I use the formula {'Form Responses 1'! A1: G; 'Form Responses 2'! A2: G; ...} to get data from all sheets into one sheet. However, when the user uses a language other than English, the sheets' names are changed, and the related formulas are corrupted.
Can anyone help me to solve this problem, thank you in advance.
The code:
function copy() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var SpssId = ss.getSheetByName('title').getRange('AH6').getValue();
var destinationSpss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(SpssId);
for (var i = 1; i < destinationSpss.getNumSheets(); i++) {
var index = destinationSpss.getSheetByName('index');
index.getRange(i+1,2,1,4)
.setFormulas([["='Form Responses "+i+"'!B2","='Form Responses "+i+"'!D2","='Form Responses "+i+"'!C2","='Form Responses "+i+"'!E2"]]);
}}
Thanks for providing the code. It was very helpful to see what you had so far.
Can we assume that index is the only sheet in the destination spreadsheet that is not one of the form response sheets? Judging from your code, it seems like we can assume this.
So then we can just use Spreadsheet.getSheets() to get an array of all the sheets and Sheet.getName() to get their names, regardless of language:
function copy() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var SpssId = ss.getSheetByName('title').getRange('AH6').getValue();
var destinationSpss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(SpssId);
var sheets = destinationSpss.getSheets() // Get an array of the sheets
var index = destinationSpss.getSheetByName('index');
for (var i = 0; i < sheets.length; i++) {
var sheetName = sheets[i].getName();
if (sheetName === 'index') break;
index.getRange(i + 1, 2, 1, 4)
.setFormulas([[`="${sheetName}"!B2`,`="${sheetName}"!D2`,`="${sheetName}"!C2`,`="${sheetName}"!E2`]])
}
}
(I'm using template literals to format the formula strings, which just makes the code a little cleaner, but this is not necessary of course.)
Can you always assume that the index sheet is at index 0? I'm not sure if you can, so I would expand your for-loop to include i = 0 and add the check if (sheetName === 'index') break; to break if you're on the index sheet.
As an aside, you'll see I also moved var index = destinationSpss.getSheetByName('index'); outside of the for-loop. The App Scripts API can be slow for certain operations, and since you're referencing the same index sheet for every iteration, your code will be faster if you call for this index sheet just once.
I am trying to do a SUM of last 12 rows in the column (I'll be adding more rows into this column so I wanted to automate the calculation).
First of all, I am able to get the value of last cell with some value in this column by =SUMPRODUCT(MAX((B1:B200<>"")*ROW(B1:B200))) - result is stored in C1. However, I am not sure how to use this value inside the SUM formula, I was thinking something like =SUM(B(get value of C1)-12:B(get value of C1).
I tried multiple things but none of them have worked - I also don't mind using a different approach if it gets the job done.
You can create your own custom function to do that using Google Apps Script (GAS).
Try the following:
function onEdit(e){
var row = e.range.getRow();
var col = e.range.getColumn();
if ( col==2 && e.source.getActiveSheet().getName() == "Sheet1" ){
e.source.getActiveSheet().getRange("C1").setValue(sumLast12());
}
}
function sumLast12() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName("Sheet1");
var sheet_size = sheet.getLastRow();
var elmt = sheet.getRange("B1:B"+sheet_size).getValues().flat([1]);
var elmt12 = elmt.slice(-12);
var sum = 0;
for( var i = 0; i < elmt12.length; i++ ){
sum += parseInt( elmt12[i], 10 );
}
return sum;
}
Explanation:
In order to activate this functionality go the menu bar on top of the
spreadsheet file and click on Tools => Script editor and copy the
aforementioned code into a blank script document (see attached
screenshot for more information) and save the document (cntrl+s).
After the script has been saved, everytime you edit a cell in column
B (either by adding a new value on the bottom or modify an existing value, the script will automatically update the value in
cell C1 with the sum of the last 12 values in column B.
Note that if you don't want to change my code, name the sheet you are working with as Sheet1.
Does this work?
=SUM(FILTER(B:B,ROW(B:B)>=MAX(ROW(B:B))-12)
I have a complex Google Sheet query that works great except when a Google Sheet doesn't have as many columns as I use in my formula.
Here's what the formula looks like now:
=sum(filter(query(INDIRECT("'" & A2 & "'!$A$7:$23"),"select Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z,AA,AB,AC,AD,AE,AF,AG,AH where B='"&C2&"'",0),query(INDIRECT("'" & A2 & "'!$A$7:$23"),"select Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z,AA,AB,AC,AD,AE,AF,AG,AH where B='PROJECT'",0) >=date(2017,1,1),query(INDIRECT("'" & A2 & "'!$A$7:$23"),"select Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z,AA,AB,AC,AD,AE,AF,AG,AH where B='PROJECT'",0) <=date(2017,12,31)))
It works great. But the problem is I run it against many worksheets and some don't have e.g. column AG,AH and end at AF at which point I get an error.
So what I need is a way to generate the string Q,R,S....[Name of Last Column in Sheet] and then I can use that instead of my hard-coded Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z,AA,AB,AC,AD,AE,AF,AG,AH but I cannot figure out how to do that.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Per comments above, final formula was:
LEFT("Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z,AA,AB,AC,AD,AE,AF,AG,AH,AI,AJ,AK,AL,AM,AN,AO,AP,AQ,AR,AS,AT,AU,AV,AW,AX,AY,AZ,BA,BB,BC ",2*Columns(INDIRECT(A2&"!1:1"))-33+IF(Columns(INDIRECT(A2&"!1:1"))>26,Columns(INDIRECT(A2&"!1:1"))-26,0))
where column A contains the list of worksheets (tabs) in the Google Sheet. Put this in B2, and then copied it down. I am not marking this as the correct answer since others gave a correct formula-based answer but this did the trick for me.
This can be done with built-in functions:
On a helper sheet, let say you name it, helper, fill up range with letters A to Z, let say A1:A26
Let say that on B1 you write the following formula:
=ArrayFormula({A1:A26;TRANSPOSE(SPLIT(JOIN(",",SUBSTITUTE(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(A1:A26)&A1:A26,,27)," ",",")),","))}) . This will create a list of column letter headers.
On each new worksheet use columns(1:1) to get the total number of columns.
To get your string of column headers, then you could use something like :
JOIN(",",OFFSET(helper!B1,16,0,columns(1:1)-16))
QUERY(helper!B:B,"select B limit "&columns(1:1)-7&" offset 7")
NOTE:
If you decide to have only one helper sheet and use it on several spreadsheets, then use
QUERY(IMPORTRANGE(your_url,"helper!B:B"),"select Col1 limit "&columns(1:1)-7&" offset 7")
This can be done with script. Without seeing you spreadsheet, it is hard to know exactly what you need, but this should be close. I get the variables from Sheet1 and return the formula to Sheet1. Adjust the sheet name to fit your needs. This will look at your data sheets based on the variable sheet name determine the last column. Determine the column letters and build the string the query needs. It then sets the new query formula. I added a menu to run it from.
function onOpen() {
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().addMenu(
'Create Data', [
{ name: 'Run', functionName: 'formula' },
]);
}
function formula(){
var ss= SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
var s=ss.getSheetByName("Sheet1") //sheet where variables are
var sheet=s.getRange("A2").getValue()//variable sheet name
var sel=makeString(sheet) //get the select string of column letters
//Create formula and return to Sheet1 A3
var f= s.getRange("A3").setFormula('=sum(filter(query(INDIRECT("\'" & A2 & "\'!$A$7:$23"),"select '+sel+' where B=\'"&C2&"\'",0),query(INDIRECT("\'" & A2 & "\'!$A$7:$23"),"select '+sel+' where B=\'PROJECT\'",0) >=date(2017,1,1),query(INDIRECT("\'" & A2 & "\'!$A$7:$23"),"select '+sel+' where B=\'PROJECT\'",0) <=date(2017,12,31)))')
}
function makeString(sht){
var ss= SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
var s=ss.getSheetByName(sht)
var lc=s.getLastColumn()
var rng=s.getRange(1, 17, 1, lc).getValues()
var str=''
var ltr=[]
for(var i=17;i<rng[0].length+1;i++){
ltr[i]= columnToLetter(i)
str=ltr.join(',')
}
var str1=str.substr(17)
return str1
}
function columnToLetter(column)
{
var temp, letter = '';
while (column > 0)
{
temp = (column - 1) % 26;
letter = String.fromCharCode(temp + 65) + letter;
column = (column - temp - 1) / 26;
}
return letter;
}
Let me know if you have any questions.