In my current job with spreadsheet, all inserted data passes through a test, checking if the same value is found on the same index in other sheets. Failing, a caution message is put in the current cell.
//mimimalist algorithm
function safeInsertion(data, row_, col_)
{
let rrow = row_ - 1; //range row
let rcol = col_ - 1; // range col
const active_sheet_name = getActiveSheetName(); // do as the its name suggest
const all_sheets = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets();
//test to evaluate the value to be inserted in the sheet
for (let sh of all_sheets)
{
if (sh.getName() === active_sheet_name)
continue;
//getSheetValues do as its name suggest.
if( getSheetValues(sh)[rrow][rcol] === data )
return "prohibited insertion"
}
return data;
}
// usage (in cell): =safeInsertion("A scarce data", ROW(), COLUMN())
The problems are:
- cached values confuse me sometimes. The script or data is changed but not perceived by the sheet itself until renewing manually the cell's content or refreshing all table. Is there any relevant configuration available to this issue?
- Sometimes, at loading, a messing result appears. Almost all data are prohibited, for example (originally, all was fine!).
What can I do to obtain a stable sheet using this approach?
PS: The original function does more testing on each data insertion. Those tests consist on counting the frequency in the actual sheet and in all sheets.
CodePudding user response：
About cached values confuse me sometimes. The script is changed but not perceived by the sheet until renewing manually the cell's content or refreshing all table. No relevant configuration available to this issue?, when you want to refresh your custom function of safeInsertion, I thought that this thread might be useful.
About Sometimes, at loading, a messing result appears. Almost all data are prohibited, for example (originally, all was fine!). and What can I do to obtain a stable sheet using this approach?, in this case, for example, how about reducing the process cost of your script? I thought that by reducing the process cost of the script, your situation might be a bit stable.
When your script is modified by reducing the process cost, how about the following modification?
Modified script:
function safeInsertion(data, row_, col_) {
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
const range = ss.createTextFinder(data).matchEntireCell(true).findNext();
return range && range.getRow() == row_ && range.getColumn() == col_ && range.getSheet().getSheetName() != ss.getActiveSheet().getSheetName() ? "prohibited insertion" : data;
}
The usage of this is the same with your current script like
=safeInsertion("A scarce data", ROW(), COLUMN()).In this modification, TextFinder is used. Because I thought that when the value is searched from all sheets in a Google Spreadsheet, TextFinder is suitable for reducing the process cost.