超过最大执行时间谷歌表格脚本解决方法

Question

I have a script that runs a function for a set of data that is drawn from a master sheet. Each time the function runs, it draws and processes a data set based on a date designated in a cell in a sheet (cell A3). The date in this cell is updated via a 'for' loop for a date range that I specified. the script can execute 5 complete runs (aka each run execute the function for a day worth of data) of these loops before I run into "Exceeded maximum execution time" some time during the 6th run. All of my data are already saved to the spreadsheet in a continual updating fashion after every run so what I have to do after five cycles is to manually restart the run for another 5 days starting at the 6th day by modifying my script. I am reading about time driven trigger where someone is pausing the script every 5 minutes to get around the 6 minutes execution time limit but it does not suit my needs because I would like a break after every 5 cycles, (not based on time). What I need is to write a script where after running 5 cycles, the script can break and then resume running again for another 5 cycles. Here is what my code looks like:

 function runMultipleDates() { var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet(); var start = new Date("2018-11-05"); var end = new Date("2018-11-09"); var step = 1; for (var date1 = start; date1 <= end; date1.setDate(date1.getDate() + step)) { var date2 = new Date(date1.getTime()); date2.setDate(date2.getDate() + 1); ss.getSheetByName('Time Range').getRange("A3").setValue(date2); runEverything(); }; }

As you can see, right now I am adjusting the start and end date manually for 5 days, let it run and then restart the process again by adjusting my script start date to be 2018-11-09 and end date to be 2018-11-13 for the next run. This function, on its own, is to able to run for far more than 5 days cycles without the execution time restriction. So the question is whether there is away to pause the script and resume running after 5 cycles of the above script. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Thanks for the ideas sent my way. I have found an answer for this problem with the following codes adapted slightly from benlcollins on gitHub. As @Cooper suggested, I ran my function every 5.5 minutes which was just a little more than what it took for me to complete the main function runMultipleDates() (this function processes 5 days at a time on its own); I am repeating this 20 times which means it will cover 20x5=100 days which is good enough for me. I am posting this in case it helps someone.

 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // add menu // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- function onOpen() { var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi(); ui.createMenu("Auto Trigger").addItem("Run","runAuto").addToUi(); } function runAuto() { // resets the loop counter if it's not 0 refreshUserProps(); // create trigger to run program automatically createTrigger(); } function refreshUserProps() { var userProperties = PropertiesService.getUserProperties(); userProperties.setProperty('loopCounter', 0); } function createTrigger() { ScriptApp.newTrigger('runGlobal').timeBased().everyMinutes(5.5).create(); } // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // function to delete triggers // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- function deleteTrigger() { // Loop over all triggers and delete them var allTriggers = ScriptApp.getProjectTriggers(); for (var i = 0; i < allTriggers.length; i++) { ScriptApp.deleteTrigger(allTriggers[i]); } } // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // function to run called by trigger once per each iteration of loop // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- function runGlobal() { var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet(); var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Data'); // get the current loop counter var userProperties = PropertiesService.getUserProperties(); var loopCounter = Number(userProperties.getProperty('loopCounter')); var limit = 20; // create trigger to run program automatically // if loop counter < limit number, run the repeatable action if (loopCounter < limit) { // do stuff runMultipleDates(); // increment the properties service counter for the loop loopCounter +=1; userProperties.setProperty('loopCounter', loopCounter); // see what the counter value is at the end of the loop Logger.log(loopCounter); } // if the loop counter is no longer smaller than the limit number else { Browser.msgBox("Run Completed"); // Log message to confirm loop is finished deleteTrigger(); } }