I am trying to remove the formula from a column in a existing sheet with python.
I tryed to set my formula to None using the column object (column.formula = None)
It does not work and my column object remains unchanged. Anyone have inputs to solve this issue ? Thank you !
This took me a bit to figure out, but seems like I've found a solution. Turns out that this is a 2-step process:
Update the column object to remove the formula (by setting column.formula to an empty string).
For each row in the sheet, update the cell within that column to remove the formula (set cell.value to an empty string and cell.formula to None).
Completing the STEP 1 will remove the formula from the column object -- but that cell in each row will still contain the formula. That's why STEP 2 is needed -- STEP 2 will remove the formula from the individual cell in each row.
Here's some example code in Python that does what I've described. (Be sure to update the id values to correspond to your sheet.)
STEP 1: Remove formula from the Column
column_spec = smartsheet.models.Column({
'formula': ''
})
# Update column
sheetId = 3932034054809476
columnId = 4793116511233924
result = smartsheet_client.Sheets.update_column(sheetId, columnId, column_spec)
STEP 2: Remove the formula from that cell in each row
Note: This sample code updates only one specific row -- in your case, you'll need to update every row in the sheet. Just build a row object for each row in the sheet (like shown below), then call smartsheet_client.Sheets.update_rows once, passing in the array of row objects that you've built corresponding to all rows in the sheet. By doing things this way, you're only calling the API once, which is the most efficient way of doing things.
# Build new cell value
new_cell = smartsheet.models.Cell()
new_cell.column_id = 4793116511233924
new_cell.value = ''
new_cell.formula = None
# Build the row to update
row_to_update = smartsheet.models.Row()
row_to_update.id = 5225480965908356
row_to_update.cells.append(new_cell)
# Update row
sheetId = 3932034054809476
result = smartsheet_client.Sheets.update_rows(sheetId, [row_to_update])
I am creating an app which will perform some simple mathematical functions. One of these functions is to sum the field on my table. However, it should sum the field based on what is selected on the drop down menu and display the sum value on an edit field component. For instance, using the attached image, when I click control total, I would like to display the sum of the numbers in the fiscal period column and display it on the edit field on the right called sum.
function ControlTotalButtonPushed(app, event)
ct = app.FieldsDropDown.Value;
total = sum(app.UITable.Data.ct);
app.EditFieldTotal.Value = total;
if total == 0
app.BalanceUnbalanceLabel.Text = 'Balance';
else
app.BalanceUnbalanceLabel.Text = 'Unbalance';
end
end
I get an error:
Unrecognized variable name 'ct'
I thought app.UITable.Data.ct would refer to the column name to sum?
Please refer to the attached picture.
I have a cell whose entry is a variable integer.
I'd like to use this number to define another cell.
For example, if the number is 5, then I want Excel to automatically return the whatever's in cell E5; similarly, if the number is 100, I want Excel to return whatever's in cell E100.
How do I do this?
=INDIRECT("E" & C2)
C2 = 5
INDIRECT returns a value from a cell that is referenced using a string i.e.
"E2", "A1", etc.
The and sign("&") concatenates two strings together.
Use INDIRECT()
Assume you have variable number in cell "F3" and values in column "E"..
Write formula like - =INDIRECT("E"&F3)
I've produced a code which separates data within a text file into the required format, filters the data and averages the output (in this case, the value in the fourth column)
I am trying to filter the data in column one for a list of values at the same time, with no strict pattern for the values. e.g 1001, 1007, 1048, 1192, 1200 ....
Currently my code only filters by a certain value (1001) is there a way of incorporating a list of values into this function?
C_f = C(C(:,1) == 1001 , :);
Any help would be much appreciated!
See if this is what you want,
val = [1000 1001];
ind = ismember(C(:,1),val);
C_f = C(ind,:)
I have a Google Spreadsheet with many hidden rows in it, and I want to skip them when iterating through a list of rows in the spreadsheet.
It's mainly an efficiency issue, as I'm dealing with over half of my rows being hidden and in no need of being checked.
Any help would be appreciated.
New API as of 2018 that's useful for this problem: isRowHiddenByUser. See also isRowFilteredByUser.
There's no direct way of doing this in Apps Script, but there is a feature request open to provide a way get the show/hide status of a row, if you want to star it.
A workaround using SUBTOTAL. Create 2 columns A and B. A must always have a value and B has a set of formulas. These 2 columns look like this:
A | B
---------------------------
1 | =NOT(SUBTOTAL(103, A1))
1 | =NOT(SUBTOTAL(103, A2))
1 | =NOT(SUBTOTAL(103, A3))
SUBTOTAL returns a subtotal using a specified aggregation function. The first argument 103 defines the type of function used for aggregation. The second argument is the range to apply the function to.
3 means COUNTA and counts the number of values in the range
+100 means ignore hidden cells in the range.
The result of SUBTOTAL with a range of 1 cell will be 0 when the cell is hidden and 1 when the cell is shown. NOT inverts it.
Now you can read the column B with your script to know if a row is hidden.
Here's the transposed question and answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27846180/1385429
The issue tracker holds that request since Aug 3, 2010 with a Medium priority and just a "Triaged" status. More than 3 years and no signs of solution from the GAS team.
My workaround was to use a special leading character that would indicate the visibility state of the row/column, it is a leading backtick (`) in the cells of top header row/column.
In case if merged cells are used in column headers, then an empty top row should be dedicated just for that functionality until the google engineers will improve the API.
Same applies if there are formulas in the 1st row/column cell(s).
These dedicated rows/columns itself can be hidden.
After starting to use this functionality each show/hide column/row command should be performed from a customized menu, otherwise there'll be errors when iterating through the range programmatically, because of the missing/excessive backtick.
e.g. to hide rows of selected cells the following function is invoked
function hideSelectedRows() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var range = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveRange();
// hide rows and add a ` backtick to the header cell
for (var row = range.getRow(); row <= range.getLastRow(); row++)
{
// add backtick only if it isn't there (that may happen when manually unhiding the rows)
var cellHeader = sheet.getRange(row, 1)
var cellHeaderValue = cellHeader.getValue()
if ( !cellHeaderValue.match(/^`/) ) {
cellHeader.setValue('`' + cellHeaderValue)
}
// hide rows of selected range
sheet.hideRows( row );
}
}
and the menu
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
.addMenu("Show/Hide", [
{ name : "Hide Selected Rows", functionName : "hideSelectedRows" },
{ name : "Hide Selected Columns", functionName : "hideSelectedColumns" },
null,
{ name : "Hide Rows", functionName : "hideRows" },
{ name : "Hide Columns", functionName : "hideColumns" },
null,
{ name : "Show Rows", functionName : "showRows" },
{ name : "Show Columns", functionName : "showColumns" },
null,
{ name : "Show All Rows", functionName : "unHideAllRows" },
{ name : "Show All Columns", functionName : "unHideAllColumns" }
])
Once google engineers find the time to improve the onChange event, it will be possible to put those backticks automatically. Currently the changeType is limited to EDIT, INSERT_ROW, INSERT_COLUMN, REMOVE_ROW, REMOVE_COLUMN, INSERT_GRID, REMOVE_GRID, OTHER without any details on which Row/Column was inserted/removed. Looks like the team behind GAS is scanty. I wish they could hire more programmers (khm khm)
As for workaround, it is possible by using SUBTOTAL function which can returns a subtotal for a vertical range of cells.
Syntax is:
SUBTOTAL(function_code, range1, [range2, ...])
where hidden values can be skipped for any of these codes by prepending 10 (to the single-digit codes).
For example 102 for COUNT while skipping hidden cells, and 110 for VAR while doing so.
Related: Google Spreadsheets sum only shown rows at Webapps SE