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Solutions, Sheets

Send SMS event updates or discount codes using Twilio from a Google Sheet

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Whether it’s a dinner reservation confirmation, a discount code, or a status update via SMS; it’s handy to be able to use a Google Sheet as an interface where you enter desired phone numbers to text along with a unique message for each, especially if you need to concatenate or produce randomized data using formulas in a Sheet as the message.

In this article the author will walk you through how to use a Google Sheet to send text messages using Twilio’s free trial account (an online communications provider that offers texting, calling, etc).

Source: Send SMS event updates or discount codes using Twilio from a Google Sheet

Solutions, Sheets

Analyzing Mailchimp Campaigns using Google Apps Script — PART II

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So when you send out a campaign, Mailchimp tracks how many people opened the emails and which links were clicked within the email. So this information might not be available in a format you might like. So we will utilize the power of Mailchimp API and Google Sheets to put it in a format that we desire.

Source: Analyzing Mailchimp Campaigns using Google Apps Script — PART II

Solutions, Sheets

Automating Mailchimp Campaigns using Google Apps Script — PART I

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Mailchimp has an amazing, well documented RESTful API. I loved exploring all what it had to offer and using it with Google Sheets and automating the whole campaign process right at the click of the button was surely fun.

Some detailed guidance on composing marketing campaigns in Mailchimp using Google Apps Script.

Source: Automating Mailchimp Campaigns using Google Apps Script — PART I

Solutions, Sheets

BigQuery create partitioned table and load CSV with Apps Script

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Work with partitioned table and upload a csv file in BigQuery with Apps Script.

BigQuery is the famous Google database to store huge amount of data and query them fastly. For a recent a project I had to use it for storing some logs so here the code used with Google Apps Script to create the table and load a csv file from Google Drive.

Source: BigQuery create partitioned table and load CSV with Apps Script

Solutions, Gmail, Sheets, Slides

Send bullk emails with personalised images in G Suite using Google Apps Script

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Earlier in the year I managed to get a bulk emailing script published in the G Suite Developer Solutions Gallery. In this post I want to show you how you can extend this script so that you can send personalised images using Gmail, Sheets and Slides.

Source: Send bullk emails with personalised images in G Suite using Google Apps Script

Solutions, Sheets

Google Apps Script Course – Intro: 2D Array Data Transformation for Google Sheets – Yagisanatode

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This course requires a rudimentary understanding of very basic Javascript concepts and of what an array is. Nevertheless, if you want to come in blind you should be able to pick things up with a bit of Googling.

One of the major regular tasks that Google Apps Scripts can do for Google Sheets is to automate the transformation of data from one state to another.

Sometimes this task can simply be accomplished by building dynamic templates using the vast functionality of Google Sheets. Other times automation via Google Apps Script is a better tool for the job.

Source: Google Apps Script Course – Intro: 2D Array Data Transformation for Google Sheets – Yagisanatode

Solutions, Sheets

Retrieving volunteer records by SQL with Google Apps Script in Google Spreadsheet

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Recently, I am working for an NGO supporting those severe handicapped. This article documents how I retrieve target entries programmatically.

Source: Retrieving volunteer records by SQL with Google Apps Script in Google Spreadsheet

Solutions, Sheets

Analyze sentiment of open-ended feedback and gain insights in Google Sheets Sheets to Apps – YouTube

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Some of the most valuable insights come from free-form user feedback, but text data can be difficult to process and summarize in a scalable way. In this episode of Sheets to Apps, Alicia Williams shows you how to use Cloud Natural Language to analyze and interpret free-form text, directly in Google Sheets!

Snippet, Sheets

Log actions performed by a user running a Google Apps Script

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Screenshot of spreadsheet with logs from script

Example log output from script to spreadsheet

A standalone function that you could include in your scripting projects to help determine which user ran a script and what actions it has performed. It is designed to output the information into a Google sheet – Date/Time, User, Action.

Source: The Gift of Script: Log actions performed by a user running a script