如何在给定时间使用Apps脚本在Google Spreadsheet中“复制-粘贴值”动态数据？

Question

I have a google spreadsheet that imports and modifies data from an online source that updates every hour. I wish to pull a static copy of the 10pm update from the spreadsheet—essentially a copy-paste special at a certain time. I am using the following Script and set a Time-Driven trigger for 10pm. The script pulls data from cells N5:N10 of one sheet (which update every hour) and pastes only static values into cells N5:N10 of a second sheet in the same spreadsheet.

function PasteValue()}

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();

var data= ss.getSheets()[1].getRange("N5:O10").getValues();

ss.getSheets()[2].getRange("N5:O10").setValues(data);

}

When I run the script manually it works perfectly. However, when I set the Time-Driven trigger and close the sheet, all that is imported is a series of static “#######” when I check the next morning.

Does anybody have any insight as to the problem? Or, if anybody has an alternative script or method to automatically copy-pastevalues in google spreadsheets using formulas or scripts, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks, Ron

Answer 1

When using triggers openById instead of getActive

function PasteValue()}
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(id);
  ss.getSheets()[1].getRange("N5:O10").copyTo(ss.getSheets()[2].getRange("N5"),{contentsOnly:true});
}

Answer 2

I think the formula that you are using (importdata or importhtml) is not calculating when the spreadsheet is not open ie user is not online.

You can use a script with urlfetchapp.