This is not a duplicate to the other questions where people are trying to update a cell in a google sheet with a time-stamp when another cell is updated....
This question is about how to get a time-stamp in a google sheet cell when a function in a script runs.
So, how do I get a cell in my worksheet updated with the time-stamp of when a function in my script last ran?
Make sense?
You can create a function that takes care of the timestamp and call this function from your script function. Something like
function yourFunction() {
//your code here
setTimeStamp()
}
function setTimeStamp() {
SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('name_of_sheet')
.getRange('A1').setValue(new Date())
}
Change sheet name and range to suit.
Note: in case you are working with a script that is not container bound, change SpreadsheetApp.getActive() to SpreadsheetApp.openById() and provide the ID of the spreadsheet as a paramater.
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Basically, I am trying to use VBA to change the VLookup table_array from one tab to another. Currently the VLookup value is something like this
=+vLookup($A4,'02.19.21'!$A$1:$O$9000,F$1,False)
02.19.21 is the name of a tab the data is pulling from, but every week a new tab is created with the most recent data, so the next week the data will need to pull from a new tab that will get created called "02.26.21"
I need vba to change '02.19.21' to '02.26.21', which is where the new data will be pulled from
Edit, I have tried doing a macro recorder, but the issue is that the data is changing weekly, meaining, if I record and change the date to 02.26.21, then when i need to do it for the next week, march 5th, it would not return that data.
I tried the date function in VBA and then used it as a string, since the vlookup would be looking at a tab that is called 02.26.21, but got errors when I did that.
I would consider using a named range for your vlookups instead of a direct sheet+range reference.
See here for named ranges for example: https://www.contextures.com/xlnames01.html
So your vlookup goes from this:
=+vLookup($A4,'02.19.21'!$A$1:$O$9000,F$1,False)
to this:
=+vLookup($A4,LookupTable,F$1,False)
So then when your code needs to change the source sheet, you can do something like:
ThisWorkbook.Names("LookupTable").RefersTo = _
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("02.26.21").Range("A1:O9000")
I am trying to create a user defined function to create a named range and assign a value to the cell. The below code is giving me a #Value error
My code:
Public Function NameARange(CValue As String, NameR As String) as String
Dim ReferAdd As String
ReferAdd = "='" & ActiveSheet.Name & "'!" & ActiveCell.Address
ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=NameR, RefersTo:=ReferAdd
NameARange = CValue
End Function
Any help to fix this code will be much appreciated. Thanks
Are you sure it's not a #NAME? error that you're getting?
Either way, there are a couple issues with your formula. The short explanation is it doesn't make logical sense.
Let's say you stick that formula in cell A1 of Sheet1...
You're trying to create a named range with a Worksheet Function. Worksheet functions recalculate (re-execute) every time something changes on the worksheet. Excel would try to recreate a new named range by the existing name, over and over and over.
Imagine if you had to sweep the floor anytime sometimes changed in your house... but sweeping the floor changes your house. You'd be stuck in an infinite loop.
You're also want the function to assign a formula to the cell that the function is sitting in. What if you could clone yourself, but the only place that clone could ever stand is exactly where you are standing. Wouldn't work out.
And, finally, you want to finish by returning a value to the same cell that has the function (and the infinite copies of itself)... but not just any value: the value that you called the function with in the first place.
It's like a Catch-22 of a Quagmire of a Paradox.
There is no solution for what you're trying to do except, "don't". Excel won't let you anyhow, which is good because otherwise the universe just might implode.
A user-defined function called by a formula in a worksheet cell cannot
change the environment of Microsoft Excel. This means that such a
function cannot do any of the following:
Insert, delete, or format cells on the spreadsheet.
Change another cell's value.
Move, rename, delete, or add sheets to a workbook.
Change any of the environment options, such as calculation mode or screen views.
Add names to a workbook.
Set properties or execute most methods.
The purpose of user-defined functions is to allow the user to create a custom function that is not included in the functions that ship with Microsoft Excel. The functions included in Microsoft Excel also cannot change the environment. Functions can perform a calculation that returns either a value or text to the cell that they are entered in. Any environmental changes should be made through the use of a Visual Basic subroutine.
During calculation, Excel examines the precedents of the cell that contains a user-defined function. If not all precedents have been calculated so far during the calculation process, Excel eventually calls the user-defined function and passes a Null or Empty cell to the function. Excel then makes sure that enough calculation passes occur for all precedents to be calculated. During the final calculation pass, the user-defined function is passed the current values of the cells. This can cause the user-defined function to be called more frequently than expected, and with unexpected arguments. Therefore, the user-defined function may return unexpected values.
For correct calculation, all ranges that are used in the calculation should be passed to the function as arguments. If you do not pass the calculation ranges as arguments, instead of referring to the ranges within the VBA code of the function, Excel cannot account for them within the calculation engine. Therefore, Excel may not adequately calculate the workbook to make sure that all precedents are calculated before calculating the user-defined function.
(Source: Microsoft : Description of limitations of custom functions in Excel)
I've got a LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet that I use to keep track of my accounts receivable at work. Each sheet lists invoices and their status (paid, unpaid, etc) as well as info about each invoice. I'm trying to create a Summary sheet that lists certain data from each sheet. Creating the sheet manually is easy, but I'm trying to "automate" the process. I want the summary page to auto-update if I add a new sheet (or remove one) as I add and remove accounts to the file.
I know that LibreOffice assigns each sheet an index number that I could refer to in some sort of formula, but I cannot find a function that I can use to refer to that index number when getting a value from a cell within it. One would expect that a function like Sheet(2) would reference the second sheet, but, alas, that is not so!
I've tried using the indirect and address functions without success, but I'm not sure if I'm not understanding these functions or if they're not appropriate for what I'm trying to accomplish.
This has been a missing piece in Calc for a long time. The preferred solution is to write a user-defined function. Spreadsheet formulas do not access sheets by index number but Basic can.
The following function is from https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/16604/how-do-i-access-the-current-sheet-name-in-formula-to-use-in-indirect/.
Function SheetName(Optional nSheet)
If IsMissing(nSheet) Then
SheetName = ThisComponent.getCurrentController().getActiveSheet().getName()
Else
SheetName = ThisComponent.getSheets().getByIndex(nSheet-1).getName()
EndIf
End Function
Then get a relative address of the first sheet cell A1 like this.
=ADDRESS(1,1,4,,SHEETNAME(1))
A slightly different function is given at https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=49799.
I have spreadsheet and I'm basically going to use it for inventory tracking and management.
In one sheet I'll have an app on my phone fill a list when it reads
a QR code.
In the second sheet there is also a list with the
specific QR codes of each item.
I need to know when a cell in the first sheet has been updated and put that information in the following two cells.
I'm using this trigger to check if ANY cell in the document has been updated.
function cellEditTrigger()
{
ScriptApp.newTrigger('coolFunction').forSpreadsheet('awsomeSpreadsheetID').onEdit().create();
}
It works fine and it runs the 'coolFunction' function. However I can't seem to be able to get the time and date for the cells that have been edited and put that information in the next two cells.
I know I could use onEdit(e), but I still can't get the information from e.range and I would like my script to not have to be bound to the Spreadsheet.
Is there any way to accomplish this?
Can I write a UDF in Excel VBA where the return value from the function will override the cell value from it is called from?
The function get information with a sql request. In this case it's only master data for example the item description. If the user will use this function in a worksheet in many cells excel will recalculate the cell value every time you change something. This has poor performance and normally it's only necessary to get the information one time and it hasn't to be updated in this case.
I thought to use application.caller.address method to get the address the function was called from but it seems it can't set the cell value for this address within the function.
So the return value of the function should override the original formula that run the function.
Is this possible
thanks for your help
No.
As you may have noticed Excel cells have multiple layers.
One is the "value". Another one the formula you can assign.
A funtions returns a value, therefore the return value only accesses this layer. So you cannot return a replacement for the formula cause it is on another layer.
A function differs from a sub in the return value, a sub does not return anything. Due to your behaviour of "one time usage" a sub will fit your need more than a function, because you dont want to return a value but to remove or replace certain content from cell (the formula).
However, this does not mean you cannot do this with a function - but still not with a return value. But you need to rewrite the whole formula on a data refresh if you would use such a function.
You may have missed a point that you make you laugh yourself I guess. Excel has such a thing natively. But it is not a function.
Copy your cells and paste them but use "values only".
Totally has the same effect.
Also in terms of recalculation... why not turn it off?
This would you not make to rewrite the function each time.