e.parameter.widgetName_tag.split(',')[Number(e.parameter.source.replace(/[a-z]/ig,''))];
var array = ['foo','poo'];
var arrayString = JSON.stringify(array);
At that point, just attach arrayString to a callback element and voila! Then in the handlerFunction, you access it out with e.parameter.arrayString and then parse it to return it back to an array like so:
var array = JSON.parse(e.parameter.arrayName);
//array = ['foo','poo']