In a table (in excel) in a column I have some number(A).
I want the flow to take that number (A) and to create number of rows equels to Number (A)
For example if number(A) is 4, then in another table to be added 4 rows
I've made an assumption on the source and destination tables. This concept can be adjusted and applied to suit your own scenario.
I'd be using Office Scripts to do this. If you've never used it then feel free to consult the Microsoft documentation to get you going ...
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/scripts/tutorials/excel-tutorial
This is the script you need to create (change the name of your tables accordingly) ...
function main(workbook: ExcelScript.Workbook)
{
var addRowsTable = workbook.getTable('TableRowsToAdd');
var addRowsToTable = workbook.getTable('TableAddRowsToTable');
var addRowsTableDataRange = addRowsTable.getRangeBetweenHeaderAndTotal();
var addRowsTableDataRangeValues = addRowsTableDataRange.getValues();
// Sum the values so we can determine how many more rows need to be added
// to the destination table.
var sumOfAllRowsToBeInExistence = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < addRowsTableDataRangeValues.length; i++) {
if (!isNaN(addRowsTableDataRangeValues[i][0])) {
sumOfAllRowsToBeInExistence += Number(addRowsTableDataRangeValues[i][0]);
}
}
var currentRowCount = addRowsToTable.getRangeBetweenHeaderAndTotal().getRowCount();
var rowsToAdd = sumOfAllRowsToBeInExistence - currentRowCount;
console.log(`Current row count = ${currentRowCount}`);
console.log(`Rows to add = ${rowsToAdd}`);
if (rowsToAdd > 0) {
/*
The approach below is contentious given the performance impact but this approach ...
for (var i = 1; i <= rowsToAdd; i++) {
... didn't always yield the correct result. May be a bug but needs investigation.
Ultimately, there are a few ways to achieve the same result, like using the resize method.
This was the easiest option for a StackOverflow answer.
*/
while (addRowsToTable.getRangeBetweenHeaderAndTotal().getRowCount() <
sumOfAllRowsToBeInExistence) {
addRowsToTable.addRows();
}
}
}
You can then call that from PowerAutomate using the Run script action under Excel Online (Business) ...
You can use that approach or all of the actions that are available in PowerAutomate which will achieve the same sort of thing.
IMO, Using Office Scripts is much easier. Creating a large flow can be a real pain in the backside to deal with given there'll be a whole heap of actions that you'll need to throw in to reach the same outcome.
I would pass the number of rows to add in an office scripts script as a parameter. Once you have the value, create a JSON string of a 2d array. You want to create a loop using the number of rows to add. In the loop you continue to concatenate the 2d array. Once you've exited the loop, parse the JSON string and add the 2d array to the table. You can see how you code might look below:
function main(workbook: ExcelScript.Workbook, rowsToAdd: number)
{
//set table name
let tbl = workbook.getTable("table2")
//initialize json string with open bracket
let jsonArrString = "["
//set the temp json string with a 2d array
let tempJsonArr = '["",""],'
//concatenate json string equal to the number of rows to add
for (let i = 0; i < rowsToAdd; i++){
jsonArrString += tempJsonArr
}
//remove extra comma from JSON string
jsonArrString = jsonArrString.slice(0, jsonArrString.length-1)
//add closing bracket to JSON string
jsonArrString += "]"
//parse json string into array
let jsonArr: string[][] = JSON.parse(jsonArrString)
//add array to table to add the number of rows
tbl.addRows(null,jsonArr)
}
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class DataBase {
public ArrayList<String> nameList = new ArrayList<>();
public void nameAdd(String s, int i) {
if (i < nameList.size()){
nameList.add(i, s);
//string not adding to arrayList, ive probably done it wrong.
}
System.out.println(s);
System.out.println("nameList.size = " + nameList.size());
System.out.println("arrayList number = " + i);
}
}
I've been coding for about a month now so please excuse my noobieness but i'm trying to basically take a string from a GUI i've built, cut it up to get a name, and add that name to a "database" when the user clicks another button to add it to it. Ive already been able to increment the i which is supposed to set an index for the string within the arrayList but the arrayList isnt increasing in size and I get a whole bunch of errors thus the if statement ive added to stop it from trying to add to an index that isnt yet in the arrayList.
In your code I see your array nameList always empty.
Because you have this line:
public ArrayList<String> nameList = new ArrayList<>();
In this moment you create your array (empty), but in your nameAdd method if you pass this at the first time:
nameAdd('ADDFIRSTELEMENT', 0)
Your if statemnt is always false
if (i < nameList.size()){
nameList.add(i, s);
//string not adding to arrayList, ive probably done it wrong.
}
You must to change your check as follow:
if (i <= nameList.size())
Because if your index is the same of the size, you can add your element in the array.
If you want you can use the contains method of your nameList ArrayList object so you can see if your string is present in your array
I'm designing a script that takes an object (jsonData[data]) and inputs its values into a different sheet based on which product it is.
Currently the script inputs all the data into a new row each time the form reaches a new stage, however the form goes through 4 stages of approval and so I'm finding each submission being entered into 4 different rows. Each submission has an "Id" value within the object which remains the same (but each submission could also be on any row in the sheet as it's used a lot).
I'm checking whether the ID exists in the sheet and using iteration to find the row number:
function updatePlatformBulkInfo(jsonData) {
var sheetUrl = "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13U9r9Lu2Fq1WTT8pQ128heCm6_gMmH1R4O6u8e7kvBo/edit#gid=0";
var sheetName = "PlatformBulkSetup";
var doc = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl(sheetUrl);
var sheet = doc.getSheetByName(sheetName);
var rowList = [];
var formId = jsonData["Id"];
var allSheetData = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
setLog("AllSheetData = " + allSheetData[1][11]) //Logs to ensure data is collected correctly
var rowEdited = false;
var rowNumber = 0;
//Check whether ID exists in the sheet
for (var i = 0; i < allSheetData.length; i++) {
if(allSheetData[i][11] == formId) {
rowEdited = true;
} else {
rowNumber += 1;
}
}
My issue is with the next part:
//Append row if ID isn't duplicate or update row if duplicate found
if (rowEdited == false) {
for (var data in jsonData) {
rowList.push(jsonData[data])
}
setLog("***Row List = " + rowList + " ***");
setLog("***Current Row Number = " + rowNumber + " ***");
sheet.appendRow(rowList);
} else if(rowEdited == true){
var newRowValue = jsonData[data];
sheet.getRange(rowNumber, 1).setValues(newRowValue);
}
Everything works fine if the duplicate isn't found (the objects values are appended to the sheet). But if a duplicate is found I'm getting the error:
Cannot find method setValues(string)
This looks to me like i'm passing a string instead of an object, but as far as I'm aware I've already converted the JSON string into an object:
var jsonString = e.postData.getDataAsString();
var jsonData = JSON.parse(jsonString);
How can I modify my script to write the updated data to the matched row?
It's unclear based on your code whether or not you will actually write to the correct cell in the case of a duplicate. As presented, it looks as though you loop over the sheet data, incrementing a row number if the duplicate is not found. Then, after completing the loop, you write to the sheet, in the row described by rowNumber, even though your code as written changes rowNumber after finding a duplicate.
To address this, your loop needs to exit upon finding a duplicate:
var duplicateRow = null, checkedCol = /* your column to check */;
for(var r = 0, rows = allSheetData.length; r < rows; ++r) {
if(allSheetData[r][checkedCol] === formId) {
// Convert from 0-base Javascript index to 1-base Range index.
duplicateRow = ++r;
// Stop iterating through allSheetData, since we found the row.
break;
}
}
In both cases (append vs modify), you seem to want the same output. Rather than write the code to build the output twice, do it outside the loop. Note that the order of enumeration specified by the for ... in ... pattern is not dependable, so if you need the elements to appear in a certain order in the output, you should explicitly place them in their desired order.
If a duplicate ID situation is supposed to write different data in different cells, then the following two snippets will need to be adapted to suit. The general idea and instructions still apply.
var dataToWrite = [];
/* add items to `dataToWrite`, making an Object[] */
Then, to determine whether to append or modify, test if duplicateRow is null:
if(dataToWrite.length) {
if(duplicateRow === null) {
sheet.appendRow(dataToWrite);
} else {
// Overwriting a row. Select as many columns as we have data to write.
var toEdit = sheet.getRange(duplicateRow, 1, 1, dataToWrite.length);
// Because setValues requires an Object[][], wrap `dataToWrite` in an array.
// This creates a 1 row x N column array. If the range to overwrite was not a
// single row, a different approach would be needed.
toEdit.setValues( [dataToWrite] );
}
}
Below is the most basic solution. At the end of this post, I'll expand on how this can be improved. I don't know how your data is organized, how exactly you generate new unique ids for your records, etc., but let's assume it looks something like this.
Suppose we need to update the existing record with new data. I assume your JSON contains key-value pairs for each field:
var chris = {
id:2,
name: "Chris",
age: 29,
city: "Amsterdam"
};
Updating a record breaks down into several steps:
1) Creating a row array from your object. Note that the setValues() method accepts a 2D array as an argument, while the appendRow() method of the Sheet class accepts a single-dimension array.
2) Finding the matching id in your table if it exists. The 'for' loop is not very well-suited for this idea unless you put 'break' after the matching id value is found. Otherwise, it will loop over the entire array of values, which is redundant. Similarly, there's no need to retrieve the entire data range as the only thing you need is the "id" column.
IMPORTANT: to get the row number, you must increment the array index of the matching value by 1 as array indices start from 0. Also, if your spreadsheet contains 1 or more header rows (mine does), you must also factor in the offset and increment the value by the number of headers.
3) Based on the matching row number, build the range object for that row and update values. If no matching row is found, call appendRow() method of the Sheet class.
function updateRecord(query) {
rowData = [];
var keys = Object.keys(query);
keys.forEach(function(key){
rowData.push(query[key]);
})
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var headers = sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues()[0];
var idColumn = 1;
var ids = sheet.getRange(2, idColumn, sheet.getLastRow() - 1, 1).getValues();
var i = 0;
var matchedRow;
do {
if (ids[i] == query.id) { matchedRow = i + 2; }
i++;
} while (!matchedRow && i < ids.length);
if (matchedRow) {
var row = sheet.getRange(matchedRow, idColumn, 1, rowData.length);
row.setValues([rowData]);
} else {
sheet.appendRow(rowData);
}
}
NOTE: if your query contains only some fields that need to be updated (say, the 'id' and the 'name' field), the corresponding columns for these fields will be
headers.indexOf(query[key]) + 1;
Possible improvements
If the goal is to use the spreadsheet as a database and define all CRUD (Create, Read, Write, Delete) operations. While the exact steps are beyond the scope of the answer, here's the gist of it.
1) Deploy and publish the spreadsheet-bound script as a web app, with the access set to "anyone, even anonymous".
function doGet(e) {
handleResponse(e);
}
function doPost(e) {
handleRespone(e);
}
function handleResponse(e) {
if (e.contentLength == -1) {
//handle GET request
} else {
//handle POST request
}
}
2) Define the structure of your queries. For example, getting the list of values and finding a value by id can be done via GET requests and passing parameters in the url. Queries that add, remove, or modify data can be sent as payload via POST request. GAS doesn't support other methods besides GET and POST, but you can simulate this by including relevant methods in the body of your query and then selecting corresponding actions inside handleResponse() function.
3) Make requests to the spreadsheet URL via UrlFetchApp. More details on web apps https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/web
I have a datatable that contains a single column. I want to join all the rows in this datatable in to a single string with string.join
I used the following but it gives me the error best overloaded method for string.join(string, string[]) has some invalid arguments.
string s = string.Join(", ", ds.Tables[1].Rows.OfType<DataRow>().Select(r => r[0].ToString()));
Can someone help me with writing it correct?
I was referring to the following to get that code:
Store each DataTable Column in string var
Your code seams correct.
If you have a datatable with one column like this:
Test
====
123
456
And apply your code, you will get the string "123, 456"
// Init datatable
var dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("Test");
dt.Rows.Add(dt.NewRow()["Test"] = "123");
dt.Rows.Add(dt.NewRow()["Test"] = "456");
// Join columns
string s = string.Join(", ", dt.Rows.OfType<DataRow>().Select(r => r[0].ToString()));
I have an Access database which I need to retrieve all fields except the first and last and display it in a JTable. Everything works perfectly fine when I create my Object[][] but when i return it, i get a NullPointerException. I tried to find where there could be a null value in the database by printing the whole object out but that works fine and no values are null. Why would returning the Object[][] give me a NullPointerException and how can i fix it?
the stack trace is:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
public Object [] [] SetTrainingLogTable() throws SQLException
{
DatabaseConnection connection = new DatabaseConnection();
//Retrieves all the data from the TrainingLog table
ResultSet resultset = connection.SelectStatements("SELECT * FROM TrainingLog");
//Retrieves the number of entries
ResultSet numberofworkouts = connection.SelectStatements("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TrainingLog");
int count = numberofworkouts.getInt(1);
number = count;
String[][] table = new String [count] [6];
//Number to incriment for while loops
int row = 0;
String date = "";
while(row<count)
{
date = resultset.getString(2);
table [row][0] = calculate.RefineDate(date);
table [row][1] = resultset.getString(3);
table [row][2] = resultset.getString(4);
table [row][3] = resultset.getString(5);
table [row][4] = resultset.getString(6);
table [row][5] = resultset.getString(7);
resultset.next();
row++;
}
Object[][] data = table;
connection.close();
return data;
}
I ran a debugger and it only gives the error when the return line is run.
It's best to post the stack trace and tell which line is raising the error. However, the typical way of writing such code is:
Connection con = ...;
Statement st = ...;
ResultSet rs = ...;
while (rs.next()) {
// ...
}
The result set starts out pointing before the first row. rs.next() returns whether there is a next row, and advances to it if it exists. Can you rewrite it in that style?
Other suggestions:
Can you create an actual object type instead of using Object[] to store the data from each row? Call it Workout.
Can you use a List<Workout> instead of your Object[][]?
Is the date stored in the database as a SQL DATE or TIMESTAMP? Then, don't convert it to a Java String: use java.sql.Date or java.util.Date. At work, I have a large old program that uses strings for dates, and it uses different formats to convert the values at different times. It's pretty miserable.
Don't use SELECT *. Give the names of the columns to return. Use the rs.getString("column_name") syntax.
There's no need to set one variable to the returned table and immediately set another variable to it.
Closing the connection or statement should be done in a finally block, or by try-with-resources.