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user4933
user4933

Reputation: 1585

Google apps script to duplicate script in a different folder giving type error when I try to access new sheet id ()

I am trying to run a google apps script that copies the current script to another folder but for some reason getId() after the copy function duplicateactivesheet is not allowing me to access the new sheets id.

TypeError: newSheet.getId is not a function copySheetToFolder @ Code.gs:29

I get a Type error after running:

function copySheetToFolder(folderId) {
  // Get the sheet to be copied
  //var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
  sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();

  // Make a copy of the sheet
  var newSheet = sheet.duplicateActiveSheet();

  // Get the ID of the new sheet
  var newSheetId = newSheet.getId();

  // Get the folder where the sheet will be copied
  var folder = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderId);

  // Add the sheet to the folder
  folder.addFile(DriveApp.getFileById(newSheetId));
}

Upvotes: 2

Views: 111

Answers (1)

Tanaike
Tanaike

Reputation: 201513

From your provided official document, duplicateActiveSheet() is the method of Class Spreadsheet. But, in your script, sheet of var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet() is Class Sheet. I think that this is the reason for your current issue of TypeError: SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet(...).duplicateActiveSheet is not a function.

But, from a google apps script that copies the current script to another folder, I thought that you might have wanted to copy the active spreadsheet to the specific folder. If my understanding is correct, how about the following modification?

Modified script:

function copySheetToFolder(folderId) {
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  DriveApp.getFileById(ss.getId()).makeCopy(DriveApp.getFolderById(folderId));
}

  • By this modification, the active Spreadsheet is copied to the specific folder of folderId.

  • If you want to give a new title of Spreadsheet, please use DriveApp.getFileById(ss.getId()).makeCopy("new name", DriveApp.getFolderById(folderId)).

Note:

  • If you want to use duplicateActiveSheet(), please use the following modification.

      var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  var newSheet = ss.duplicateActiveSheet();

References:

Added:

Now, I noticed that you updated your question after I posted an answer. About your new issue of TypeError: newSheet.getId is not a function, I think that the reason of your new issue is due to that you are using the sheet ID as the spreadsheet ID. If you want to move the Spreadsheet to the specific folder after you copied the active sheet, please modify as follows.

Modified script:

function copySheetToFolder(folderId) {
  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  sheet.duplicateActiveSheet();
  var ssId = sheet.getId();
  var folder = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderId);
  DriveApp.getFileById(ssId).moveTo(folder);
}

  • From your showing script, in this modification, the active sheet is copied and the active Spreasheet is moved to the specific folder.

  • In the current stage, addFile of Class Folder has been deprecated. Please be careful about this. Ref In this modification, moveTo is used. Ref

Upvotes: 2

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