I am trying to create a script that sends me an email of the contents of the last cell in a column.
GOAL: Last edited cell in a column to be emailed with the cell contents
For example, I have a sheet that on column C contains values 1,2,3,4, and 5 - with cell C1 containing 1, cell C2 containing 2, etc.
In working with the excel, a new number will be added on the same column, and my goal is to have the latest added cell to be delivered to me in an email - such as whenever C6 is filled and we get the value "6" there, I would recieve an email with the BODY being just "6".
This is what I've been working with but have no had any success in so far.
Thank you for your help!
/**
* Sends emails with data from the current spreadsheet.
*/
function sendEmails() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
var startRow = 3; // First row of data to process
var numRows = 1; // Number of rows to process
var dataRange = sheet.getRange(lastRow, 1, numRows, 1);
// Fetch values for each row in the Range.
var data = dataRange.getValues();
for (i in data) {
var row = data[i];
var emailAddress = "me#gmail.com";
var message = row[0];
var subject = 'Sending emails from a Spreadsheet';
MailApp.sendEmail(emailAddress, subject, message);
}
}
message = row[0] doesn't make any sense.
you've defined row as equal to data[i] so row is not an array and the [] is not applicable..... try using row instead of message in the email call and eliminating the var message = row[0] stuff
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I have a script that looks into values in column G and if the correspondent cell in column A is empty, sends me an email.
--- WHAT WORKS --
It works ok for static values: it sends one email per each not empty cell in column G for which there is no value in column A
--- WHAT DOESN'T WORK --
It sends several emails for what I assume it's every Column G cell (empty or not) when the column A values are fetched from another tab. That way it's like all G and A cells have data, so I get multiple unwanted emails.
This is the script code:
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
const sh = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet to send emails');
const data = sh.getRange('A2:G'+sh.getLastRow()).getValues();
data.forEach(r=>{
let overdueValue = r[0];
if (overdueValue === ""){
let name = r[6];
let message = 'Text ' + name;
let subject = 'TEXT.'
MailApp.sendEmail('myemail#gmail.com', subject, message);
}
});
}
And this is the link to the test sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OKQlm0PjEjDB7PXvt34Og2fa4vPZWnvLazTEawEtOXg/edit?usp=sharing
In this test case, I "should" only get one email, related to ID 55555. With the script as is, I get one related to 55555 and several others "undefined".
To avoid e-mail spam, I didn't add the script to that sheet but it shows the "Vlookup" idea.
Can anyone give me a hand, please?
Thank you in advance
Issue:
The issue with your original script is that the sh.getLastRow returns 1000 (it also processes those rows that doesn't have contents, result to undefined)
Fix 1: Get specific last row of column G:
const gValues = sh.getRange('G1:G').getValues();
const gLastRow = gValues.filter(String).length;
or
Fix 2: Filter data
const data = sh.getRange('A2:G' + sh.getLastRow()).getValues().filter(r => r[6]);
Note:
As Kris mentioned in the comments, there is a specific case where getting the last row above will fail (same with getNextDataCell). This will not properly get the last row WHEN there are blank rows in between the first and last row of the column. If you have this kind of data, then use the 2nd method which is filtering the data.
If your data in column G does not have blank cells in between the first and last row, then any method should work.
I checked your test sheet, and sh.getLastRow() is 1000.
OPTION 1
If column G won't have empty cells between filled ones, then you can do this:
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName("Sheet to send emails");
// get the first cell in column G
var gHeader = sheet.getRange(1, 7);
// equivelent of using CTRL + down arrow to find the last da
var lastRow = gcell.getNextDataCell(SpreadsheetApp.Direction.DOWN).getRow();
const data = sheet.getRange(2, 1, lastRow, 7).getValues();
OPTION 2
Add another condition to your code - like this:
data.forEach(r=>{
let overdueValue = r[0];
let name = r[6]
// check if the value in col A is blankd and col G is not blank
if (overdueValue === "" && name !== ""){
let message = 'Text ' + name;
let subject = 'TEXT.'
MailApp.sendEmail('myemail#gmail.com', subject, message);
}
});
And to speed it up, use a named range to limit how many rows it has to iterate through:
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
const data = ss.getRangeByName("Your_NamedRange_Here").getValues();
I am working with Google Scripts and here is my problem.
I am attempting to compare today's date with a date entered into column C in the spreadsheet. The code I have seems like it should work but when I use the logger to see the date it gives me "Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 GMT-05:00 1969" instead of 2018-07-29 1:00 PM.
I know I need to use the Utilities.formatDate in order to compare them but I can't seem to understand why it is not pulling the date in column C.
Here is my code below:
function sendEmail() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var startRow = 3; // First row of data to process
var numRows = sheet.getLastRow()-1; // Number of rows to process
// Fetch the range of cells A2:B3
var dataRange = sheet.getRange(startRow, 1, numRows, sheet.getLastColumn());
// Fetch values for each row in the Range.
var data = dataRange.getValues();
//Logger.log(data); // give you the data you are looking at comparing
for (var i in data) {
var row = data[i];
var date = new Date();
//Logger.log(date); // sets to todays date and time.
var sheetDate = new Date(row[3]);
Logger.log(sheetDate); // date in the row you are comparing
You're not looking at the value in column C. The method getValues() returns a two-dimensional array, and arrays are 0-indexed. This means that you should be using a 2 (not a 3), when defining sheetDate.
var sheetDate = new Date(row[2]);
As mentioned in the comments, you don't need to use Utilities.formatDate(), but that's a separate issue. I would also try logging the value before converting it to a date (e.g. Logger.log(row[2])).
I've searched everywhere on the web and on this site as well. What I want to do is relatively simple, however I don't know enough about javascript to write it myself but I am learning.
I have a google sheet with email addresses as well as data in 5 columns. Let's say there are 3 email addresses total. Now say there are 3 rows with the same email address and each row has new/different data than the previous row. I want to send JUST 1 email to that address with the 3 rows / 5 columns of data. There also may be an email address but with no data in the rows/columns. Obviously nothing should be sent from that row. Then there's the second email address. Repeat but send to the new email address. Next email, etc.
Here's the sheet to give you a clearer picture. I would like to keep the look/color of the table of column B through Column F in each email.
The following script had me most of the way there (sans the look/color of the table), however when I tried using it a few days ago it was sending a new email for each row of data instead of just one email for several rows of data...but it previously was working! (again sans the look/color of my sheet, it was simple text)
function sendEmails() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
ss.setActiveSheet(ss.getSheetByName("sheet1"));
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var dataRange = sheet.getRange("A2:m8");
var data = dataRange.getValues();
// Modified
var temp = [];
var emailAddress, data1, data2, data3, data4, data5;
for (var i in data) {
[emailAddress, data1, data2, data3, data4, data5] = data[i];
var message = '\n\n' + data1 + ' ' + data2 + ' ' + data3 + ' ' + data4 + ' ' + data5;
if (emailAddress || !data1) {
if (temp.length > 0) {
MailApp.sendEmail(temp[0], "Subject", temp.slice(1,temp.length).join("\n"));
var temp = [];
}
temp.push(emailAddress, message);
if (!dimension) break;
} else {
temp.push(message);
}
}
}
The format of the body of the email should look like the following, but again, I also want it to retain the look/feel/color from the sheet:
Once that's working, I would like my email signature from Gmail included in the email. I'm not sure if I can get it exactly as is in my Gmail account, or just simple text via javascript.
I have this line but that's simple text. Any way to get my logo/formatting/etc. to match my Gmail or outlook account?
var signature = "\n---\nsample signature";
Your help is much appreciated. Thank you.
I started an email list on google sheets for some guys in my area to sign up for basketball twice a week. I want to send a group email to the entire list twice a week. The email will not send because I get the following error message:
3/14/17 10:53 AM emailTuesday Limit Exceeded: Email Recipients Per Message. (line 34, file "Code") time-based 3/14/17 10:53 AM
There are 75 people on the list. In all my research I've found that even the lowest level accounts can send 100 emails per day. Other than this list, I don't send many emails so I know I'm not exceeding that limit. In fact, I have been manually sending the email in the meanwhile since it is not currently working. My script is below:
function emailWednesday(){
var emaillistsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('FridayEmailList');
var startRow = 2; // First row of data to process
var numRows = 90; // Number of rows to process
var dataRange = emaillistsheet.getRange(startRow, 1, numRows, 1)
// Fetch values for each row in the Range.
var data = dataRange.getValues();
var emailAddress = data; // First column
var message = "message";
var subject = "subject";
MailApp.sendEmail(emailAddress, subject, message);
}
Ahab stated in 2010: the complex looking number based on the Timestamp has one important property, the number can not change when rows are deleted or inserted.
As long as the submitted data is not changed by inserting deleting rows the simple formula =ArrayFormula(ROW(A2:A) - 1) may be the easiest one to use.
For other situations there is no nice reliable solution. :(
Now we live in 2015. Maybe times have changed?
I need a reliable way to number entries using a form.
Maybe a script can do the trick? A script that can add 1 to each entry?
That certain entry has to keep that number even when rows are deleted or inserted.
I created this simple spreadsheet in which I added 1,2, and 3 manually,please have a look:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H9EXns8-7m9oLbCrTyIZhLKXk6TGxzWlO9pOvQSODYs/edit?usp=sharing
The script has to find the maximum of the former entries, which is 3, and then add 1 automatically.
Who can help me with this?
Grtz, Bij
Maybe a script can do the trick? A script that can add 1 to each
entry?
Yes, that would be what you need to resort to. I took the liberty of entering this in your example ss:
function onEdit(e) {
var watchColumns = [1, 2]; //when text is entered in any of these columns, auto-numbering will be triggered
var autoColumn = 3;
var headerRows = 1;
var watchSheet = "Form";
var range = e.range;
var sheet = range.getSheet();
if (e.value !== undefined && sheet.getName() == watchSheet) {
if (watchColumns.indexOf(range.getColumn()) > -1) {
var row = range.getRow();
if (row > headerRows) {
var autoCell = sheet.getRange(row, autoColumn);
if (!autoCell.getValue()) {
var data = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
var temp = 1;
for (var i = headerRows, length = data.length; i < length; i++)
if (data[i][autoColumn - 1] > temp)
temp = data[i][autoColumn - 1];
autoCell.setValue(temp + 1);
}
}
}
}
}
For me the best way is to create a query in a second sheet pulling everything from form responses in to second column and so on. then use the first column for numbering.
In your second sheet B1 you would use:
=QUERY(Form!1:1004)
In your second sheet A2 you would use:
=ARRAYFORMULA(if(B2:B="",,Row(B2:B)-1))
I made a second sheet in your example spreadsheet, have a look at it.