Google Sheets Update Sheets activity

Introduction

A Google Sheets Update Sheets activity, using its Google Sheets connection, updates a Google Sheets spreadsheet and is intended to be used as a target to consume data in an operation.

Create a Google Sheets Update Sheets activity

An instance of a Google Sheets Update Sheets activity is created from a Google Sheets connection using its Update Sheets activity type.

To create an instance of an activity, drag the activity type to the design canvas or copy the activity type and paste it on the design canvas. For details, see Create an activity instance in Component reuse.

An existing Google Sheets Update Sheets activity can be edited from these locations:

• The design canvas (see Component actions menu in Design canvas).
• The project pane's Components tab (see Component actions menu in Project pane Components tab).

Configure a Google Sheets Update Sheets activity

Follow these steps to configure a Google Sheets Update Sheets activity:

• Step 1: Enter a name and specify settings
  Provide a name for the activity and specify the number of columns.

• Step 2: Review the data schemas
  Any request or response schemas are displayed.

Step 1: Enter a name and specify settings

In this step, provide a name for the activity and specify the number of columns. Each user interface element of this step is described below.

• Name: Enter a name to identify the activity. The name must be unique for each Google Sheets Update Sheets activity and must not contain forward slashes / or colons :.

• Number of Columns: Enter the number of columns to be used when creating the spreadsheet (optional); if not provided, the default value of 26 is used.

• Continue on Error: Select to continue the activity execution if an error is encountered for a dataset in a batch request. If any errors are encountered, they are written to the operation log.

• Save & Exit: If enabled, click to save the configuration for this step and close the activity configuration.

• Next: Click to temporarily store the configuration for this step and continue to the next step. The configuration will not be saved until you click the Finished button on the last step.

• Discard Changes: After making changes, click to close the configuration without saving changes made to any step. A message asks you to confirm that you want to discard changes.

Step 2: Review the data schemas

Any request or response schemas are displayed. Each user interface element of this step is described below.

• Data Schemas: These data schemas are inherited by adjacent transformations and are displayed again during transformation mapping.

  Note

  Data supplied in a transformation takes precedence over the activity configuration.

  The Google Sheets connector uses the Google Sheets API v4. Refer to the API documentation for information on the schema nodes and fields.

  Important

  While the cardinality of the spreadsheetId, title, and sheetId fields is [0, 1] in the request schema (indicating the fields as optional), input for these fields is required by the Google Sheets API, as documented below.

  • Request:

    Request Schema Field/Node	Google API Field/Method, type	Notes
    updateSheetsRequest	spreadsheets.update	Request to update a spreadsheet
    spreadsheetId (required)	spreadsheetId	ID of the spreadsheet to be updated (required)
    title (required)	title	Sheet title (required)
    request	node	Each request is one of findReplaceRequest, addSheetRequest, updateSheetRequest, deleteSheetRequest, deleteCellRequest, or updateCellRequest
    findReplaceRequest	FindReplaceRequest	Finds and replaces data in cells over a range, sheet, or all sheets
    find	String	The value to search
    replacement	String	The value to use as the replacement
    matchCase	Boolean	True if the search is case sensitive
    searchByRegex	Boolean	True if the find value is a regex. The regular expression and replacement should follow Java regex rules.
    matchEntireCell	Boolean	True if the find value should match the entire cell
    includeFormulas	Boolean	True if the search should include cells with formulas. False to skip cells with formulas.
    unionFields	node	Union field scope: The scope over which to find/replace; you must set one of the SheetID or allSheets fields or the fields under the [gridRange][grid-range] node.
    addSheetRequest
    updateSheetsRequest	spreadsheets.update	Request to update a spreadsheet
    spreadsheetId	spreadsheetId	ID of the spreadsheet to be updated
    title	title	Sheet title
    request	node	Each request is one of findReplaceRequest, addSheetRequest, updateSheetRequest, deleteSheetRequest, deleteCellRequest, or updateCellRequest
    findReplaceRequest	FindReplaceRequest	Finds and replaces data in cells over a range, sheet, or all sheets
    find	String	The value to search
    replacement	String	The value to use as the replacement
    matchCase	Boolean	True if the search is case sensitive
    searchByRegex	Boolean	True if the find value is a regex. The regular expression and replacement should follow Java regex rules.
    matchEntireCell	Boolean	True if the find value should match the entire cell
    includeFormulas	Boolean	True if the search should include cells with formulas. False to skip cells with formulas.
    unionFields (required)	node	Union field scope: The scope over which to find/replace; input in either the SheetID or allSheets field is required
    SheetId	Integer	The sheet to find/replace over
    allSheets	Boolean	Set to true to find/replace over all sheets
    gridRange	node	Finds and replaces data within a range on a sheet
    sheetId (required)	Integer	The sheet this range is on (required)
    startRowIndex	Integer	The start row (inclusive) of the range
    endRowIndex	Integer	The end row (exclusive) of the range
    startColumnIndex	Integer	The start column (inclusive) of the range
    endColumnIndex	Integer	The end column (exclusive) of the range

  • Response:

    Response Schema Field/Node	Google API Field	Notes
    updateSheetsResponse	n/a	Response from creating the spreadsheet
    spreadsheetId	spreadsheetId	ID of the newly-updated spreadsheet
    sheets	n/a	Node representing the spreadsheet
    properties	n/a	Node representing the properties returned
    code	n/a	Error code returned (if any)
    message	n/a	Message returned upon creation (if any)

• Refresh: Click the refresh icon or the word Refresh to regenerate schemas from the Google Sheets endpoint. This action also regenerates a schema in other locations throughout the project where the same schema is referenced, such as in an adjacent transformation.

• Back: Click to temporarily store the configuration for this step and return to the previous step.

• Finished: Click to save the configuration for all steps and close the activity configuration.

• Discard Changes: After making changes, click to close the configuration without saving changes made to any step. A message asks you to confirm that you want to discard changes.

Next steps

After configuring a Google Sheets Update Sheets activity, complete the configuration of the operation by adding and configuring other activities, transformations, or scripts as operation steps. You can also configure the operation settings, which include the ability to chain operations together that are in the same or different workflows.

Menu actions for an activity are accessible from the project pane and the design canvas. For details, see Activity actions menu in Connector basics.

Google Sheets Update Sheets activities can be used as a target with these operation patterns:

• Transformation pattern
• Two-transformation pattern (as the first or second target)

To use the activity with scripting functions, write the data to a temporary location and then use that temporary location in the scripting function.

When ready, deploy and run the operation and validate behavior by checking the operation logs.