Moving Row between sheets based on cell value - google-sheets

Question

I have a workbook that I am working on for our company and need a little help on this one. Normally I can figure things out pretty easy. In my worksheet there are several tabs the ones I am working with now are NEW, In Progress, On Hold, Scheduled and Complete. Permits are added to the New tab Via google form input, what I would like to happen that when the status changes in Column K is that it goes to the corresponding tab. I had this all set up in Excel but we are no longer allowed to use Excel at work. TK's Daily Production Any help would greatly be appreciated

Answer 1

In sheet, click Tools > Script Editor.
Paste below code. This code assumes Column K has header 'status' and this column values have corresponding tabs = sheets in Spreadsheet. As an example, if Column K has value 'NEW', there must be a tab named 'NEW'. If you edit value in this column, say from 'NEW' to 'Complete', that row will be copied to 'Complete' tab and optionally deleted from 'NEW' tab if corresponding code is activated.
// onEdit trigger
function onEdit() {
moveToTab();
}
function moveToTab() {
// active SS
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
// active cell/range
var range = ss.getActiveRange();
// active column
var col = range.getColumn();
Logger.log(col);
// active sheet
var aSheet = ss.getActiveSheet();
// get active column header
var header = aSheet.getRange(1,col,1,1).getValue();
Logger.log(header);
// here i assume, Column K has a header 'status'
// change 'status' string to what you have as Column K header
// if column is not 'status', do nothing
if (header.toLowerCase() !== 'status') return;
// get value
var target = range.getValue();
// trim and check there is a value
if (target.toString().trim() === '') return;
// do nothing if same sheet
if (target.toString().toLowerCase() === aSheet.getName().toLowerCase()) return;
// try {
// try move
// target sheet based on Column K value
var sheets = ss.getSheets();
var tSheet = sheets.filter(function(sheet) {
if (sheet.getName().toLowerCase() == target.toLowerCase()) return true;
else return false;
})[0];
if (!tSheet) return;
// active cell row
var row = range.getRow();
// get active row values
var values = aSheet.getRange(row, 1, 1, aSheet.getLastColumn()).getValues();
// append values to target row
tSheet.appendRow(values[0]);
// optionally delete row from old sheet
// un-comment if required
aSheet.deleteRow(row);
// } catch(e) {}
}