How to output Tick Box Grid Responses from Google Forms to Google Sheets as Separate Columns (plus calculates Timezone)? - forms

Question

I need something where our Team Members can select their regular Hours of Availability during the week, in 1 hour intervals, and the results of all Team Members can be seen in a Spreadsheet (and if they fill it out 2 or more times, it will just update their last response). From there, selecting Meeting Times where specific Members can meet should be a lot simpler!
It occurred to me recently that Google Forms and Google Sheets could be one of the best solutions here! But I really don't have much experience with Google Apps Script (which it looks like I'm going to need to do what I want it to do), and so I have some questions:
I have a 7 x 24 (7 Days of the Week by 24 1-Hour Intervals) Tick Box Grid (see linked image here). How can I set it up so it can output each Row+Column in its own separate Column in the output Google Sheet (see linked image here for my preferred output for a single Day)?
In case you're wondering what is going on with the 3rd Row: I have SUM Functions =iferror(counta(L4:L62)) (where L is the Letter of the Column) to Total the "Checked Responses" in each Column for an easy glance of the number of Xs (Yeses) for each Hour Block Column.
How can I customize each Row+Column Checked Response so it outputs as a simple letter X?
I also have a Dropdown Timezone Question, where it asks the User select their Timezone from 1 of the 25 available Timezones in the world. I would like it so their responses to the Hours of Availability Tick Box Grid is modified to match their responses in GMT. So for example, if I select my Timezone as GMT -4, and in the Tick Box Grid I select 12AM to 1AM on Sunday, the Google Sheet will include an X under 7PM to 8PM on Saturday?
Am I asking for too much from Google Forms + Google Sheets API here? And if I am, maybe there is a better Cloud Program I could use for handling this?

Answer 1

So #MattKing (Matthew King) worked closely with me yesterday to get my Tick Box Grid to output to Google Sheets as I intended, as well as handling Timezone Conersion! You can see the Test Results in here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g5S5Nyfwr8eHWyn-UXVfdbVj8tdZeY-lU20C2VxuCZ8/edit
I should first mention that the Form Output Sheet (called Form responses) should NOT be modified. Also NO Google API Scripting has been required to get Google Sheets to format the Form Results as I want to. Instead, new Sheets with Formulas (rather complex ones might I add) was the way to go!
To output 1 Hour increments of 24 hours for 7 days: =ARRAYFORMULA(SEQUENCE(1,24*7,0)/24+1)
Each Name in "Form Responses" (in Column A) can be output, in alphabetical order, as follows: =QUERY({'Form responses'!B2:C},"select Col1 where Col2 is not null order by Col1")
Hours of Availability in "Form Responses" (in Columns E through AB) can be output (where each Column is 1 of 24 hours in 1 of 7 days) as follows: =IF($A4="",,IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($A4&TEXT(B$2,"ddd hh"),UTCData!$A:$A,0)),"X",))
If I want to have separate Meetings in separate Sheets, and I have the Meeting Name (selected as Checkboxes in the Form) in A1, then I can set it up so only the Names of the People who checked that Meeting will be shared as follows: =QUERY({'Form responses'!B2:C},"select Col1 where Col2 Contains'"&A1&"' order by Col1")
He also created for me 2 Sheets that handle more Formula Conversions:
Flattened Form Sheet
Flattened Formula: =ARRAYFORMULA(QUERY(SPLIT(FLATTEN('Form responses'!B2:B&"|"&'Form responses'!C2:C&"|"&'Form responses'!D2:D&"|"&MID('Form responses'!E1:AB1,64,20)&"|"&'Form responses'!E2:AB),"|",0,0),"where Col5<>''"))
Extract Times: =ARRAYFORMULA(IF(D2:D="",,SPLIT(MID(D2:D,2,LEN(D2:D)-2)," to ",0)))
UTC Conversion: =ARRAYFORMULA(IFERROR(MOD(MATCH(SPLIT(E2:E,", ",0),TITLE!C10:I10,0),7)+F2:F+C2:C/24))
UTCData Sheet
Name&UTCDayTimeCombos: =ARRAYFORMULA(QUERY(FLATTEN(IF('Flattened Form'!H2:N="",,'Flattened Form'!A2:A&TEXT('Flattened Form'!H2:N,"ddd hh"))),"where Col1<>''"))
In Column C2 - C8, it lists Sunday through Saturday
If you need someone to help you with your Google Sheets and Forms, I can't recommend Matt's help more!