I have a Google Form that is dumping data into this Google Sheet. The data from the form can be very long, with paragraph breaks which causes the row height to be very very tall.
So I found the following script and it works (mostly), except that if I set the second number (35 in this case, aka 'num_rows') to 999 it says it's out of bounds.
function ResizeRows() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
// Sets the rows to height of 21 pixels
sheet.setRowHeightsForced(2, 35, 21);
}
Is there a way I can have the num_rows portion be dynamic so it'll run no matter if the sheet has 50 or 100 rows?
You get the error because you can only set height of existing rows.
Besides, it seems the row height set in advance does not apply to rows appended upon new responses.
You may consider to setRowHeightsForced with a onSubmit function.
I figured it out, I added a maxrows function and subtracted one since I'm ignoring the top (header) row.
function ResizeRows() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
// This example assumes there is a sheet
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var form = ss.getSheetByName("Form Responses 1");
var total = form.getMaxRows()-1;
// Sets the rows to height of 21 pixels
sheet.setRowHeightsForced(2, total, 21);
}
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I have a chart in Google Sheets, the "Data Range" is as follows...
MIR!J1:K4547,DIR!K1:K4547
What I am trying to do is reference a cell value for sheet "MIR" and "DIR" values.
Let's say I edit cell A1 to ZIR...
then the data range changes to
ZIR!J1:K4547,DIR!K1:K4547
I searched intensively in Google but maybe I am not using right keywords, will appriciate some feedback on this...
I'm not sure what type of chart you are trying to get, but you could create a dynamic range, however, this would only work for a line graph.
Choose any cell and enter this formula: =A1&"!K1:J4547"
Go to Data > Named Ranges and make the cell with the formula the named range. (This step is optional, but will make things easier)
You can now use this range for other formulas, for example, if you want a line graph: =SPARKLINE(INDIRECT(dynamicRange))
Reference: https://www.benlcollins.com/formula-examples/dynamic-named-ranges/
While writing this, I also realized a different work around, but using the same idea. Using the QUERY function, you can grab cell values, without needing to change the chart range. For example, placing the formula =QUERY(INDIRECT(A3)) in a cell, will grab all the values from DIR!K1:J4547. Changing the value of A1 in the sheet will change the sheet that it grabs from. From there, set the chart range to wherever you place the QUERY formula.
You could also just do =QUERY(INDIRECT(A3)), the named range is not necessary.
Hope this was helpful!
What I had done is the following
I created an empty spreadheet and used 3 columns on that sheet to construc the chart. Then I have created a script (I know very dirty code but it works).
The script replaces the data on the last sheet I created as follows:
function replace() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('CHART'); // or whatever is the name of the sheet
var range = sheet.getRange(1,1);
var range2 = sheet.getRange(1,2);
var data = range.getValue();
var data2 = range2.getValue();
var sheetFrom = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName(data);
var sheetTo = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("ChartData");
var sheet2From = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName(data2);
var sheet2To = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("ChartData");
// Copy from 17th row, 4th column, all rows for one column
var valuesToCopy = sheetFrom.getRange(1, 10, sheetFrom.getLastRow(), 1).getValues();
var valuesToCopy2 = sheetFrom.getRange(1, 11, sheetFrom.getLastRow(), 1).getValues();
var valuesToCopy3 = sheet2From.getRange(1, 11, sheet2From.getLastRow(), 1).getValues();
//Paste to another sheet from first cell onwards
sheetTo.clearContents();
sheetTo.getRange(1,sheetTo.getLastColumn()+1,valuesToCopy.length,1).setValues(valuesToCopy);
sheetTo.getRange(1,sheetTo.getLastColumn()+1,valuesToCopy2.length,1).setValues(valuesToCopy2);
sheetTo.getRange(1,sheet2To.getLastColumn()+1,valuesToCopy3.length,1).setValues(valuesToCopy3);}
For changing the Data Range I pulled data from the cells.
The rows in my sheet have a fill color in column A of that particular row. I want to be able to use a macro or maybe for loop to search for these rows with the color identifier, copy and paste them below, return to the row where I was and continue the search until the I've hit the bottom of the original list.
Update -
Basically I want to start with a sheet like this.
Google Sheet before macro
and have the end result look like this
Google sheet post macro
If I understand you correctly, you want to loop through each row in your sheet and copy/paste the ones which have a certain background color in column A after the last row. If that's the case, then you could use something along the following lines using Google Apps Script (you would have to create a script bound to your spreadsheet):
function appendRows() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var color = "#582323"; // Please change accordingly
var firstRow = 1;
var numRows = sheet.getLastRow() - firstRow + 1;
var column = 1;
var numCols = sheet.getLastColumn() - column + 1;
var range = sheet.getRange(firstRow, column, numRows); // Get column A
var backgrounds = range.getBackgrounds(); // Get backgrounds of each cell in column A
for (var i = 0; i < backgrounds.length; i++) { // Iterate through each cell in column A
if (backgrounds[i][0] == color) { // Check background color
var rowToCopy = sheet.getRange(i + 1, column, 1, numCols); // Row to be copied
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow(); // Row index to copy to
rowToCopy.copyTo(sheet.getRange(lastRow + 1, column, 1, numCols)); // Copy row to the bottom
}
}
}
Notes:
Please change the background color you want to look for.
Check inline comments for more information on what the script is doing, line by line.
Reference:
getBackgrounds
getRange
copyTo
I hope this is of any help.
I am trying to get a conditional formatting formula that highlights groups of duplicated cells in a column, but that also differentiates among them.
When I use the formula =COUNTIF($J:$J,J1)>1, I get:
123 (green)
123 (green)
345
567
765 (green)
765 (green)
812 (green)
812 (green)
876
But I want something more like:
123 (green)
123 (green)
345
567
765 (yellow)
765 (yellow)
812 (red) (or green again)
812 (red) (or green again)
876
I don’t necessarily need different colors for each group (although that would be really nice), but at least two colors that alternate between the groups, so I can't easily visually differentiate between two adjacent group of duplicated cells.
For that last part, I am working with the formula =isodd(match($J2,unique($J$2:$J))) (plus one with iseven to use it with another color), the problem with this one is that it also highlights unique cells (which I don’t want).
Is there is a way to combine the two or another formula altogether that accomplish this?
Add this script and your sheet will highlight duplicated rows.
It automatically updates every time you edit the sheet.
So you can insert rows, or add rows or change rows and it will still update correctly.
You can look up how to install the script, but its easy. Let me know if stuck.
function onEdit() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getActiveSheet();
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
var range = sheet.getRange(1,1,lastRow);
sheet.getRange("A1:A").setBackground("white");
var rowValues = range.getValues();
var color1 = "#DBAB30"; // light yellow
var color2= "#3DA843"; // light green
var color = color1;
if (lastRow < 2) return; // do nothing if only 1 row.
var dupCount=0;
var row;
for (row=1; row<=lastRow; row++)
{
if (row == lastRow){ // check if past the last row.
applyBackground(row-1,dupCount);
}
else{
if (rowValues[row][0] == rowValues[row-1][0])
{
dupCount++;
}
else
{
applyBackground(row-1,dupCount);
dupCount=0;
}
} // end if not last row
} // end loop
function applyBackground(row,dupCount){
if (dupCount > 0)
{
var colorRange = sheet.getRange(row-dupCount+1,1,dupCount+1);
colorRange.setBackground(color);
if (color == color1) {color = color2} else {color=color1};
}
}
}
Produces this output:
Which I think is what you asked for?
This isn't quite what you're looking for, but you can apply this formula starting in row 2 to identify the odd groups:
=and(or(A2=A1,A2=A3),isodd(sumproduct((A$1:A1<>A$2:A2)*(A$2:A2=A$3:A3))))
and similarly for the even groups:
=and(or(A2=A1,A2=A3),iseven(sumproduct((A$1:A1<>A$2:A2)*(A$2:A2=A$3:A3))))
If you tried to apply this to row 1, you would get a #REF! error. The only way I could come up with to identify a repeated value starting in row 1 was to add a third rule applied to the whole range:
=and(A$1=A$2,countif(A$1:A1,"<>"&A1)=0)
and to modify the original formulas to
=and(or(A2=A1,A2=A3),isodd(sumproduct((A$1:A1<>A$2:A2)*(A$2:A2=A$3:A3))+(A$1=A$2)))
and
=and(or(A2=A1,A2=A3),iseven(sumproduct((A$1:A1<>A$2:A2)*(A$2:A2=A$3:A3))+(A$1=A$2)))
I found this code in another post. For Google Sheets, basically it copies the color formatting in the "Status" tab and colors in the matching cells in "Monday".
function colorCodeRevised() {
var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
var lr=ss.getSheetByName("Monday").getLastRow() // get last row of sheet1
var lc=ss.getSheetByName("Monday").getLastColumn() //get last column of sheet1
var lr1=ss.getSheetByName("Status").getLastRow() // get last row of sheet2
var lc1=ss.getSheetByName("Status").getLastColumn() ////get last column of sheet2
var sv=ss.getSheetByName("Monday").getRange(5,2,1,lc-15).getValues() // get vehicles. startrow,startcolumn,numrows to return,numcolumns to return
var sn=ss.getSheetByName("Monday").getRange(6,1,lr-5,1).getValues() // get names
var s1=ss.getSheetByName("Status").getRange(2,1,lr1-2,lc1)//exclude legend. squarebackets is sheet numbermm 0=1, 1=2
var rng1=s1.getValues() // get sheet2 data
var rng2=s1.getBackgrounds() // get background colors of dheet2 data
var test= sn.length
var test1= sv.length
var test2=rng1[0].length
var col=1 //column for vehicles on sheet1
for(var m=0;m<sv[0].length;m++){ //for each vehicle
col=col+1 //add one to vehicle column
for(var n=0;n<sn.length;n++){ //for each name
for(var i=0;i<rng1.length;i++){ //loop sheet2 data
for(var j=0;j<rng1[0].length;j++){
if(rng1[i][j].indexOf(sv[0][m])>-1 && rng1[i][j].indexOf(sn[n][0])>-1){ //if sheet2 data cell contains vehicle and name
var c=ss.getSheetByName("Monday").getRange(n+6, col).setBackground(rng2[i][j]) //set color of vehicle and name on sheet1
}}}}}
}
I have a very similar spreadsheet to this but I am struggling to make it run not only for Monday but for all the days of the week. I could make 6 identical scripts but I feel like it would be too taxing having the sheet run 7 scripts every time a change needs to be made. The cells that I want to be colored are in the exact same pattern/order as Monday. For example if C6 on Monday is red, C6 on Tuesday should also be red. Can anyone help me make this script color the same cells from Tuesday-Sunday as it does Monday, without it taking 7 times as long to run?
To your specific question; I think all you really need to do is add a loop with a list of the sheets you want to modify. From there, you can just make everything a variable. That solution is shown last.
Before I just let you off with that though, I'd like to suggest a few changes ^_^
Getting that code-sample and making it work for your sheet was great! I liked the concept and I get where you are with organizing all of that data. I made some changes that (I think) might help you out.
Most of these changes were made with the intention of bringing the logic out of the script and into the sheet. The phenomenal thing about using the formulas in the sheets is that they are optimized by Google very well. If you could break down what you're looking to do into code-snippets that Google has implemented, things get much faster.
Suggested changes:
Status page
Changed to matrix of users and roles. Each role that someone plays has an x in it. In the future, you can populate this matrix based on a form input if that's what you're going for.
Set A1 to contain all of the conditional formatting needed to properly color the table on the day pages.
Manually colored the role headers since I didn't want to re-do all the conditional formatting in A1 and hierarchical conditional formatting isn't a thing.
Day pages
Each cell in the color table now has a formula in it that will set the value to the role based on whether the user in that row has an x in that role on the status page.
Based on the text in those cells, they are colored to have the class' selected color for the text and background.
The script
Can be configured at the top with a list of pages to change and the location of the cell with the formatting.
I wish I could have created the formatting rules in the script, but that functionality isn't available yet. Hopefully it will be implemented when Google gets to this issue
Grabs the cell with the formatting
Loops through each page
Gets the color table
Copies the formula (in the script) and the formatting to the table
Finally, it adds a custom menu at the top that can be used to call the function named "Script tools".
Advantages
You only need to copy the formulas and formatting to each sheet once
When changes are made in status, they are immediately reflected on the proper page
Alternate solution
link to my sheet
link to make an editable copy in your drive
/* Loops through all whitelisted sheets and applies a pre-defined format to the table on each.
*
* Michael Kenworthy 12/21/16
*/
//Set-up variables
var whitelist = ["Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday"]
var colorKeySheet = "Status"
var colorKeyFormatCell = "A1"
var colorTableRange = "B6:M"
var doc = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
function formatting() {
statusSheet = doc.getSheetByName(colorKeySheet);
formatCell = statusSheet.getRange(colorKeyFormatCell);
for(var i=0; i<whitelist.length; i++){
sheet = doc.getSheetByName(whitelist[i])
colorTable = sheet.getRange(colorTableRange);
cell = colorTable.getCell(1, 1)
cell.setFormula('if(not(isblank(INDIRECT("Status!R"&MATCH($A6,Status!$A:$A,0)&"C"&MATCH(B$5,Status!$1:$1,0),false))),B$5,)')
formatCell.copyTo(cell, {formatOnly: true});
cell.copyTo(colorTable)
}
}
function onLoad(){
// Or DocumentApp or FormApp.
ui.createMenu('Sheet tools')
.addItem('Apply formatting to day sheets', 'formatting')
.addToUi();
}
Solution to original question
var whitelist = ["Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday"]
function colorCodeRevised() {
var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
var lr1=ss.getSheetByName("Status").getLastRow() // get last row of sheet2
var lc1=ss.getSheetByName("Status").getLastColumn() ////get last column of sheet2
var s1=ss.getSheetByName("Status").getRange(2,1,lr1-2,lc1)//exclude legend. squarebackets is sheet numbermm 0=1, 1=2
var rng1=s1.getValues() // get sheet2 data
var rng2=s1.getBackgrounds() // get background colors of dheet2 data
for(var sheetNum=0;sheetNum<whitelist.length;sheetNum++){
var lr=ss.getSheetByName(whiltelist[sheetNum]).getLastRow() // get last row of sheet1
var lc=ss.getSheetByName(whiltelist[sheetNum]).getLastColumn() //get last column of sheet1
var sv=ss.getSheetByName(whiltelist[sheetNum]).getRange(5,2,1,lc-15).getValues() // get vehicles. startrow,startcolumn,numrows to return,numcolumns to return
var sn=ss.getSheetByName(whiltelist[sheetNum]).getRange(6,1,lr-5,1).getValues() // get names
var col=1 //column for vehicles on sheet1
for(var m=0;m<sv[0].length;m++){ //for each vehicle
col=col+1 //add one to vehicle column
for(var n=0;n<sn.length;n++){ //for each name
for(var i=0;i<rng1.length;i++){ //loop sheet2 data
for(var j=0;j<rng1[0].length;j++){
if(rng1[i][j].indexOf(sv[0][m])>-1 && rng1[i][j].indexOf(sn[n][0])>-1){ //if sheet2 data cell contains vehicle and name
var c=ss.getSheetByName(whiltelist[sheetNum]).getRange(n+6, col).setBackground(rng2[i][j]) //set color of vehicle and name on sheet1
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
I'm currently using a modified script that allows me to copy an entire line from sheet#1, create a new line at the top of sheet #2, paste the copied line to that sheet, and delete the old line from sheet#1.
This is done often throughout the day by many users. The function is onEdit.
This is the script :
function onEdit(e) {
var ss = e.source;
var activatedSheetName = ss.getActiveSheet().getName();
var activatedCell = ss.getActiveSelection();
var activatedCellRow = activatedCell.getRow();
var activatedCellColumn = activatedCell.getColumn();
var activatedCellValue = activatedCell.getValue();
var URGENCE = ss.getSheetByName("List"); // source sheet
var COMPLET = ss.getSheetByName("Comp"); // target sheet
// if the value in column K is "x", move the row to target sheet
if (activatedSheetName == URGENCE.getName() && activatedCellColumn == 11 && activatedCellValue == "x")
{
COMPLET.insertRows(2,1);// insert a new row at the second row of the target sheet
var rangeToMove = URGENCE.getRange(/*startRow*/ activatedCellRow, /*startColumn*/ 1, /*numRows*/ 1, /*numColumns*/ URGENCE.getMaxColumns());
rangeToMove.moveTo(COMPLET.getRange("A2"));
URGENCE.deleteRows(activatedCellRow,1); // delete row from source sheet
}
}
Recently this has been crashing my sheet. Everytime someone puts an "x" in Column K, the sheet will stall and most of the time, it will crash and chrome will kill the page.
I could be wrong, but the problem I'm guessing is that most of the rows in sheet#1 have conditional formatting. When the line is copied, it also copies the conditional formatting. This results in my sheet#2 having hundreds of repeating conditional formatting: this sheet is VERY slow to open. IT could also be because this document is shared with about 30 people who view it and edit it very often: perhaps onEdit isn't the right function here?
Is there a simple script I could add to my function which would strip the conditional formatting on the pasted line? I don't need the conditional formatting in my sheet#2 and for some odd reason I can't find an answer to this anywhere.
Found this function from here.
clearFormats()
Clears the sheet of formatting, while preserving contents. Formatting
refers to how data is formatted as allowed by choices under the
"Format" menu (ex: bold, italics, conditional formatting) and not
width or height of cells.
Sample code:
function testKillFormatting (nameOfSheet) {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName(nameOfSheet);
sheet.clearFormats();
}