Google Sheets "EDITOR", (1 person) cannot edit any cells. Other EDITORs (2 people) can. Please help. Not sure where to go to be able to allow this one EDITOR to edit an individual cell. Two other persons have the same EDITOR status and ARE able to edit cells.
Have recent invitation the user to see if this would open up permission to edit the cells. It did not. Have looked at settings, but see nothing about individual permissions to be granted.
Have you checked if protected ranges are present in this sheet (Data/Protected sheets and ranges)? This is a separate setting to access permissions.
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I've created form in google sheet, so that multiple users can add data, modify & delete.
However, it is not working properly when multiple users are working on it simultaneously.
For an example, two people are working on the sheet. User A and User B. If user A is typing something user B is also able to see and user B will be able to enter the detail, but it will change the details which are being entered by user A. Technically same sheet is opened for both the users and details keeps on changing what users are changing.
Ideally, if user A is entering some details user B should not be able to see it and form should be blank or unique for user B, so that both the data won't clash. I want it to be like the way google form is there wherein form will be blank when any user is opening it. (I have tried google form for my work, but as there are too many drop downs google form takes time to load and work gets slow that the reason I am trying to find the option in google sheet).
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Above is the google sheet which you can open and check the form and coding. Also, please test it with a different id to test for multiple users.
Let me know if there is any workaround for this. Also, let me know if you need any other details.
Answer:
This just isn't possible. Sheets is meant to be a collaborative tool; what's edited by one person will always show up for others. You need to use a different tool, for example like a Google form for data entry, but having data not being edited in other open versions is just not workaroundable.
I have a list of flags classified in three filters (drop-down lists). The problem is that the drop-down list does not work in reading mode, only in editor mode. I just wanted people to see the lists and be able to interact. Is it possible to use this option in some way without having to be in editor mode?
Editor mode
https://imgur.com/keuA6mq
Reading mode (link shared)
https://imgur.com/THz0yQk
The implementation you are looking for is not possible using view only (Read only) permission on Google Sheets due to the fact that when someone makes changes to the selected cell via the dropdown menu, this will count as an "Edit".
A workaround I could suggest is to set the view to Edit and protect all cells on the sheet with the exception of the cells with dropdown list (Data validation) and set the edit permission access to only yourself. Here's more information on how to protect an entire sheet or range/s of cells:
Protect, hide, and edit sheets
I have this same problem and I'm growing frustrated. How in the world such simple blunder could escape the creators of Google Sheets? Obviously, if someone creates a spreadsheet with drop-downs in a range of cells, and said spreadsheet is to be shared with other users who will be granted limited edit permissions for certain parts of the spreadsheet, it is more than obvious that the creator of the spreadsheet wants his or her users to see and make use of the drop-downs, BUT also wants to make sure that nobody will accidentally delete the data validation contained in the cells (in other words, the drop-down itself). This is so obvious. I don't understand why Google Sheets hasn't yet come up with an extra permission (or a special 'edit' permission) where users can see and interact with a drop-down while in edit, but without the ability of deleting or accidentally changing the cell validation in any way. It would be like, you see it and you can interact, but you can't delete it or change the validation. Simple and nothing but common sense. Come on Google Sheets... let's get to it, please. It shouldn't be too hard to enable such partial edit permissions.
I have a scenario where a fixed number of individuals (say 4-5) will be entering data to the same Google Sheet. So basically I will be the owner of the Google Sheet and will be sharing it with 4-5 individuals. What I need is; a certain individual A should only see data entered by him and not by rest of the individuals. How can I achieve this? All the individuals will need to enter their data to this sheet so all of them will have 'Editor' permissions. But then a specific individual A should not have access to what others are entering. It's ok if A can see data entered by himself.
this issue is recommended to be handled by series of IMPORTRANGEs and individual spreadsheets for each person where you as "administrator" will gather data from each minion into your master spreadsheet. this way no one will get access to sensitive data apart from you. in case there is a subset of the dataset you need to share you can export it into each spreadsheet from your master sheet.
I am trying to work on a google sheet where one Tab will be an entry form and another will be a database. I need the form to be used by multiple users. Currently the Form tab displays all changes to other users so multiple users cannot use it at the same time.
Is there a way to allow 1 user to see their own entries and a 2nd user to see different entries. When they press my button it should record their individual entries on the database tab.
I cannot use Google Forms for this project due to the complexity of the form and the need for cascading drop-down lists and dynamically available information on the form.
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After researching extensively, the answer to my question is that there does not seem to be a good way of doing this.
My final approach was to create a tab for each user with the calculations, cascading dropdowns, and buttons/scripts that affected their specific sheet and recorded data on the database tab based on their specific sheet.
Hopefully, this helps the next guy who is searching for this answer. If anyone has found a way to solve this, let me know so I can test and give you credit for solving what I could not.
I have a public spreadsheet and I want to restrict users from editing what others did write so they can only edit their own posts, is that possible?
For anonymous editors that is impossible but if you have users' e-mail addresses, there is a way to specify protected range or sheet for each user.
In Google sheets click Data -> Protected sheets and ranges. It opens a toolbar on the right side of the screen. There you can define desired range to be protected. Give that range a name and click "Set permissions". Now set editing permissions to "Restrict who can edit this range" and from the dropdown list select "Custom" and write editor's e-mail in the box below. Done!