Questions tagged [google-sheets-custom-function]
Use this tag for questions about custom functions in Google Sheets created by using Google Apps Script.
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How to fetch only the required data set for a query in ImportJSON?
I am trying to fetch the latest price of BTC/INR from a JSON HTTP URL of a exchange.
https://api.wazirx.com/api/v2/trades?market=btcinr
I am using the following formula in Google Sheet to Fetch the ...
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Is there a way to do a “filter”, “if” function across multiple columns to only pull information based on certain criteria and headers?
I do not know how to explain this perfectly without a picture so please take a look at the image before reading.
I am trying to filter the data in Fig 1 (Above). based on the headers and then if the ...
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In Google Apps Script, how do you get the Range of the calling cell in a custom function?
I'm trying to get a reference to the calling cell's range in a Google Sheets custom function.
For example:
function MyAddress() {
callingRange = // get calling cell reference here
return ...
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Friendly Team vs. Enemy attack math and complicated functions in Google Sheets
How would I go about writing a function in Google Sheets?
If Friendly Team Hero Power P2,P4,P6,p8 etc. is greater then Enemy Team Power "T2:T15" Else Don't match it and instead look for titan, Same ...
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Randomly distribute the sum of a number between cells in Google Sheets
I'm planning out a Kickstarter campaign and I'm making a sample tier list in google sheets to see if I can get the funding needed with minimal backing. I've randomly added in numbers to the estimated ...
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Problem with COUNTIF in Google Sheets Data Validation Custom Formula
I am following some tutorials and discussion on forcing uniqueness in Google Sheet Column (I need it for ID indexing). I have been using Data Validation for some time, but i have a problem with custom ...
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Filter function with multiple variables google sheets
I want to be able to use a filter function for people in NAME whose P DATE is within a specified range. However, if they have a Y under VALIDATED, I want the filter to also include names with the T ...
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“You do not have permission to call …” Steps to convert a custom function it into an add-on that will have permission?
I'm attempting to create a HIDE() function, which will hide either the current row, column or both based on another (true/false) value.
I've already created the full function, but unfortunately it's ...
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Custom function on Google Sheets that can extract hyperlinks from formulated cells
I recently found this post, which is so close to my solution, but not quite there!
Extract the link text and URL from a hyperlinked cell
The issue with this custom formula (=LinkURL()) is that it ...
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Change interpolation javascript from vertical to horizontal
I would like to make this script work horizontally.
This code is from another answer here, but I have not been able to make it work horizontally. I need to use it across columns in one row, ...
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Creating a custom formula in Google Sheets without scripting, but instead based upon another sheet
Ive made a custom calculator in a google sheet, the calculator accepts 5 inputs (arguments) on row 1, rows 2-50 is where is runs the calculation, and the result comes out in row 51.
This calculator ...
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How to pass an entire sheet as a parameter to a Google Sheets function with dependencies
I have a Google Sheets app script that is passed the name of a sheet. Internally it pulls the data from that sheet and returns a value. Something like this:
function myFunction1(partNumber) {
var ...
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Google Sheets - How to count the occurrence of each day of the week if they are not public holidays?
I would like to count the occurrence of each day of the week in a month if they are not national holidays.
In more details, I would like to know how many Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and ...
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How to make one cell automatically update a timestamp every time another referenced cell is updated? [duplicate]
I want to make a cell in my spreadsheet that updates a timestamp every time another cell is updated.
I have a SUMIF connected to a budget inflows/outflows tab in my spreadsheet and I want this cell ...
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Cut and paste data from a row of cells from one tab to another tab in Google Sheets and repeat with new data
The below code works for Q3 but not for Q5. I'm relatively new to sheets and writing code and I'm sure that you can't have two functions with the same name but am unsure how to resolve so that I can ...
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Using a script to only take only take cells with values in google sheets
tl;dr how can I make the script take an entire column (eg A:A) and then ignore the first (header) row, and any blank rows?
Background
I have an array in Google Sheets with date-ordered data (note ...
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ArrayFormula stops working after shuffling rows
I have a pretty extensive sheet wherein many columns I use an array formula to automatically fill data in from various other spreadsheets.
The problem I have is when I need to rearrange rows then what ...
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How to do permutation of characters and print it horizontally along that row in Google Sheets?
I am stuck here in printing permutation of two or more characters horizontally along that row in which the characters are.
Is it possible? Because I searched it all over and only found vertical ...
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Scitpt to duplicate template sheet into new workbook, then rename
I am looking for a script that will create a menu item that will allow me to copy a template sheet that I have created (multiple times) into a new workbook, and rename the copies at the same time.
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Convert a text of a specific cell or exclude one cell from all text convertion to UPPERCASE
How to adapt this function to exclude a specific cell or how to apply just to one cell?
function onEdit(e) {
if (typeof e.value != 'object') {
e.range.setValue(e.value.toUpperCase());
}
}
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Custom SHEETNAME function not working in Arrayformula
I have been successfully deploying the sheetname function outlined in Display sheet name in Google Spreadsheets for a couple of years. It has allowed me to have several sheets collecting information ...
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IF and THEN statements on spreadsheets using color
I am creating spreadsheets with multiple tabs for children to work through. To show they have completed each tab, when they have finished the work correctly I am using the following statements:
=IF(...
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Format cell, If word from list in cell
I'm trying to color tag cells according to keywords they may contain. I've searched just about everywhere, and have tried various applications of the Search and Find functions to no avail.
Imagine I ...
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Reference all tabs with a specific word in COUNTIF statement
Basically, I am trying to make a master tab that adds up all of the data from all the other tabs. These tabs are weekly breakdown numbers for ad statistic numbers, so there is a new tab added every ...
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Using custom function in QUERY in Google Sheets results in “unknown function:”
I have a custom function written in Google Script for Sheets named sheetnames(). It returns the names of individual sheets inside a worksheet. When used in a regular cell-like =sheetnames(), it ...
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How to extract hovered links from a cell in Google Sheets?
I have set up this demo spreadsheet.
Can someone please help me extract the URL?
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How to use custom function with arrayformula?
I'd like to use a Google Apps Script custom function in conjunction with arrayFormula so this may be applied to a range. How do I achieve this?
Let's say I have wrote a function that will return ...
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Copy formula every other row and every column
I have been playing with scripts to try and figure out this tedious task as there are 600ish rows in my sheet, times 4 sheets.
So far I have come up with this
function myFunction() {
var ss =...
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ARRAYFORMULA with IF, DETECTLANGUAGE and LEN
I'm trying to make an array formula to detect the number of English characters in a range.
When I use the following for individual cells:
=IF(DETECTLANGUAGE(ARRAYFORMULA(A5:A))="en",LEN(ARRAYFORMULA(...
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LEFT JOIN two and more tables in Google Sheets
Say I have two tables. Table A (material requirements):
product_id | material | required
1 | A | 0.5
1 | B | 0.7
2 | A | 0.2
3 | A | 0....
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Empty cell reference when “Loading…”
I want to do a calculation with imported data from an HTML link. The data is imported every minute. There is loading time and this ensures that the cells are empty during loading. Because my formula ...
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Cell values do not update
I want to update every minute a cell with data from a HTML link. The problem is that the value does not update unless I manually empty the cell or make changes to the script. I tried to add NOW() to ...
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Split multi-line (comma-separated) cell into new rows + duplicate surrounding row entries
Based on: Google sheets split multi-line cell into new rows (+ duplicate surrounding row entries)
How can I rewrite this for use of a comma as separator and remove blank spaces?
Input sheet:
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Custom Script in Pivot Table Value Formula = Error Loading Data forever
I am very new to the Google Sheets platform, but I am not new to programming, and am comfortable creating and managing javascript code, and reading API documentation.
I am working on a side project, ...
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Having Google Sheets not recalculate a formula on page load
I have a Google Sheet with a list of addresses, and a column that geocodes the addresses with mapquest via Google App Script. This works great, except it "recalculates" the addresses on page load. ...
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How to update this formula so it automatically updates?
It's come to my attention that GoogleClock no longer works on new sheets, anyway I can update the below code so it can update every minute:
Tried put =SheetNames(NOW())
It says not allowed. I'm very ...
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How to reference a Google Sheet by filename?
How to reference a Google Sheet by filename?
I would like to use IMPORTRANGE function, but it can only reference a file by URL not by filename.
Example filename:
2018-11.xlsx
2018-12.xlsx
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Is there a way that I can flag in Google Sheets when multiple cells contain the same values?
I'm wondering if someone can help me in my battle with Google Sheets. I'm creating a rota and I want it to flag if all senior members of staff are either off or all on the same shift (either Early or ...
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How to Get Data from Multiple Cells and Combine into a Comment in another cell
I have a spreadsheet of orders (rows) that has room for 70 products (columns). I would like for a script to find every cell that has a value (0's are blank) and then write that value (this is the qty ...
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Multiple IF statements: IF, AND, ISDATE, THEN formula
I'm trying to get a nested formula to work, but I keep getting an error. I tried using the generic formula =IF(AND(A1="this",B1="that"),"x","") but couldn't figure out how to make sure Q6=date. I had ...
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Conditional Formatting COUNTIFS (Google Sheets)
I'd like column P to be highlighted when:
A contains "x"
E contains "approved"
O < today (date has passed)
P and Q are blank
My formula doesn't work:
=COUNTIFS(A6:A, "x", E6:E, "approved", ...
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Conditional Formatting IF/AND (Google Sheets)
I'm trying to highlight cells in column N when the following criteria are met:
K = number (don't count text or blanks)
N = blank
L = date
Column K is formatted as a number
The formula I used: =AND(...
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How to auto date on cell update in Google Sheets
I'm using the following script in Google Sheets. It works well but I want to limit it to a specific tab rather than every tab in the book.
function countBackground(color, inputRange) {
var ...
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How to format the time in this Google Apps Script
I want to format a Google Sheet cell when I read it in my script but it comes out 25 minutes later.
The cell's time is 20:00:00 but the output is 20:25. I am using this
var formattedDate = Utilities....
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Google sheet - get crypto currency price from Cryptobridge Exchange API
How can I retrieve only the price from this API in a Google spreadsheet? This is the API ticker - https://api.crypto-bridge.org/api/v1/ticker
For example, if I use this function
=INDEX(IMPORTDATA(...
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Is there a way to get MD5 Checksum from the files with a custom formula?
I have a Google Sheet full of important links to images on Google Drive.
Is there a way to get MD5 Checksum from the files with a custom formula?
Here is my scenario:
No. | PHOTO | MD5 ...
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How can I continue a series within a formula
I have a custom function I'm using in Google Sheets that follows the following command order: VAR('API-reference','API-variable','date','refresh-cell'). I am wanting to autofill the date so that I can ...
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How to get new Google Form responses to take on non-form functions in Google Sheets
I developed a Google Form that copies responses to a linked output spreadsheet in Google Sheets.
In addition to the columns created by the form question/responses themselves, I've added additional ...
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Google Sheets Filter Multi Column List With Another List Using A Function
I have two lists (A and B). I want to filter list "A" (a multi column list) with values in list "B" to create a Final List, list "C".
List "A" has multiple records for each student ID number. List "B"...
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Steam Webapi & Hours played for a specific game - Google Sheets
So I have managed to get a list of owned games and total hours in each game with =importJson. The only issue is I only want data for one game. The json query returns all owned games. The api wiki says ...
