What I have seems simple, but looking through SO and other sites hasn't let me figure it out.
H3 and S3 are cells with a dropdown data validation list.
I have a button to randomize my these. This is easy when it's a number, but these are strings.
S3 is the cell for size so I have this randomized.
var randSize = Math.floor(Math.random() * (20 - 1 + 1)) + 1
ss.getRange("S3").setValue(randSize)
I don't understand how to either set a random int to select the value based on array index. Or get a random string value based on the entries in cell H3, then setting H3 to equal the new string.
Name | #
random item | random #
I need a random item to be set randomly from a value from H3.
Issue and solution:
If I understand you correctly, you have a set of string values in a column, and you want to copy a random value from that column to the cell H3.
If that's correct, you can just do the following:
Retrieve the column values to a simple array via getValues() and flat.
Retrieve a random value from that array, using length and Math.
Set that value to your target cell, using setValue.
Code sample:
function getRandomValue() {
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet(); // If standalone, use openById/openByUrl
const sourceSheet = ss.getSheetByName("COLUMN_VALUES_SHEET_NAME");
const targetSheet = ss.getSheetByName("H3_SHEET_NAME");
const COLUMN_INDEX = 3; // Change according to your preferences
const FIRST_ROW = 2; // Change according to your preferences
const NUM_ROWS = sourceSheet.getLastRow() - FIRST_ROW + 1;
const array = sourceSheet.getRange(FIRST_ROW, COLUMN_INDEX, NUM_ROWS).getValues().flat();
const randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * array.length);
const randomValue = array[randomIndex];
targetSheet.getRange("H3").setValue(randomValue);
}
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I am having one google sheet having more than 100 rows with column of "NAME, PLACE, PHONE". I want to change /correct the phone number on specific person Ex.John in the side bar (Form.html) and the correct place & phone number to be edit in that specific row of my google sheet "Phonelist". The code.gs given below which is not working. Could you lease rectify the same?
function sidebar() {
var html = HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile("Form").setTitle('Phone Details');
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().sidebar(html);
}
function result(form) {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var ws = ss.getSheetByName("Phonelist");
var data = ws.getDataRange().getValues();
var name = form.name;
var place = form.place;
var phone = form.phone;
for (var i = 1; i < data.length; i++) {
if(data[i][1] == "John"){
var result = [name,place,phone];
ws.getRange(dat[i]).setValue(result);
}
}
}
It is difficult to understand what you exactly need. But there are some issues which are visible.
ws.getRange(data[i])is not valid. See docs. You need a row and a column at least, and in your case also the number of columns since your are inserting a range. Currently you only have a column. The solution is `
const startColumn = 1 // start at column A
const numberOfRows = 1 // update one row at a time
const numberOfColumns = result.length // this will be 3
ws.getRange(data[i], startColumn, numberOfRows, result.length)
.setValues(result) // setValues is correct, setValue is incorrect
The second issue is that you said that NAME is in the first column, but your test is testing against the second column. Array start at 0, i.e. the first item is actual accessed by [0]. therefore your test if(data[i][1] == "John") actually checks if the second column PLACE is equal to "John". To fix this, replace the [1] with [0], so:
if(data[i][0] == "John")
The third issue is handled in the first answer. You are using setValue() which is only to be used to set one cell. But since you are setting a number of cells at one time, you should use setValues() instead.
I am new to coding.
I am trying to edit and set values from an entire row but want to skip certain columns, because there are formulas in it.
In short: I want to / have to keep track of sing-in and sign-out times, which then will be calculated in the spreadsheet but shouldn't be overwritten by the array. Is there a way to skip every 3rd "value"/index (as these are the columns which have the formulas)?
In fact I want to skip the columns: TOTAL, day1tot, day2tot, day3tot .... day14tot.
function editCustomerByID(id,customerInfo){
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
const ws = ss.getSheetByName("DATA");
const custIds = ws.getRange(2, 1, ws.getLastRow()-1, 1).getDisplayValues().map(r => r[0].toString().toLowerCase());
const posIndex = custIds.indexOf(id.toString().toLowerCase());
const rowNumber = posIndex === -1 ? 0 : posIndex +2;
Logger.log(customerInfo);
ws.getRange(rowNumber, 2, 1, 8).setValues([[
customerInfo.name,
customerInfo.total,
customerInfo.day1in,
customerInfo.day1out,
customerInfo.day1tot,
customerInfo.day2in,
customerInfo.day2out,
customerInfo.day2tot
// UNTIL DAY 14
]]);
return true;
To skip columns, you can subdivide your range into individual ranges and implement conditional statements
Sample:
function editCustomerByID(id,customerInfo){
...
var valueArray = [
customerInfo.name,
customerInfo.total,
customerInfo.day1in,
customerInfo.day1out,
customerInfo.day1tot,
customerInfo.day2in,
customerInfo.day2out,
customerInfo.day2tot
// UNTIL DAY 14
]
var startColumn = 2;
//loop through all values
for (var i = 0; i < valueArray; i++){
// filter out every 3rd value
if((i+1) % 3 != 0){
ws.getRange(rowNumber, (startColumn + i)).setValue(valueArray[i]);
}
}
return true;
Note that the sample code above uses the method setValue() instead of setValues()
Performing multiple requests to set values to individual ranges is less efficient that setting all values at once within a single request, however in your case it is necessary since your desired value range is not continuos
This question already has answers here:
Google Script version of VLookup (More Efficient Method?)
(2 answers)
Closed 2 years ago.
I need your help please. I would like to do a for loop or something else that works like a Formula =Vlookup
I have two Sheets. in Sheet1 (Overview) there are ID's like 1000, 1002, 1003,...,100X in Column A;
Sheet2 is a Form Response Sheet (Response), where you need to enter your ID and an Action with 'Ok' and 'Nok'. The ID I enter appears in Sheet2 Column B and the Action (Ok/Nok) apperas in Sheet2 Column C.
Now I would like to Copy the Ok/Nok to the Row with the same ID in the Overview sheet with a onFormSubmit function.
for Example. Person with ID 1005 makes a form response with the Action 'Ok'. Now should the 'Ok' copied to the Overview sheet in Column B and in the exact row (in this case: row with the ID 1005).
Here is my function. but I don't want to have formulars in the sheet. so I aked for another solution.
function vlookup() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var cell = sheet.getRange(1,5);
cell.setFormula('=ARRAYFORMULA(IFS(ROW(Response!B:B)=1,"Action from
User",Response!B:B="","",TRUE,IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A:A,Response!B:C,2,0),"Waiting for Response")))');
}
Hope someone can help me.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Jonas
Thank you for all these answers. I tryed the code from stackoverflow.com/questions/60255775 – TheMaster and that workes fine!
but it seams very complicated for a programming beginner. exspecially the part with the "Hash".
I also added a second compare and copy to get the data from a Reason if the Nok is used in the Form.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
/**
* #param {GoogleAppsScript.Spreadsheet.Sheet} fromSht -Sheet to import from
* #param {GoogleAppsScript.Spreadsheet.Sheet} toSht -Sheet to import to
* #param {Number} fromCompCol -Column number of fromSht to compare
* #param {Number} toCompCol -Column number of toSht to compare
* #param {Number} fromCol -Column number of fromSht to get result
* #param {Number} toCol -Column number of toSht to get result
*/
function copyToOverview(e,response,
fromSht = ss.getSheetByName('Response'),
toSht = ss.getSheetByName('Overview'),
fromCompCol = 2,
toCompCol = 1,
fromCol = 3,
toCol = 2,
fromColRej = 4,
toColRej = 3
) {
const toShtLr = toSht.getLastRow();
const toCompArr = toSht.getRange(2, toCompCol, toShtLr - 1, 1).getValues();
const fromArr = fromSht.getDataRange().getValues();
fromCompCol--;
fromCol--;
fromColRej--;
/*Create a hash object of fromSheet*/
const obj1 = fromArr.reduce((obj, row) => {
let el = row[fromCompCol];
el in obj ? null : (obj[el] = row[fromCol]);
return obj;
}, {});
/*Create a second hash object of fromSheet to copy the Reason why it is Nok (also from filling out the Form) */
const obj3 = fromArr.reduce((obj2, row) => {
let el1 = row[fromCompCol];
el1 in obj2 ? null : (obj2[el1] = row[fromColRej]);
return obj2;
}, {});
//Paste to column first toSht copy the "ok/nok" second toSht for the Reason why Nok
toSht
.getRange(2, toCol, toShtLr - 1, 1)
.setValues(toCompArr.map(row => (row[0] in obj1 ? [obj1[row[0]]] : [null])));
toSht
.getRange(2, toColRej, toShtLr - 1, 1)
.setValues(toCompArr.map(row => (row[0] in obj3 ? [obj3[row[0]]] : [null])));
}
I also tried the Code from "Michiel the Temp" and it seams, that it also works.
The code from "Mateo Randwolf" looks very simple and I tried it too. Works also very good!
I have modified it a bit and it works like I wish! I think I will use this code.
function onFormSubmit(e) {
// Get the sheet where the form responses are submitted and the one where we want to check the IDs
var formSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('Response');
var destinationSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('Overview');
// Get the new incoming data (ID and Ok/Nok) with each form submit by accessing
// the trigger object e which is the submited and new form response row
var submittedId = formSheet.getRange(e.range.getRow(), 2).getValue();
var submittedValue = formSheet.getRange(e.range.getRow(), 3).getValue();
var submittedValueReason = formSheet.getRange(e.range.getRow(), 4).getValue();
// get all the ID values we have in the sheet we want to check them. flat will convert all the returning
// 2D array of values in a 1D array with all the IDs
var idRange = destinationSheet.getRange(1, 1, destinationSheet.getLastRow(),1).getValues().flat();
// iterate over all your IDs
for(i=0;i<idRange.length;i++){
// if one ID is the same as the incoming one from the form response
if(idRange[i] == submittedId){
// set its value to the one submitted by the form
destinationSheet.getRange(i+1, 2).setValue(submittedValue);
}
if(idRange[i] == submittedId){
destinationSheet.getRange(i+1, 3).setValue(submittedValueReason);
destinationSheet.getRange(i+1, 2).getValue() == "Nok" ? destinationSheet.getRange(i+1, 4).setValue("Closed") : destinationSheet.getRange(i+1, 4).setValue("Open");
}
}
}
Thank you all for the Help you are amazing!
So I can do my next step in the Project with updating checkboxes in the Form.
I didn't test this with a trigger but this should work
function vlookup() {
var ssOverview = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Overview");
var ssOverviewLr = ssOverview.getLastRow();
var ssOverviewData = ssOverview.getRange(2, 1, ssOverviewLr, 1).getValues(); //assuming you have a header in the first row
var ssResponse = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Response");
var ssResponseLr = ssResponse.getLastRow();
var newResponse = ssResponse.getRange(ssResponseLr, 2, 1, 2).getValues();
var Ids = ssOverviewData.map(function (r){return r[0];});
for(var i = 0; i < newResponse.length; i++)
{
var row = newResponse[i];
var id = row[0];
var action = row[1];
var index = Ids.indexOf(id);
if(index == -1)
{
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().toast("No matches", "Be aware")
}
else
{
ssOverview.getRange(index + 2, 2).setValue(action); //this puts the action in column B
}
}
}
In order to check the IDs every time there is a new form submission and change the data in the ID sheet accordingly you will need to use installable triggers. Specifically you should use a FormSubmit trigger which triggers the function every time there is a form submission. Along with this trigger you will use its event object.
To add an installable trigger, in your Apps Script editor go to Edit -> Current project's triggers and create a new trigger by clicking Add trigger. Make sure that you select On form submit as the event type and that you select the function presented below (so please first copy/paste the function below before creating your trigger).
The following function takes use of this trigger event to compare the incoming data to your Column A of IDs and check for matches and if so it adds the relevant Ok/Nok information. It has self explanatory comments:
function onFormSubmit(e) {
// Get the sheet where the form responses are submitted and the one where we want to check the IDs
var formSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('Form Responses 1');
var destinationSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('Check');
// Get the new incoming data (ID and Ok/Nok) with each form submit by accessing
// the trigger object e which is the submited and new form response row
var submittedId = formSheet.getRange(e.range.getRow(), 2).getValue();
var submittedValue = formSheet.getRange(e.range.getRow(), 3).getValue();
// get all the ID values we have in the sheet we want to check them. flat will convert all the returning
// 2D array of values in a 1D array with all the IDs
var idRange = destinationSheet.getRange(1, 1, destinationSheet.getLastRow(),1).getValues().flat();
// iterate over all your IDs
for(i=0;i<idRange.length;i++){
// if one ID is the same as the incoming one from the form response
if(idRange[i] == submittedId){
// set its value to the one submitted by the form
destinationSheet.getRange(i+1, 2).setValue(submittedValue);
}
}
}
I have a set of documents in Firestore in this format. Questions array will 10 questions.
I want to get the data of questions field: one row for one question
I do I code in the appscript to perform this
This is my code so far (for one document only)
function test(){
const firestore = getFirestore();
var query = firestore.getDocument("QuestionCollection/test").fields;
var data = {};
data.subject = query.subject;
data.questions= query.questions;
const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
for(i = 0 ; i < 10 (no. of question); i++){
const row = [data.questions[i].answer, data.questions[i].difficulty];
sheet.appendRow(row);
}
}
Error:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'answer' of undefined
Modification points:
When I saw your sample data in the image, it seems that the array length of questions is 2. But at the for loop, the end index of loop is 9. I think that by them, such error occurs.
When you want to put the value of "Serial", it is required to add the value for putting to Spreadsheet.
In your script, appendRow is used in a loop. In this case, the process cost becomes high.
When above points are reflected to your script, it becomes as follows.
Modified script:
Your for loop is modified as follows.
From:
for(i = 0 ; i < 10 (no. of question); i++){
const row = [data.questions[i].answer, data.questions[i].difficulty];
sheet.appendRow(row);
}
To:
var values = [];
for (var i = 0; i < data.questions.length; i++) {
const row = [i + 1, data.questions[i].answer, data.questions[i].difficulty];
values.push(row);
}
sheet.getRange(sheet.getLastRow() + 1, 1, values.length, values[0].length).setValues(values);
For the end index of loop, the array length is used.
Reference:
setValues(values)
You shouldn't query the .fields property directly (because your data isn't converted properly). Assuming you're using v28+ of the library, your code should look something like this:
function test(){
const firestore = getFirestore();
const query = firestore.getDocument("QuestionCollection/test").obj; // Don't use .fields here
const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
const values = [["Serial", "Answer", "Difficulty"]]; // Init 2D array with Header row
// Loop through each question in the array and extract necessary values to construct Data rows
for (const question of query.questions){
values.push([query.questions.indexOf(question) + 1, question.answer, question.difficulty]);
}
// Replace 1, 1 below with coords of "Serial" header cell
const range = sheet.getRange(1, 1, values.length, values[0].length);
range.setValues(values);
// sheet.getRange(subjRow, subjCol).setValue(query.subject); // Add location for Subject data
}
I saw that you wanted "Serial" to represent "Question number", so I added that column to the header and data rows.
As Tanaike mentioned, there's a huge performance hit for writing to the spreadsheet in a loop, so it's better if you set up a 2D array of values to write all at once using range.setValues(array2D). Ideally, you'll want to minimize the calls to the Spreadsheet API.
Disclaimer: I'm an active contributor to the FirestoreGoogleAppsScript library.
% Find a VISA-GPIB object.
obj1 = instrfind('Type', 'visa-gpib', 'RsrcName', 'GPIB8::1::INSTR', 'Tag', '');
% Create the VISA-GPIB object if it does not exist
% otherwise use the object that was found.
if isempty(obj1)
obj1 = visa('TEK', 'GPIB8::1::INSTR');
else
fclose(obj1);
obj1 = obj1(1);
end
% Connect to instrument object, obj1.
fopen(obj1);
t = timer;
t.TasksToExecute = 3;
t.Period = 30;
t.ExecutionMode = 'fixedRate';
t.TimerFcn = #(myTimerObj, thisEvent)disp(query(obj1,'CALCulate:SPECtrum:MARKer0:Y?'));
start(t)
This is my program where I have to save the output values which displays
Query('CALCulate:SPECtrum:MARKer0:Y?') in a array.
You will need to create a variable to hold the outputs of query(obj1, 'CALCulate:SPECtrum:MARKer0:Y?'). You can then append to this variable from within the timer callback function.
%// Initialize a cell array (because I'm not sure of your datatype)
results = {};
%// Define a function to be called when the timer fires
function timerCallback(varargin)
newresult = query(obj1,'CALCulate:SPECtrum:MARKer0:Y?');
%// Display the result (like you currently are)
disp(newresult)
%// Append the result to your results container
results{end+1} = newresult;
end
%// Then set your timer callback
t = timer('TasksToExecute', 3, ...
'Period', 30, ...
'ExecutionMode', 'FixedRate', ...
'TimerFcn', #timerCallback);
start(t)
All of your other setup code would remain the same.