Google AppScript - How to skip certain columns[INDEXes] when setting values from an ARRAY - arrays

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

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Apps Script: Move SELECTED rows from one sheet to the last available rows of another sheet

The code below is from here and was originally written by user #Cooper. All it does is that it copies the values of the columns specified in the array colA = [1,3,2,4] from SHEET 1 and add them to SHEET 2. I want to re-write the 2 last lines of the code, so that the values coming from SHEET 1 are added to the last available rows in SHEET 2. By "2 last lines", I mean these last lines of the code:
drng = des.getRange(1,1,drngA.length,drngA[0].length);//destination array controls size of destination range.drng.setValues(drngA);
Any idea how to get this done?
Thank you so much in advance for your help!
function Copy_data()
{
var src = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("SHEET 1");
var des = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("SHEET 2");
var srng = src.getDataRange();
var srngA = srng.getValues();
var drngA = [];
var colA = [1,3,2,4];//indirect data column selection
for (var i = 0; i < srngA.length;i++ )
{
var k = 0;
drngA[i]=[];
for(var j=0;j<srngA[i].length;j++)
{
drngA[i][k++] = srngA[i][colA[j]-1];
}
drng = des.getRange(1,1,drngA.length,drngA[0].length);//destination array controls size of destination range.
drng.setValues(drngA);
}
}
You can get the last row of the destination Sheet and after, add it to your getRange() function. The method proposed by #soMario will not work because it makes requests inside the loop while you update the Sheet, and this causes it to get different values every time you call des.getLastRow().
The simplest solution is to take the getLastRow() request outside of the loop and then include it in getRange. Note that one is added to it so that it does not overwrite the last row with the setValue() request.
Code.gs
function Copy_data() {
...
var lastRow = des.getLastRow() + 1
for (var i = 0; i < srngA.length;i++ ){
...
drng = des.getRange(lastRow,1,drngA.length,drngA[0].length)
...
}
Documentation
getRange(row, column, numRows, numColumns)
getLastRow()

set value on sidebar

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.

How to get an array of object from firestore in appscript

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.

Improve function delete rows by contain value

I have working code, that delete row from sheet if column corresponds to one of the conditions. It based on arrays and because of it works much more faster than standard google sheet deleteRow function. I call it like this:
deleteRowsBV('SIZ',4,'0','')
where
deleteRowsBV(listName,ColNum,FirstSearch,SecondSearch)
What I want is a call function with more or less and equal signs, like this:
deleteRowsBV('SIZ',4,<='0',=='')
But in case of my main function, it doesn't work, when I specify a variable instead of a sign and a value.
Here is main function:
function deleteRowsBV(listName,ColNum,FirstSearch,SecondSearch) {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName(listName);
var DataLengBefore = sheet.getLastRow();
var DataColLeng = sheet.getLastColumn();
var data = sheet.getRange(1,1,DataLengBefore,DataColLeng).getValues();
for (var i = data.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
if (data[i][ColNum] <= FirstSearch||data[i][ColNum] == SecondSearch) {
data.splice(i, 1);
}
}
sheet.getRange(10, 1, DataLengBefore,DataColLeng).clearContent();
sheet.getRange(10, 1,data.length,5).setValues(data);
}
Based from this related post, spreadsheet rows and columns are numbered starting at 1, for all methods in the SpreadsheetApp, while javascript arrays start numbering from 0. You need to adjust between those numeric bases when working with both. When deleting rows, the size of the spreadsheet dataRange will get smaller; you did take that into account, but because you're looping up to the maximum size, the code is complicated by this requirement. You can simplify things by looping down from the maximum.
You may refer with this thread. However, this only looks at the value from a single cell edit now and not the values in the whole sheet.
function onEdit(e) {
//Logger.log(JSON.stringify(e));
//{"source":{},"range":{"rowStart":1,"rowEnd":1,"columnEnd":1,"columnStart":1},"value":"1","user":{"email":"","nickname":""},"authMode":{}}
try {
var ss = e.source; // Just pull the spreadsheet object from the one already being passed to onEdit
var s = ss.getActiveSheet();
// Conditions are by sheet and a single cell in a certain column
if (s.getName() == 'Sheet1' && // change to your own
e.range.columnStart == 3 && e.range.columnEnd == 3 && // only look at edits happening in col C which is 3
e.range.rowStart == e.range.rowEnd ) { // only look at single row edits which will equal a single cell
checkCellValue(e);
}
} catch (error) { Logger.log(error); }
};
function checkCellValue(e) {
if ( !e.value || e.value == 0) { // Delete if value is zero or empty
e.source.getActiveSheet().deleteRow(e.range.rowStart);
}
}

My Apps Script loop is not looking at more rows than the first

I have a general spreadsheet in which Column B has a number 1-9. I want to copy each row item to the corresponding sheet I have created, sheet 1-9. However, I set my loop to begin at row 5 and continue the length of all rows in the data range but the loop does not continue past row 5 even though more rows have a "1" in column B. Can anyone help to see why my loop is not continuing? Thanks!
function GoodFunction() {
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive()
var R0sheet = spreadsheet.getSheetByName('S14Allocation')
var R1sheet = spreadsheet.getSheetByName('R1-Allocations')
var ss = spreadsheet;
var s = R0sheet
var targetSheet = R1sheet
var target = targetSheet.getRange(targetSheet.getLastRow() + 1, 1);
var r = s.getDataRange();
var numColumns = s.getLastColumn();
var numRows=s.getLastRow();
for (var i = 5; i <= numRows.length ; i++); {
if (s.getDataRange().getCell(i,2).getValue() === 1) {
s.getRange(i,1,1,numColumns).copyTo(target);
}
}
}
numRows is already a number (from s.getLastRow();) so use i < numRows as the condition in your for loop.
As Serge said in his comment though, the code is very confusing. There's no need for that many variables, and there are more efficient ways of dealing with multiple cells at once.
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/best_practices#batchOperations

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