Redux: How to open a Google Sheet at a specific row for editing
Many years ago I posted a way you could open a Google Sheet at a specific row for editing. This let you do some url wrangling where you could direct […]
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Using CiviCRM with Google Script/Google Drive with the new CiviService Google Script Library
At the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) we use the open source CiviCRM for membership and events management. I’ve previously described how we are able to do Custom regular reporting […]
TAGS Tricks: Making a searchable location map of your top Twitter contributors with Geocode by Awesome Table
In this post I’ll show you how to make a searchable Twitter contributor map like the one below in a couple of clicks, however I feel it’s my duty to educate you first…
Tips on emailing inline Google Charts from Sheets using Apps Script
There are various techniques for automatically distributing these using Apps Script and in this post I’m going to highlight one method for emailing inline charts.
Custom regular reporting from #CiviCRM with Google Sheets and Google Apps Script
At the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) one of the core tools we use for membership management is CiviCRM. In this post I show you how we use Google Apps Script to automate reporting and analysis
Batch changing Google Sheet cell background colours with Google Apps Script
At ALT we use Google Sheets as an easy way to share and collaborate on draft event timetables. Recent examples are the ALT Annual Conference 2014 and the OER15 timetables. […]
Generate a PDF (csv/xlsx/ods) download/publish to the web link for new Google Sheets
Basic little Google Sheet template for generating download links of new Google Sheets in different formats including pdf, csv and xlsx
Creating a Twitter Question/Revision Bot using Google Sheets
My old colleague at Cetis, David Sherlock, posted a nice little ‘Twitter Question/Revision Bot’. This uses a .csv file of questions and multiple choice answers which get randomly tweeted out […]
Dynamically remove Google Form options after they have been selected by someone or reach defined limits
You can imagine the scenario, you’ve got a Google Form perhaps setup as a booking form and a select option for picking timeslots. As the slots fill up you’d like the option to be removed. I was surprised not to find an example of this so here is a rough sketch of some code that might do the job
Allow anyone to add videos to a YouTube playlist from a Google Form using Google Apps Script
A quick example of how you can use Google Apps Script to automatically allow anyone to add YouTube videos to one of your playlists