This article is a continuation of Infinite Dependent Dropdowns in Google Sheets.
Changes and additions to the code are described here, namely:
function onEdit(e) {
var row = e.range.getRow();
var col = e.range.getColumn();
var list_name = e.source.getActiveSheet().getName();
var name = e.value;
var oldName = e.oldValue;
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Home');
var mask = JSON.stringify(sh.getRange(row, 1, 1, col).getValues()[0]);
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Home');
var colMax = sh.getLastColumn();
if(list_name === "Home" && name !== oldName && col < colMax) {
fillColumn(row, col, mask);
}
}
function onOpen() {
var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
// Or DocumentApp or FormApp.
ui.createMenu('Custom Menu')
.addItem('Create sheets', 'createSheets')
.addToUi();
}
function fillColumn(row, col, mask) {
// clear dataVal and Value
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Home');
var colMax = sh.getLastColumn();
sh.getRange(row, col + 1, 1, colMax).clearDataValidations().clearContent();
// find date
var sd = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Data");
var arrData = sd.getDataRange().getValues();
var arrData_2 = [];
arrData_2.push(arrData[0]);
var iMax = arrData.length - 1;
for(var i=1; i<=iMax; i++) {
if(JSON.stringify(arrData[i].slice(0, col)) == mask) {
arrData_2.push(arrData[i]);
}
}
// clear Data_2
var sd_2 = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Data_2");
sd_2.getDataRange().clearContent();
// insert data
sd_2.getRange(1, 1, arrData_2.length, arrData_2[0].length).setValues(arrData_2);
// add dataVal
col++;
var list = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K'];
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Home');
sh.getRange(row, col).setDataValidation(SpreadsheetApp.newDataValidation()
.setAllowInvalid(false)
.requireValueInRange(sh.getRange('Data_2!$' + list[col - 1] + '$2:$' + list[col - 1] + '$1000'), true)
.build());
}
function createSheets() {
// is exist Home?
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sd = ss.getSheetByName('Data')
// create if not exist
if(!ss.getSheetByName('Home')) {
ss.insertSheet('Home', 0);
// create Data Val
var sh = ss.getSheetByName('Home');
sh.getRange('Home!A2:A20').setDataValidation(SpreadsheetApp.newDataValidation()
.setAllowInvalid(false)
.requireValueInRange(sh.getRange('Data!$A$2:$A'), true)
.build());
sh.getRange(1, 1, 1, 10).setValues(sd.getRange(1, 1, 1, 10).getValues()).setFontWeight('bold');
};
// is exist Data_2?
if(!ss.getSheetByName('Data_2')) {
// create if not exist
var k = ss.getNumSheets();
ss.insertSheet('Data_2', k + 1);
var sd_2 = ss.getSheetByName('Data_2');
sd_2.getRange(1, 1, 1, 10).setValues(sd.getRange(1, 1, 1, 10).getValues()).setFontWeight('bold');
};
}
Now, in this version of the program, it is possible to automatically create all the sheets of the file necessary for the script to work (including data formatting and validation) by pressing just one(!) button from the user menu.
All you need for this:
You can get more information from this video (RU voice):
ATTENTION!
This article has a continuation: Infinite Dependent Dropdowns in Google Sheets (part 3)