Copying google spreadsheet columns from one spreadsheet to another with a script

Question

I\'d like to be able to copy a colum (well 3) from a spreadsheet to another spreadsheet (google docs spreadsheets). I\'d also like there to be some sort of trigger that looks fo

Answer 1

I have found that it is easier to just copy the source_sheet to the target_spreadsheet, copy the necessary range using copyTo then delete the copied source_sheet.

 // 1. Open source sheet
 let spreadsheetFrom = SpreadsheetApp.openById(source_spreadsheet_id);
 let sheetFrom = spreadsheetFrom.getSheetByName(source_sheet_name);

 // 2. Copy source sheet to target spreadsheet
 let spreadsheetTo = SpreadsheetApp.openById(target_spreadsheet_id);
 let sheetCopy = sheetFrom.copyTo(spreadsheetTo);

 // 3. Copy range from source_sheet's copy to target_sheet
 let rangeFrom = sheetCopy.getRange('XX:YY');    
 let sheetTo = spreadsheetTo.getSheetByName(target_sheet_name);
 let rangeTo = sheet.getRange('XX:YY');
 rangeFrom.copyTo(rangeTo);

 // 4. Delete source_sheet's copy
 spreadsheetTo.deleteSheet(sheetCopy);