Problem:
I am trying a simple code for writting excel sheet. The program checks if the Excel sheet already exists, If the file exists, then it append it with the new data. The problem is I am unable to copy hyperlinks as xlrd fail to read hyperlinks. I would be very thankful if anyone can suggest me some way.
I am using xlrd (0.9.2), xlwt(0.7.5) and xlutil1.6.0)
Note: I had used here some default example for hyperlinks. I will be using this information for my other program where I am suppose to edit excel workbook with many sheets and every sheet containing hyperlinks at multiple places.
Code:
from xlwt import *
import xlrd as xr
import os
from xlutils.copy import copy
name=r"hyperlinks.xls"
if os.path.exists(name)==True:
print "Excel sheet already exists!!!"
cwb=xr.open_workbook(name,formatting_info=True)
w=copy(cwb)
temp=cwb.sheet_by_index(0)
ws=w.get_sheet(0)
row=len(temp.col_values(0))
n = "HYPERLINK"
ws.write_merge(row+1, row+1,1, 10, Formula(n +'("C://abc.jpg";"pic")'))
w.save("hyperlinks.xls")
else:
w = Workbook()
ws = w.add_sheet('F')
n = "HYPERLINK"
ws.write_merge(row+1, row+1,1, 10, Formula(n +'("C://abc.jpg";"pic")'))
w.save("hyperlinks.xls")
Thanks for your help!!!
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I am trying to import data for range A1:J from the sheet named "BODY COVER STOCK" using ImportRange function the first Column shows NA and Column H,I,J shows blank under headings. Can anyone help me out in finding where I am going wrong with this.
Data SpreadSheet link - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HzSslzdKFtbxEdPQPX5Ox0Cq2NNaqRViYX3ookQ4I1w/edit#gid=0
Target SpreadSheet Link -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18zkwzlPi1PREKW8EG71NGGokOULKRMqAdEck-u3YvHA/edit#gid=0
Thanks in advance.
Formulae I am using -
=IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HzSslzdKFtbxEdPQPX5Ox0Cq2NNaqRViYX3ookQ4I1w/edit#gid=0","BODY COVER STOCK!A1:J")
Data Sheet Image -
Target Sheet Image -
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if you have editing access to Data SpreadSheet try adding an intermediate (new) sheet with this in A1:
={BODY COVER STOCK!A1:J}
and then import that new sheet with IMPORTRANGE
=IMPORTRANGE("1HzSslzdKFtbxEdPQPX5Ox0Cq2NNaqRViYX3ookQ4I1w", "new sheet!A1:J")
I copy some text from Notepad++ and paste it into google sheets. It pastes it tab-delimited. I want it to be pasted as new-line delimited. Tabs shouldn't be taken into account for delimiting.
I tried by deleting extra columns, keeping just one. but it creates extra columns. In excel there is an option to import text with a required delimiter. In Google sheets, how to achieve this? If there is no such thing, can it be achieved via app-script?
Just in case. Here is the little snippet that splits contents of selected cell by lines and puts these lines into bottom cells:
function split_cell() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var cell = sheet.getActiveRange();
var value = cell.getValue();
var cells = value.split('\n').map(x => [x]);
sheet.getRange(cell.getRow(),cell.getColumn(),cells.length).setValues(cells)
}
If you want to import the text from the txt file, you can simply choose the delimiter you want.
For instance, when using the Import option in Sheets:
You can select a custom separator:
However, if you are simply copying the text from the txt file, you may want to check the settings for the text editor you are using when it comes to the delimiter chosen.
Reference
Import data sets & spreadsheets.
I know that in Google Sheets I can type Control-Return to create a sort of "phantom" return that starts a new line within a field. But what is the actual character that represents this? Obviously it's not ASCII code 13, as that is the record separator.
I would like to be able to include this mystery character in a local .tsv file which I import into Google sheets, so that these multi-line fields will display as such. Is this possible?
Thanks!
it's CHAR(34)
so something like the following in a cell would give two distinct lines of text...
="direct text input"&A3&" more text"&CHAR(34)&"Newline with new text"
Q: Google Sheets: How do I include a newline within a field in a local .tsv file I want to import
A: Surround that field with "
Update: Only when working with CSV. Google Sheets TSV doesn't seem to include the 'new lines'. More info on the link at the end.
In technical drawing class I learnt that if you don't know how to get A-->C, try to go C-->A and draw conclusions to help you achieve your goal.
If you have this CSV text file
The google sheet will look like this
Which I obtained going the other way around.
If surrounding the field with " is not possible, you may want to use this formula, which does the opposite (changes 'new line' for § ) [adapt to your needs].
# For a whole column, if there are 'new lines' in the cell,
# copy the cell changing them to '§' otherwise copy the cell 'as is'
={"description";ArrayFormula(IF( REGEXMATCH(G2:G; char(10)) ; REGEXREPLACE(G2:G;char(10);char(167));G2:G))}
More rambling here
Inspired by #MattKing's answer, an import of a *.tsv file containing this example content (note the double-quoting within the 2nd column value) ...
"example value with no line breaks" "=""line one""&CHAR(10)&""line two"""
... seems to have the desired outcome ...
I have a google sheet where the cells in the first tab pull data from cells on the second tab.
for example Sheet1 cell A1 has =Sheet2!A1
This is true for every cell on Sheet1
When I do a File - Download As - Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)
It exports the cells with formulas. Is there a way to export the sheets as values and not formulas
In this case, Sheet1 cell A1 would not contain =Sheet2!A1 but the value of =Sheet2!A1?
You can copy your original google spreadsheet and, in the copy, change the formula for the first cell for each tab to import data from the original one:
=IMPORTRANGE("spreadsheet id","'tab name'!range")
Ex:
=IMPORTRANGE("1C-PS4wAHS8ssCNgVDfOsssREAz7PjuQGX23Rk0sssss","'measurement with spaces'!A12:F44")
The ID you can get via original spreadsheet URL:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C-PS4wAHS8ssCNgVDfOsssREAz7PjuQGX23Rk0sssss/edit#gid=99999999
The exported xlsx file from the copy will have only the values
#fabceolins answer is simple and good for normal scenarios, i noticed however Excel will still contain reference to IMPORTRANGE formula which can cause access issues.
I created Google App script to copy in the following method.
If you can use Google App scripts, add the following functions:
function update_view(dup_id, TL="A1", BR="Z991") {
// Open current Sheet
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
// Supply a duplicate google doc ID. This document will be exported to excel
var ds = SpreadsheetApp.openById(dup_id)
// UI element for notifying in the google sheets
var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi()
//Copy each sheet one by one
var sheets = ss.getSheets();
for (i=0; i<sheets.length; i++) {
src_sheet = sheets[i];
sheet_name = src_sheet.getName();
// If same sheet exists in the destination delete it and create an empty one
dst_sheet = ds.getSheetByName(sheet_name);
if (dst_sheet != null) {
ds.deleteSheet(dst_sheet)
}
dst_sheet = ds.insertSheet(sheet_name);
//set column width correctly
for(j=1; j<=src_sheet.getLastColumn(); j++){
dst_sheet.setColumnWidth(j, src_sheet.getColumnWidth(j))
}
src_range = src_sheet.getRange(TL + ":" + BR);
dst_range = dst_sheet.getRange(TL + ":" + BR);
//Note: DisplayValues is set as Values, formulas are removed in dup sheet
dst_range.setValues(src_range.getDisplayValues());
//Nice to haves for formatting
dst_range.setFontColors(src_range.getFontColors());
dst_range.setFontStyles(src_range.getFontStyles());
dst_range.setBackgrounds(src_range.getBackgrounds());
dst_range.setHorizontalAlignments(src_range.getHorizontalAlignments());
dst_range.setVerticalAlignments(src_range.getVerticalAlignments());
dst_range.setWraps(src_range.getWraps());
dst_contents_range = dst_sheet.getDataRange();
dst_contents_range.setBorder(true, true, true, true, true, true);
}
//Completed copy, Now open the dup document and export.
ui.alert("Backup Complete, Please open " + dup_id + " sheet to view contents.")
}
function update_mydoc_view(){
// https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/<spreadsheet_id>/
update_view("<spreadsheet_id>")
}
To run the function, go to tools->macros->import , import the function and run update_mydoc_view().
After it is completed, export the google sheet into an excel document.
If you want to download a single sheet spreadsheet, instead of download it as .XLSX, download it as .CSV.
If by open the .CSV file by double clicking it shows strange characters, the default encoding of your computer is different from the one used by the Google servers, to fix this do the following:
Open Excel
Click File > Open
Select the .CSV file
The import wizard will be shown. One of the steps will allow you to select the file encoding, select UTF-8.
Once you finish with the import wizard save your file as .XLSX
Related
Microsoft Excel mangles Diacritics in .csv files?
Is it possible to force Excel recognize UTF-8 CSV files automatically?
I did the following and it worked for me :
Duplicate the file
CTRL+A > CTRL+X > CTRL + V Paste Value only (from the paste icon displayed after pressing CTRL+V)
If you want to keep only the values from Sheet1, just select the data in the sheet, copy it, open a new Excel work book and when you paste, rather than using the conventional hotkeys Ctrl+V, right click cell A1 and select Paste values under the Paste options category of the right click menu.
If the problem is that the downloaded Excel does not have functional formulas that take information from your second sheet and instead show the formulas as text, do what the previous commenter said. check your view to make sure you are not in formula view. use the hotkey Ctrl+ ~, or go to the view tab to check your view options.
By default this is what happens - you will see the values not the formula.
Are you sure you are not in formula view in Excel?
If you check "Show formula" it will switch in formula view.
Or generally speaking you can try those:
MS Excel showing the formula in a cell instead of the resulting value
I would be surprised if it was indeed a google sheet problem - it's about Excel display.
I would like to open a specific sheet of a Google Sheets from a hyperlink in another spreadsheet.
I have different links in my master spreadsheet and each should have a hyperlink to the same slave spreadsheet but to a different sheet.
I know hyperlink function but it doesn't go to a specific sheet.
You can use this custom script (Tools > Script Editor) function and connect it with e.g. custom drawing (Insert > Drawing... > Save and Close, then right click on new drawing> Assign Script... > "goToSheet2")
function goToSheet2() {
goToSheet("Sheet2");
}
function goToSheet(sheetName) {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName(sheetName);
SpreadsheetApp.setActiveSheet(sheet);
}
Update:
In the newest version you can select cell and add link (Insert > Link) and select link to specific sheet directly:
The HYPERLINK function can link to another sheet in the same workbook; if you observe the URL of the spreadsheet, at the end of it there is #gid=x where x is unique for each sheet.
The problem is, it will open the sheet as a new instance of the spreadsheet in another tab, which is probably not desirable. The workaround would be to insert images or drawings as buttons, and assigning a script to them that will activate specific sheets.
I personnaly did this based on what #rejthy said:
In scripts I created this function:
/**
* Return the id of the sheet. (by name)
*
* #return The ID of the sheet
* #customfunction
*/
function GET_SHEET_ID(sheetName) {
var sheetId = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName(sheetName).getSheetId();
return sheetId;
}
and then in my sheet where I need the link I did this: =HYPERLINK("#gid="&GET_SHEET_ID("Factures - "&$B$1);"Année en cours")
So what I understand from the OP is that you have one master spreadsheet that you want to have links to individual sheets, where one or more of those sheets may be in single or multiple spreadsheet files.
The HYPERLINK function only turns a URL into a hyperlink and is really only useful when you want to have hypertext instead of just a link. If you enter the raw URL as the data, it's automatically turned into a hyperlink, so there's no additional work.
As mentioned in other answers, the solution is to have the spreadsheet's URL then use the gid value to calculate the link to the desired sheet within the spreadsheet. You can write a simple app that collects all of the individual sheets' links and writes them into the master.
Below are some snippets of pseudocode (Python) that can help you get started. I'm leaving out all the boilerplate auth code, but if you need it, see this blog post and this video. The code below assumes your API service endpoint is SHEETS.
This reads a target spreadsheet to build links for each of its sheets:
# open target Sheet, get all sheets & Sheet URL
SHEET_ID = TARGET_SHEET_DRIVE_FILE_ID
res = SHEETS.spreadsheets().get(spreadsheetId=SHEET_ID,
fields='sheets,spreadsheetUrl').execute()
sheets = res.get('sheets', [])
url = res['spreadsheetUrl']
# for each sheet, dump out its name & full URL
for sheet in sheets:
data = sheet['properties']
print('** Sheet title: %r' % data['title'])
print(' - Link: %s#gid=%s' % (url, data['sheetId']))
Instead of printing to the screen, let's say you stored them in a (name, URL) 2-tuple array in your app, so bottom-line, it looks something like this list called sheet_data:
sheet_data = [
('Intro', 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/SHEET_ID/edit#gid=5'),
('XData', 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/SHEET_ID/edit#gid=3'),
('YData', 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/SHEET_ID/edit#gid=7')
]
You can then write them to the master (starting from the upper-left corner, cell A1) like this:
SHEET_ID = MASTER_SHEET_DRIVE_FILE_ID
SHEETS.spreadsheets().values().update(
spreadsheetId=SHEET_ID, range='A1',
body={'values': sheet_data},
valueInputOption='USER_ENTERED'
).execute()
Some caveats when using gid:
The first default sheet created for you (Sheet1) always has a gid=0.
Any sheets you add after that will have a random gid.
Don't bank on a gid=0 for the 1st sheet in your spreadsheets however as you or someone else may have deleted the original default sheet, like my example above.
If you want to see more examples of using the Sheets API, here are more videos I've made (along with posts that delve into each code sample):
Migrating SQL data to a Sheet plus code deep dive post
Formatting text using the Sheets API plus code deep dive post
Generating slides from spreadsheet data plus code deep dive post
Then when you open up the master in the Sheets UI, you can clickthrough to any of the individual sheets, regardless of which spreadsheet files they're in. If you want them automatically opened by another app or script, most programming languages offer developers a ways to launch a web browser given the target URL. In Python, it would be the webbrowser module (docs):
import webbrowser
webbrowser.open_new(url) # or webbrowser.open_new_tab(url)
Alternatively, you can try creating a custom function. With the spreadsheet open, click the Tools menu, then Script editor.... Paste the code into the editor:
/**
* Gets the Sheet ID from Sheet Name
*
* #param {string} input The Sheet Name
* #return The Sheet ID
* #customfunction
*/
function SHEETID(input) {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var tab = ss.getSheetByName(input);
return tab.getSheetId();
}
Save, refresh the spreadsheet, and then type in your custom function
=SHEETID("Your Custom Sheet Name")
=SHEETID(A1)
And voila! The unique ID for the tab (in the current spreadsheet) is output. You can hyperlink to it by using the following formula:
=HYPERLINK("#gid="&SHEETID(A1),"Link")
In case you want to create a link to another sheet which will open the sheet in the same browser tab here is what you want to do:
1. Get the id of the sheet. Check the link in your browser and you will see #gid=x where x is the sheet id
2. Then you want to set the formula (hyperlink) to the cell and make it show as a hyperlink
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange("A1").setFormula('=HYPERLINK("#gid=X","test")').setShowHyperlink(true);
If you don't use setShowHyperlink(true) it will be shown as a regular text.
This is basically a code version for the update provided by #rejthy above