Google App Script Grouping data in sheet to email - email

Question

I have an action item Google sheet with these columns:
A - ID - a serial # 1, 2, 3, etc.
B - Assigned - date the action item was assigned
C - Product - short text name of the project or area
D - Action Item - text description of the action item
E - Owner - who is the item assigned to, this is usually just a name
like Bob L, or sometimes multiple people Bob/Ted
F - Due Date
G - Status - Pending, In process, etc.
H - Last Updated - updated by onEdit script
I - Last Edited By - updated by onEdit script
J - Owner Email - vlookup to data range to get email address(s) of
owner(s)
K - Last Reminder Sent - date of the last email sent updated by
script
I'm a total newbie with GAS so I've cobbled together snippets to get the script to send 1 email to the owner for each action item but I want to group the action items by column E (Owner) and send one email. I know I need a nested loop but I'm not sure how to proceed.
The format of the resulting email would need to be a table of columns A, B, D, F, G (at least). The current script is below:
SCRIPT
function sendEmails() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var startRow = 3; // First row of data to process
//var numRows = 12; // Number of rows to process *CHANGE AS NEEDED*
//var numItems = getRowsData(sheet, OpenItems);
var numItems = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange("OpenItems").getValues();
var numRows = numItems[0]
// Fetch the range of cells A2:B3
var dataRange = sheet.getRange(startRow, 1, numRows, 11) // must encompass Column K (11)
// Fetch values for each row in the Range.
var data = dataRange.getValues();
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; ++i) {
var row = data[i];
var actionitemid = row[0];
var assignedon = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(row[1]), "GMT-05:00", "MM/dd/yy");
var assignedto = row[4];
var project = row[2];
var actionitem = row[3];
var duedate = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(row[5]), "GMT-05:00", "MM/dd/yy");
if (duedate == "12/31/69") { // no due date
var duedate = "TBD - please update!!" ;}
var status = row[6];
var emailAddress = row[9]; // Column J = 9 (starts at A=0
var subject = "Action Item Reminder - Project: " + project;
var sheetURL = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getUrl();
var body = "A reminder to do the following:\n\n Project: "+project + "\n Due: "+duedate+"\nAssigned: "+assignedon+"\n Owner: "+assignedto+"\n Status: " + status + "\n\nACTION ITEM: "+actionitemid+"\n=============================\n"+actionitem+"\n=============================\n\nPlease advise if you will not meet the due date ASAP.\n\nAll action items can be found in the Action Item sheet:\n"+sheetURL+".";
var emailSent = row[11]; // Column D = 3
// if (oktosend == "Y") { // Send only for marked rows
var ok = emailAddress.length
if ( emailAddress.length > 0) {
// Send email
// MailApp.sendEmail(emailAddress, subject, body);
// MailApp.sendEmail(emailAddress, "TEST", body);
MailApp.sendEmail({
to: emailAddress,
cc: "rdeloach#rentpath.com",
subject: subject,
body: body
});
// Update EmailSent
var time = new Date();
time = Utilities.formatDate(time, "GMT-05:00", "MM/dd/yy, hh:mm");
sheet.getRange(startRow + i, 11).setValue(time); // Use column for EmailSent + 1 here getRange(startRow + i, X)
// Update oktosend to N
// sheet.getRange(startRow + i, 5).setValue('N'); // Use column for oktosend + 1 here getRange(startRow + i, X)
// Make sure the cell is updated right away in case the script is interrupted
SpreadsheetApp.flush();
} //oktosend<>N
}
}
OUTPUT/RESULT
​Subject: Action Item Reminder - Project: Project X
A reminder to do the following:
Project: Project X
Due: 3/1/14
Assigned: 02/01/14
Owner: Rick D
Status: Pending
ACTION ITEM: 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Provide the data requirements for the new database tables on project X.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please advise if you will not meet the due date ASAP.
All action items can be found in the Action Item sheet:
END OUTPUT
Looking for help on the grouping and producing a table in Gmail.

Answer 1

You can put the table in the body of the message and then send it through the GmailApp service instead of MailApp.
var body = '<table><tr><td>col</td><td>val</td></tr></table>';
GmailApp.sendMail('to#example.com', 'subject', '',
{ cc: 'cc#example.com',
htmlBody: body
});