In this course, we will be covering the basics of Google Apps Script and working our way by working with Google Sheets, Google Workspace API’s and more. After working with variables, operators, loops in Google Apps Script, we will be working with Google Sheets, where we will start out by getting and setting values in Google Sheets, followed by doing some amazing projects in Google Sheets and Google Apps Script. After working with Google Sheets, we will work with Google Forms, Google Classroom, YouTube and more.
It’s always pleasing to see new Google Apps Script courses being published. The latest one we’ve spotted has been created by Aryan Irani and hosted on Udemy. We’ve not taken this course but the landing page contains an overview and previews of some of the video content.
How to setup 2-way sync within the same workbook without any unique ID.
I’m in the habit of adding IDs to sheets where I need to do lookups, but sometimes, I inherit a sheet without IDs in place (or I can’t edit the sheet structure). Spencer outlines a clever way to handle syncing between two sheets without using IDs in this video.
I’m a public school teacher writing Apps Script projects to manage documentation and to make life easier in general. You can read more on my blog, blog.ohheybrian.com or follow me on Twitter, @bennettscience.
I decided to explore something similar to a Webhook for Google Forms. In other words, something that triggers another action when a Google form is submitted. In this case, when a Google form is filled and submitted, the results should be sent to an API endpoint for adding members to a database. I found an answer in Google Apps Script, a coding language based on Javascript which allows for programmatically extending Google Apps like Google Forms, Sheets, Docs etc.
A nice explanation of how triggers can be used in Google Forms to push new data to other systems. The post is easy to read and includes lots of screenshots to help prevent you getting lost.
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Convert a Google Doc into a PDF in a given folder and optionally delete the original Doc file.
The following Google Apps Script is designed to create a PDF file of a Google Doc in a Drive folder that you specify, with the option to delete the original Doc. This snippet of code is from larger developed solutions and allows you to understand and replicate the process.
This post is somewhat of an updated version of this Convert Doc to PDF and move into a new folder blog post. Whilst the code in it still works it was part of my early days of learning Apps Script and it was also when Google allowed for files to exist in more than one place (a feature now replaced by Shortcuts).
I use Google Apps Script to support staff and students in my job. I enjoy dabbling with creating tools to help with automation and I freely share my learning experiences on my blog, where I also have a number of useful Google Add-ons: www.pbainbridge.co.uk
This is a sample workaround for letting users running Google Apps Script on Google Spreadsheet without both authorizing the scopes and showing the script.
The post highlights the use of the existing =IMPORTML() Google Sheets function and a publish webapp to run a Google Apps Script without the end user having to authorize the script. A limitation of this approach, and also important warning to keep in mind, is the deployed web app needs to be deployed to run as the script owner and by anyone who has the web app link.
Learn how to build a Google Sheet journal that accepts new entries via text message. My toddler recently turned two and a half and my second daughter was born three weeks ago, so special moments are abundant but the ability to remember them is severely compromised. His suggestion of recording a memory every day in an Excel sheet or leather bound journal resonated with me, but after a few days of trying to find time to open up Excel and write a memory I realized I needed a more lightweight solution. … Twilio makes it easy and cheap to set up a dedicated phone number that can record those text messages to a Google sheet.
Nice example on the Twilio blog on using their service with Google Sheets. There is little setup required but this can all be achieved in 4 lines of code. Unfortunately, sending/receiving SMS messages with Twilio is not free, but it might be a service you keep in mind for Apps Script projects.
Maximum runtime – in order to prevent the tool from reaching the limits imposed by Google you can adjust the number of minutes the tool can run for. Change this in the ‘GlobalVariables.gs’ file in the Script Editor.
Continue from where it left off – if you have a lot of Google folders and files to handle and the above runtime is reached the tool will complete the current row/folder and prompt you to run it again, without duplicating any folders or files already created.
Popups – as well as the ‘Log’ sheet the tool displays a direct popup to the user if it encounters a problem.
Full naming control – you have the ability to tweak every single folder and file name that is created by the tool. See the Concatenate section below to understand the true power of this.
Clickable links – created by the tool which means you can navigate directly to the new folders and files directly from the Google Sheet.
Add more files – the tool currently has columns for 10 files to be added to each folder, but you can actually append more as long as you follow the same convention of 2 columns per file (1 file name and 1 file ID). Do this before you run the tool as you cannot add more files to a folder once it has been created.
Add more folders – after running the tool you can either choose to clear all of the data within it (use the ‘Reset sheets’ option from the ‘Admin’ menu) and start again or you can simply append further rows/folders and re-run without any duplication (if the ‘Folder Link’ column is not blank/empty then it will skip that row).
I use Google Apps Script to support staff and students in my job. I enjoy dabbling with creating tools to help with automation and I freely share my learning experiences on my blog, where I also have a number of useful Google Add-ons: www.pbainbridge.co.uk
A wonderful set of video tutorials showing you how to set up a web app and connecting it to a Google Sheet. It starts off with a simple form and covers areas like getting data from a sheet and sending it back and using Materialize CSS for to easily create a good looking app. Plus, it also looks at connecting a Google Calendar to the app and how to create multiple pages in the web app.
I’ve been using Apps Script since 2015 and absolutely love it. I share various projects and ideas on my site bazroberts.com and I have also written a number of books on Apps Script, taking people through step-by-step from the very basics to more complex areas whilst making practical applications. I also share news on Apps Script and on Google Workspace in general on Twitter @barrielroberts
In this post, we’re going to look at a simple issues reporting system, where the teacher fills out a Google Form to report the issue. This is stored in a Google Sheet, and an email with the summary of the issue is either sent to the maintenance person or IT technician, depending on the type of issue.
This is based on a system I introduced at the academy where I work, which is in Spain but not all the teachers speak Spanish, so the form allows them to report the issue in English and then it’s translated into Spanish for the relevant person to resolve the issue.
In this post Baz Roberts highlights the benefits of Google Apps Script Language Service to translate Google Form responses into another language.
