I am fetching the value from particular cell from google sheets using sheets v4 api. In case some one adds new row or column the cell reference is moved below or right.
How can i track these change and sys\nc my local data with correct referenced google sheet value. I tried watch_file webhook but none of them provide the changed valued. they provide only metadata of changes.
https://googleapis.dev/ruby/google-api-client/latest/Google/Apis/DriveV3/DriveService.html#watch_file-instance_method
Note: I have only read access to the file
Thanks in advance
Have you tried using the Drive API to manage changes? https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/manage-changes
This will return the metadata of the changes, after which you have to do some calculations on your end to find out where your target range ended up.
An alternative to this would be to create a named range for your target, so when someone changes the sheet structure, your named range will be updated accordingly, and you don't have to use the changes to determine where the range ended up.
References:
Named and protected ranges
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I make some named range on my Google sheet like
order_id: A2:A1000
New rows are added to this sheet via Zapier. After a while, I found the named range has become
order_id:A2:A1035
How to prevent this behavior and make the range stays A2:A1000?
solution to this kind of depends on it's purpose and how you're using the named range downstream (in appScript?, just formulas?)
seems like the way to do this is to make the named range:
order_id: A2
then, in your code, use
sheet.getRange('order_id').offset(0,0,1000)
maybe?
I have been checking the documentation for Named ranges, it does not mention anything about that behavior.
I have been testing and I noticed the named range will expand when the rows are added within the range selected, not outside of it. I'd say the behavior is expected to avoid leaving data outside of the range accidentally.
If you are a Google Workspace customer you can try submitting a Feature Idea since I do not see a way to leave the named range locked.
Im trying to make the data that I sort using a filter function stay static in the cells that is is sorted in. I have had this problem a few times and have tried looking it up on Youtube but it seems to be more of an advanced question.
For example when I filter a row of data from one sheet to the next. It is not static data, meaning when I delete the data on the new sheet it stays there until I delete the data on the master sheet.
Please few my example spreadsheet here.
Google Sheets Example Spreadsheet
Any formula (like FILTER) can only process source data. It is linked to the source data permanently. Think of it as a mirror of the source data (and think of changes the formula makes to the source data as a funhouse mirror). You cannot have formula results that you change manually.
If you want a copy of the original data that you can change (and that will no longer be linked to the original data at all), then just select the range containing the original data, Copy it and Paste it to the new location.
If you need some kind of link or updating when the source data changes, or you want the ability to change the source data when you update the copy you made, this requires writing custom scripts. It cannot be done with formulas.
I am trying to delete the named range with its data cells using the following API
POST /workbook/names/{name}/range/delete Although its delete the data associate with named range but not remove the name of range from workbook. the named range was still there with"value": "#REF!". so is there any graph API which can remove this name of range with data?
Please use the below two calls one after the other.
POST /workbook/names/{name}/range/delete
DELETE /workbook/names/{nameditem name}
This deletes the whole data and the metadata of the nameditem.
Have been using Google Sheets' Filter formula
FILTER(range, condition1, [condition2, ...])
to copy rows with specified value .i.e. 'Approved' in the Master Sheet onto another sheet, Approved List.
However, once I edit any value in Approved List, the entire sheet returns an error.
How can I overcome this?
I've actually created a free google addon that can move data from one google sheet to another. It can easily filter out rows based on a certain condition. I'd be happy to set it up for you if you share a spreadsheet with me that I can use to show you how to set up the report. Otherwise, you could also create the filter exactly how you did, but then copy all of the values and then select Edit -> Paste special -> Paste Values only. From then you could edit it. However, this only works if you are editing once instead of needing to continuously receive new data. My addon is able to allow you to edit as well as get new updates from the filter. Message me if you have any more questions!
I have a column with data values and I want to link it to other columns in the same and different sheets but in the same spreadsheet. This is, having the same data in different columns in a spreadsheet while keeping all linked so updates on the source one would affect all of them.
I've tried with:
=SheetName!ColumnIndex:ColumnIndex
(e.g. =Sheet1!A:A) but, although it works, it is a cell reference not a column reference.
What is the best way to achieve it?
Maybe what you want is just the array version of what you have already tried:
=arrayformula(Sheet1!A:A)
(If not, please clarify!)