Class Sheet

Activates this sheet. Does not alter the sheet itself, only the parent's notion of the active sheet.

// This example assumes there is a sheet named "first"
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var first = ss.getSheetByName("first");
first.activate();

Return

Sheet — The newly active sheet.

Adds developer metadata with the specified key to the sheet.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its URL. If you created your script from within a
// Google Sheets file, you can use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the URL with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc123456/edit');

// Gets a sheet by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Adds the key 'NAME' to the developer metadata for the sheet.
sheet.addDeveloperMetadata('NAME');

// Gets the updated metadata info and logs it to the console.
console.log(sheet.getDeveloperMetadata()[0].getKey());

Parameters

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Adds developer metadata with the specified key and visibility to the sheet.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its URL. If you created your script from within a
// Google Sheets file, you can use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the URL with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc123456/edit');

// Gets a sheet by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Adds the key 'NAME' and sets the developer metadata visibility to PROJECT
// for the sheet.
sheet.addDeveloperMetadata('NAME', SpreadsheetApp.DeveloperMetadataVisibility.PROJECT);

// Gets the updated metadata info and logs it to the console.
const developerMetaData = sheet.getDeveloperMetadata()[0];
console.log(developerMetaData.getKey());
console.log(developerMetaData.getVisibility().toString());

Parameters

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Adds developer metadata with the specified key and value to the sheet.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its URL. If you created your script from within a
// Google Sheets file, you can use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the URL with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc123456/edit');

// Gets a sheet by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Adds the key 'COMPANY' with the value 'TECH' to the developer metadata for the sheet.
sheet.addDeveloperMetadata('COMPANY', 'TECH');

// Gets the updated metadata info and logs it to the console.
const developerMetaData = sheet.getDeveloperMetadata()[0];
console.log(developerMetaData.getKey());
console.log(developerMetaData.getValue());

Parameters

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Adds developer metadata with the specified key, value, and visibility to the sheet.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its URL. If you created your script from within a
// Google Sheets file, you can use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the URL with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc123456/edit');

// Gets a sheet by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Adds the key 'COMPANY' with the value 'TECH' to the developer metadata and sets the
// visibility to DOCUMENT for the sheet.
sheet.addDeveloperMetadata(
  'COMPANY',
  'TECH',
  SpreadsheetApp.DeveloperMetadataVisibility.DOCUMENT);

// Gets the updated metadata info and logs it to the console.
const developerMetaData = sheet.getDeveloperMetadata()[0];
console.log(developerMetaData.getKey());
console.log(developerMetaData.getValue());
console.log(developerMetaData.getVisibility().toString());

Parameters

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Appends a row to the bottom of the current data region in the sheet. If a cell's content begins with =, it's interpreted as a formula.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

// Appends a new row with 3 columns to the bottom of the current
// data region in the sheet containing the values in the array.
sheet.appendRow(["a man", "a plan", "panama"]);

Parameters

Return

Sheet — The sheet, useful for method chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the sheet as a DataSourceSheet if the sheet is of type SheetType.DATASOURCE, or null otherwise.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its URL. If you created your script from within a
// Google Sheets file, you can useSpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the URL with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc123456/edit');

// Gets a sheet by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Gets the data source sheet value if the sheet is of type
// SpreadsheetApp.SheetType.DATASOURCE, otherwise this returns a null value.
const dataSourceSheet = sheet.asDataSourceSheet();

// Gets the data source sheet value and logs it to the console.
console.log(dataSourceSheet);
console.log(sheet.getType().toString());

Return

DataSourceSheet — A data source sheet.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Sets the width of the given column to fit its contents.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

sheet.getRange('a1').setValue('Whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul...');

// Sets the first column to a width which fits the text
sheet.autoResizeColumn(1);

Parameters

Return

Sheet — the sheet, useful for method chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Sets the width of all columns starting at the given column position to fit their contents.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

// Sets the first 15 columns to a width that fits their text.
sheet.autoResizeColumns(1, 15);

Parameters

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Sets the height of all rows starting at the given row position to fit their contents.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

// Sets the first 15 rows to a height that fits their text.
sheet.autoResizeRows(1, 15);

Parameters

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Clears the sheet of content and formatting information.

// This example assumes there is a sheet named "first"
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var first = ss.getSheetByName("first");
first.clear();

Return

Sheet — The cleared sheet.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Clears the sheet of contents and/or format, as specified with the given advanced options.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
sheet.clear({ formatOnly: true, contentsOnly: true });

Parameters

Advanced parameters

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Removes all conditional format rules from the sheet. Equivalent to calling setConditionalFormatRules(rules) with an empty array as input.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
sheet.clearConditionalFormatRules();

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Clears the sheet of contents, while preserving formatting information.

// This example assumes there is a sheet named "first"
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var first = ss.getSheetByName("first");
first.clearContents();

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Clears the sheet of formatting, while preserving contents.

Formatting refers to how data is formatted as allowed by choices under the "Format" menu (ex: bold, italics, conditional formatting) and not width or height of cells.

// This example assumes there is a sheet named "first"
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var first = ss.getSheetByName("first");
first.clearFormats();

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Clears the sheet of all notes.

// This example assumes there is a sheet named "first"
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var first = ss.getSheetByName("first");
first.clearNotes();

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Collapses all column groups on the sheet.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[0];

// All column groups on the sheet are collapsed.
sheet.collapseAllColumnGroups();

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Collapses all row groups on the sheet.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[0];

// All row groups on the sheet are collapsed.
sheet.collapseAllRowGroups();

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Copies the sheet to a given spreadsheet, which can be the same spreadsheet as the source. The copied sheet is named "Copy of [original name]".

var source = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = source.getSheets()[0];

var destination = SpreadsheetApp.openById('ID_GOES HERE');
sheet.copyTo(destination);

Parameters

Return

Sheet — The new sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns a DeveloperMetadataFinder for finding developer metadata within the scope of this sheet. Metadata is in the scope of a particular sheet if it is either associated with the sheet itself, or associated with a row, column, or range on that sheet.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its URL. If you created your script from within a
// Google Sheets file, you can use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the URL with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc123456/edit');

// Gets a sheet by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Adds developer metadata for testing.
sheet.addDeveloperMetadata('CITY', 'PARIS');

// Creates the developer metadata finder.
const metadatafinder = sheet.createDeveloperMetadataFinder();

// Finds the metadata with value 'PARIS' and displays its key in the console.
console.log(metadatafinder.withValue('PARIS').find()[0].getKey());

Return

DeveloperMetadataFinder — A developer metadata finder to search for metadata in the scope of this sheet.

Creates a text finder for the sheet, which can find and replace text within the sheet.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[0];

// Creates  a text finder.
var textFinder = sheet.createTextFinder('dog');

// Returns the first occurrence of 'dog' in the sheet.
var firstOccurrence = textFinder.findNext();

// Replaces the last found occurrence of 'dog' with 'cat' and returns the number
// of occurrences replaced.
var numOccurrencesReplaced = findOccurrence.replaceWith('cat');

Parameters

Return

TextFinder — The TextFinder for the sheet.

Deletes the column at the given column position.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
// Columns start at "1" - this deletes the first column
sheet.deleteColumn(1);

Parameters

Return

Sheet — the sheet, useful for method chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Deletes a number of columns starting at the given column position.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
// Columns start at "1" - this deletes the first two columns
sheet.deleteColumns(1, 2);

Parameters

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Deletes the row at the given row position.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
// Rows start at "1" - this deletes the first row
sheet.deleteRow(1);

Parameters

Return

Sheet — the sheet, useful for method chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Deletes a number of rows starting at the given row position.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
// Rows start at "1" - this deletes the first two rows
sheet.deleteRows(1, 2);

Parameters

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Expands all column groups on the sheet. This method requires at least one column group.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[0];

// All column groups on the sheet are expanded.
sheet.expandAllColumnGroups();

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Expands all row groups on the sheet. This method requires at least one row group.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[0];

// All row groups on the sheet are expanded.
sheet.expandAllRowGroups();

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Expands all column groups up to the given depth, and collapses all others.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[0];

// All column groups of depth 2 and lower are expanded, and groups with depth
// 3 and higher are collapsed.
sheet.expandColumnGroupsUpToDepth(2);

Parameters

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Expands all row groups up to the given depth, and collapses all others.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[0];

// All row groups of depth 2 and lower are expanded, and groups with depth
// 3 and higher are collapsed.
sheet.expandRowGroupsUpToDepth(2);

Parameters

Return

Sheet — This sheet, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the active cell in this sheet.

Note: It's preferable to use getCurrentCell(), which returns the current highlighted cell.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
// Returns the active cell
var cell = sheet.getActiveCell();

Return

Range — the current active cell

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the selected range in the active sheet, or null if there is no active range. If multiple ranges are selected this method returns only the last selected range.

The term "active range" refers to the range that a user has selected in the active sheet, but in a custom function it refers to the cell being actively recalculated.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
var activeRange = sheet.getActiveRange();

Return

Range — the active range

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

See also

• setActiveRange(range)

Returns the list of active ranges in the active sheet or null if there are no active ranges.

If there is a single range selected, this behaves as a getActiveRange() call.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
// Returns the list of active ranges.
var activeRangeList = sheet.getActiveRangeList();

Return

RangeList — the list of active ranges

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

See also

• setActiveRangeList(rangeList)

Returns all the bandings in this sheet.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its URL. If you created your script from within a
// Google Sheets file, you can use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the URL with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc123456/edit');

// Gets a sheet by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Gets the banding info for the sheet.
const bandings = sheet.getBandings();

// Gets info on the bandings' second row color and logs it to the console.
for (const banding of bandings) {
  console.log(banding.getSecondRowColor());
}

Return

Banding[] — All the bandings in this sheet.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns an array of charts on this sheet.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var charts = sheet.getCharts();

for (var i in charts) {
  var chart = charts[i];
  // Do something with the chart
}

Return

EmbeddedChart[] — An array of charts.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the column group at the given index and group depth.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[0];

// Returns the group whose control index is at column 2 and has a depth of 1, or
// null if the group doesn’t exist.
var columnGroup = sheet.getColumnGroup(2, 1);

Parameters

Return

Group — The column group at the control index and depth, or throws an exception if the group doesn’t exist.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the GroupControlTogglePosition for all column groups on the sheet.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[0];

// GroupControlTogglePosition.AFTER if the column grouping control toggle is shown after the
// group.
var columnGroupControlPosition = sheet.getColumnGroupControlPosition();

Return

GroupControlTogglePosition — true if the column grouping control toggle is shown after the group on this sheet and false otherwise.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the group depth of the column at the given index.

The group depth indicates how many groups overlap with the column. This can range between zero and eight.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[0];

// 1 if there is a group over columns 1 through 3
var groupDepth = sheet.getColumnGroupDepth(1);

Parameters

Return

Integer — The group depth of the column at the given index.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Gets the width in pixels of the given column.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

// Columns start at 1
Logger.log(sheet.getColumnWidth(1));

Parameters

Return

Integer — column width in pixels

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Get all conditional format rules in this sheet.

// Logs the conditional format rules in a sheet.
var rules = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getConditionalFormatRules();
for (var i = 0; i < rules.length; i++) {
  var rule = rules[i];
  Logger.log(rule);
}

Return

ConditionalFormatRule[] — An array of all rules in the sheet.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the current cell in the active sheet or null if there is no current cell. The current cell is the cell that has focus in the Google Sheets UI, and is highlighted by a dark border. There is never more than one current cell. When a user selects one or more cell ranges, one of the cells in the selection is the current cell.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
// Returns the current highlighted cell in the one of the active ranges.
var currentCell = sheet.getCurrentCell();

Return

Range — the current cell

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns a Range corresponding to the dimensions in which data is present.

This is functionally equivalent to creating a Range bounded by A1 and (Sheet.getLastColumn(), Sheet.getLastRow()).

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

// This represents ALL the data
var range = sheet.getDataRange();
var values = range.getValues();

// This logs the spreadsheet in CSV format with a trailing comma
for (var i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
  var row = "";
  for (var j = 0; j < values[i].length; j++) {
    if (values[i][j]) {
      row = row + values[i][j];
    }
    row = row + ",";
  }
  Logger.log(row);
}

Return

Range — a range consisting of all the data in the spreadsheet

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Gets all the data source formulas.

// Opens the spreadsheet by its ID. If you created your script from within a Google Sheets
// file, use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById('abc123456');

// Gets Sheet1 by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Gets an array of the data source formulas on Sheet1.
// To get an array of data source formulas for the entire spreadsheet,
// replace 'sheet' with 'ss'.
const dataSourceFormulas = sheet.getDataSourceFormulas();

// Logs the first data source formula in the array.
console.log(dataSourceFormulas[0].getFormula());

Return

DataSourceFormula[] — A list of data source formulas.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Gets all the data source pivot tables.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its ID. If you created your script from a Google Sheets file,
// use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById('abc123456');

// Gets Sheet1 by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Gets an array of the data source pivot tables on Sheet1.
// To get an array of data source pivot tables for the entire
// spreadsheet, replace 'sheet' with 'ss'.
const dataSourcePivotTables = sheet.getDataSourcePivotTables();

// Logs the last time that the first pivot table in the array was refreshed.
console.log(dataSourcePivotTables[0].getStatus().getLastRefreshedTime());

Return

DataSourcePivotTable[] — A list of data source pivot tables.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Gets all the data source tables.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its ID. If you created your script from a Google Sheets file,
// use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById('abc123456');

// Gets Sheet1 by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Gets an array of data source tables on Sheet1.
// To get an array of data source tables for the entire spreadsheet,
// replace 'sheet' with 'ss'.
const dataSourceTables = sheet.getDataSourceTables();

// Logs the last completed data execution time on the first data source table.
console.log(dataSourceTables[0].getStatus().getLastExecutionTime());

Return

DataSourceTable[] — A list of data source tables.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Get all developer metadata associated with this sheet.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its URL. If you created your script from within a
// Google Sheets file, you can use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the URL with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc123456/edit');

// Gets a sheet by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Adds developer metadata for testing.
sheet.addDeveloperMetadata('CITY', 'PARIS');

// Gets all the developer metadata for the sheet.
const developerMetaDataList = sheet.getDeveloperMetadata();

// Logs the developer metadata to the console.
for (const developerMetaData of developerMetaDataList) {
  console.log(developerMetaData.getKey());
}

Return

DeveloperMetadata[] — The developer metadata associated with this sheet.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns an array of drawings on the sheet.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its URL. If you created your script from within a
// Google Sheets file, you can use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the URL with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc123456/edit');

// Gets a sheet by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Gets all the drawings from the sheet.
const allDrawings = sheet.getDrawings();

 // Logs the number of drawings present on the sheet.
console.log(allDrawings.length);

Return

Drawing[] — The list of drawings on this sheet.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the filter in this sheet, or null if there is no filter.

// Gets the filter on the active sheet.
let ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
let filter = ss.getFilter();

Return

Filter — The filter.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the URL for the form that sends its responses to this sheet, or null if this sheet has no associated form.

var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var url = sheet.getFormUrl();

Return

String — The URL for the form that places its responses in this sheet, or null if this sheet doesn't have an associated form.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the number of frozen columns.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

Logger.log("Number of frozen columns: %s", sheet.getFrozenColumns());

Return

Integer — the number of frozen columns

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the number of frozen rows.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

Logger.log("Number of frozen rows: %s", sheet.getFrozenRows());

Return

Integer — the number of frozen rows

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns all over-the-grid images on the sheet.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its URL. If you created your script from within a
// Google Sheets spreadsheet, you can use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the URL with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc123456/edit');

// Gets Sheet1 by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Gets the over-the-grid images from Sheet1.
// To get the over-the-grid images from the entire spreadsheet, use ss.getImages() instead.
const images = sheet.getImages();

// For each image, logs the anchor cell in A1 notation.
for (const image of images) {
 console.log(image.getAnchorCell().getA1Notation());
}

Return

OverGridImage[] — An array of over-the-grid images.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Gets the position of the sheet in its parent spreadsheet. Starts at 1.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
// Note that the JavaScript index is 0, but this logs 1
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
// ... because spreadsheets are 1-indexed
Logger.log(sheet.getIndex());

Return

Integer — The position of the sheet in its parent spreadsheet.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the position of the last column that has content.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

// This logs the value in the very last cell of this sheet
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
var lastColumn = sheet.getLastColumn();
var lastCell = sheet.getRange(lastRow, lastColumn);
Logger.log(lastCell.getValue());

Return

Integer — the last column of the sheet that contains content

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the position of the last row that has content.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

// This logs the value in the very last cell of this sheet
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
var lastColumn = sheet.getLastColumn();
var lastCell = sheet.getRange(lastRow, lastColumn);
Logger.log(lastCell.getValue());

Return

Integer — the last row of the sheet that contains content

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the current number of columns in the sheet, regardless of content.

// This example assumes there is a sheet named "first"
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var first = ss.getSheetByName("first");
Logger.log(first.getMaxColumns());

Return

Integer — The maximum width of the sheet.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the current number of rows in the sheet, regardless of content.

// This example assumes there is a sheet named "first"
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var first = ss.getSheetByName("first");
Logger.log(first.getMaxRows());

Return

Integer — The maximum height of the sheet.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the name of the sheet.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
Logger.log(sheet.getName());

Return

String — The name of the sheet.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Gets all the named ranges in this sheet.

// The code below logs the name of the first named range.
var namedRanges = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getNamedRanges();
if (namedRanges.length > 1) {
  Logger.log(namedRanges[0].getName());
}

Return

NamedRange[] — An array of all the named ranges in the sheet.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns the Spreadsheet that contains this sheet.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
// parent is identical to ss
var parent = sheet.getParent();

Return

Spreadsheet — The parent spreadsheet.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets

Returns all the pivot tables on this sheet.

// Opens the spreadsheet file by its URL. If you created your script from within a
// Google Sheets file, you can use SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the URL with your own.
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc123456/edit');

// Gets a sheet by its name.
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');

// Gets all the pivot table info for the sheet.
const pivotTables = sheet.getPivotTables();

// Logs the pivot tables to the console.
for (const pivotTable of pivotTables) {
  console.log(pivotTable.getSourceDataRange().getValues());
}