I'm needing a column on a Google Sheet that contains Modified By information. I will be sharing this sheet with other users in our Google Apps domain. Here is the script I currently have:
function onEdit(event)
{
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var actSht = event.source.getActiveSheet();
var actRng = event.source.getActiveRange();
var actUser = Session.getActiveUser().getEmail();
var index = actRng.getRowIndex();
var dateCol = actSht.getLastColumn();
var lastCell = actSht.getRange(index,dateCol);
var date = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT-6", "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm");
lastCell.setValue("Modified By: " + actUser + " - " + date);
}
That returns "Modified By: at 12/15/2014 12:33" in the last column. This applies to myself (the creator of the document) as well as another test user I shared the sheet with. Any suggestions?
Turns out the OnEdit function can't pull user info. I created a custom function instead of OnEdit() and then set an On Edit trigger that pointed to that function. Then everything worked as expected.
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I have this script here, but I want it to only run on ONE specific sheet named "Nes Smart Data" (SheetNo5). Currently it runs on all sheets and puts the data on cells where I don't want them to be. Can you help me correct the code? Thanks a lot!
function onEdit(e){
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var range = e.range;
var column = range.getColumn();
var row = range.getRow();
var text;
if (column==11) { //Replace 2 with the column number of your comments cell//
var newRange = sheet.getRange(row,column-5); //If the date is in the next column
var today = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(),Session.getScriptTimeZone(),'dd.MM.yyyy');
newRange.setValue(today);
}
if (column == 11){
text = sheet.getRange(row, 23).getValue();
sheet.getRange(row, 23).setValue(text + e.value+".");
}
}
Replace the following variable and things should work as desired -
Current:
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
Modification proposed:
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Nes Smart Data');
Let me know if it doesn't!
So I am new to Google Sheets. I am making an inspection report for a small company using Sheets. I would like to add a button to the bottom of the sheet which does the following script:
Duplicate original sheet
Rename sheet to a cell value +today's date. i.e Fred01011980
Email the sheet as a PDF to a recipient.
Finally clear the inputted values in the original master template sheet.
I have looked up how to do each of these and a few of them are straightforward, but I don't know how to combine them. Can I just add all of the functions individually together without any additional syntax needed? Any help on this would be really appreciated. Thank you.
I believe you can just create another function that calls your functions, like this:
function doAllStuff() {
doStuff();
doMoreStuff();
}
Here's how I did it:
function AllinOne() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var name = "Inspection";
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName("Inspection").copyTo(ss);
var newname = ss.getSheetByName("Inspection").getRange(2, 2).getValue();
var newnamedate = ss.getSheetByName("Inspection").getRange(3, 2).getValue();
var sheetx = ss.getActiveSheet()
var thisSheet = sheetx.getName();
var actualSheetName = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet().getName()
var sheetfinal = ss.getSheetByName("Inspection")
var old = ss.getSheetByName(newname+newnamedate);
if (old) ss.deleteSheet(old);
sheet.setName(newname+newnamedate); //copies the sheet and renames it to "store+date"
ss.setActiveSheet(sheet)
// below is pdf conversion
var originalSpreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var sourcesheet = originalSpreadsheet.getActiveSheet();
var sourcerange = sourcesheet.getRange('A1:B176'); // range to get - here I get all of columns which i want
var sourcevalues = sourcerange.getValues();
var data = sourcesheet.getDataRange().getValues();
var newSpreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.create(thisSheet); // can give any name.
var sheetnow = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
var projectname = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheetz = sourcesheet.copyTo(newSpreadsheet);
var destrange = sheetz.getRange('A1:B176');
destrange.setValues(sourcevalues);
newSpreadsheet.getSheetByName('Sheet1').activate();
newSpreadsheet.deleteActiveSheet();
var pdf = DriveApp.getFileById(newSpreadsheet.getId());
var theBlob = pdf.getBlob().getAs('application/pdf').setName(newname+newnamedate);
var folderID = "File_ID"; // Folder id to save in a folder.
var folder = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderID);
var newFile = folder.createFile(theBlob);
DriveApp.getFileById(newSpreadsheet.getId()).setTrashed(true);
MailApp.sendEmail("Email","New Manager Inspection: "+newname+newnamedate, "A new Manager Inspection Report has been added to the Drive.");
ss.getSheetByName(name).getRangeList(["B176","B150:B164","B138:B146","B129:B134","B119:B125","B106:B115","B99:B102","B84:B95","B78:B80","B66:B74","B55:B62","B48:B51","B34:B44","B25:B30","B18:B21","B10:B14","B4:B7","B2","B16","B23","B32","B46","B53","B53","B64","B76","B82","B97","B104","B117","B127","B136","B148","B166"]).clearContent();
ss.setActiveSheet(sheetfinal);
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().alert("Report Submitted, Please do NOT Resubmit. Thank You");
}
Hi I'm trying to have my spreadsheet include multiple timestamps across different tabs in this spreadsheet. Whenever data is edited in Column J, I want a timestamp to immediately populate in Column K. I have 4 sheets within the 1 Google Sheet, and I need all of them to have this automated timestamp running independently. Thanks for any help. I've tried looking to other posts, but have a difficult time modifying code from other people's docs to work for my own.
I was using the following script function to get this timestamp. It worked fine when I only had one tab to the google sheet. But now that I have multiple tabs it only updates one sheet. Trying to figure out how to get it to do the same thing across the whole doc.
function onEdit(event)
{
var timezone = "EST";
var timestamp_format = "MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss"; // Timestamp Format.
var updateColName = "PM Status ";
var timeStampColName = "Date Update";
var sheet = event.source.getSheetByName('Walt'); //Name of the sheet where you want to run this script.
var actRng = event.source.getActiveRange();
var editColumn = actRng.getColumn();
var index = actRng.getRowIndex();
var headers = sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues();
var dateCol = headers[0].indexOf(timeStampColName);
var updateCol = headers[0].indexOf(updateColName); updateCol = updateCol+1;
if (dateCol > -1 && index > 1 && editColumn == updateCol) { // only timestamp if 'Last Updated' header exists, but not in the header row itself!
var cell = sheet.getRange(index, dateCol + 1);
var date = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), timezone, timestamp_format);
cell.setValue(date);
}
}
Here you go. Setup an onEdit() trigger. I tested it. It works. It currently works on all of the sheets in the spreadsheet but it's easy to limit it to specific sheets. You could put all the required sheets into an array like var wantedSheets=['Sheet1','Sheet2','Sheet3','Sheet4']; and do wantedSheets.indexOf() to find out if the current sheet is in or out.
function onTimeStampEdit(e)
{
var ss=e.source;
var sh=ss.getActiveSheet();
var rg=e.range;
var row=rg.getRow();
var col=rg.getColumn();
if(col==9 || col==10)
{
sh.getRange(row,11).setValue(Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), Session.getScriptTimeZone(), "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
}
}
You can use this to setup an installable trigger. Just add the SpreadsheetId.
function installOnEditTrigger()
{
setupTrigger('onTimeStampEdit','SpreadsheetId');
}
function setupTrigger(funcName,SpreadsheetId)
{
if(!isTrigger(funcName))
{
ScriptApp.newTrigger(funcName).forSpreadsheet(SpreadsheetId).onEdit().create();
}
}
function isTrigger(funcName)
{
var r=false;
if(funcName)
{
var allTriggers=ScriptApp.getProjectTriggers();
var allHandlers=[];
for(var i=0;i<allTriggers.length;i++)
{
allHandlers.push(allTriggers[i].getHandlerFunction());
}
if(allHandlers.indexOf(funcName)>-1)
{
r=true;
}
}
return r;
}
I am making a spreadsheet for people to submit information and when they submit the information on the entry sheet, the data is copied to a new sheet and then cleared from the entry sheet so that it is ready for another entry. When the new sheet is created, it is renamed and then shared with me so that I can view each sheet that people send in. Right now my script isn't working and I am not receiving the new sheets when they are made.
function Copy() {
var sss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var ss = sss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');
var range = ss.getRange('A1:J30');
var strange = ss.getRange('A2:J30');
var data = range.getValues();
sss.appendRow(data[0]);
strange.clear();
var tss = SpreadsheetApp.create('New Entry');
var ts = tss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');
ts.getRange(1, 1, data.length, data[0].length).setValues(data);
var r = ts.getRange('A2:A3');
r.getA1Notation() == 'A2';
tss.setName(r.getValue());
tss.addEditor("john.doe#gmail.com");
}
I'm using =importrange() function to sync (echo sync) two sheets in two different spreadsheets (as described here). But, the importrange() it is not syncing to the second sheet when I make a change in the first sheet. Once imported, the cells stay static and do not alter as more changes are made in the first worksheet. Is there a way to fix it?
I don't think you'll be able to use the =importrange() function on two sheets because as soon as you add the function to the second sheet it will be importing the function you added to the first sheet with it's own ID as an argument.
You could use Google Apps Script, I have just answered a very similar question here. But I'll repeat what I wrote below.
One way you could accomplish this is by adding a script to both spreadsheets that copies it's contents to the other spreadsheet on a change trigger. For example if you were to add something like the below to both spreadsheets, swapping the source and destination information around.
var sourceSpreadsheetID = "ID HERE";
var sourceWorksheetName = "SHEET NAME HERE";
var destinationSpreadsheetID = "ID HERE";
var destinationWorksheetName = "SHEET NAME HERE";
function importData() {
var thisSpreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById(sourceSpreadsheetID);
var thisWorksheet = thisSpreadsheet.getSheetByName(sourceWorksheetName);
var thisData = thisWorksheet.getDataRange();
var toSpreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById(destinationSpreadsheetID);
var toWorksheet = toSpreadsheet.getSheetByName(destinationWorksheetName);
var toRange = toWorksheet.getRange(1, 1, thisData.getNumRows(), thisData.getNumColumns())
toRange.setValues(thisData.getValues());
}
Just add a change trigger for the importData function and then when any changes are made to either document it will copy the contents to the other spreadsheet, thus keeping the both synced.
Obviously if both spreadsheets are being updated at the same time you will run into trouble.
That was pretty helpfull script . Have edited some changes , in your script so that even multiple sheets can be synchronized for a give column and row .the code is a bit slow but works good.
I am now thinking if there was a way to merge multiple sheets using the same method , if it does it should be awesome .
// sync multiple sheets to a source sheet ( “sheet 1”)
// change active sheet name to the designated sheet names.
function importData(){
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var activeSheet = ss.getActiveSheet();
var activeSheetName = ss.getActiveSheet().getSheetName();
// set the sheet to copy from sheet 1 to sheet 2. sheet 1 active sheet.
if( activeSheetName == "Daily report Counselling" )
{
var thisSpreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var thisWorksheet = thisSpreadsheet.getSheetByName("Sheet1");
var thisData = thisWorksheet.getRange("A5:H");
var toSpreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
var toWorksheet = toSpreadsheet.getSheetByName("Sheet2");
var toRange = toWorksheet.getRange("A7:H");
toRange.setValues(thisData.getValues());
}
// if sheet 1 has not the active sheet choose from sheet 2.
if( activeSheetName == "Follow Up Needed Editable" )
{
var thisSpreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var thisWorksheet = thisSpreadsheet.getSheetByName("Sheet2");
var thisData = thisWorksheet.getRange("A7:H");
var toSpreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var toWorksheet = toSpreadsheet.getSheetByName("Sheet1");
var toRange = toWorksheet.getRange("A5:H");
toRange.setValues(thisData.getValues());
}
}
Please let me know if something interesting comes in the way .