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Time Driven Conditional Updates on Google Spreadsheets


I would like to update the given date [reset day] on weekly periods. During this update if weekly attendance will also reset to 0 and if its value is less than 2 Attendance points will decrease by 8 points.

Example Initial Sheet

Name     |  Attendance Point | Weekly Attendance |  Reset Day
--------------------------------------------------------------
Jack     |         12        |         0         |  13/09/2018
Jacob    |         23        |         0         |
Emily    |         12        |         1         | 
Rick     |         11        |         2         | 
Rob      |         21        |         3         |

Desired Update

Name     |  Attendance Point | Weekly Attendance |  Reset Day
--------------------------------------------------------------
Jack     |          4        |         0         |  20/09/2018
Jacob    |         15        |         0         |
Emily    |          4        |         0         | 
Rick     |         11        |         0         | 
Rob      |         21        |         0         |

Sample base sheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1khPC5r2p0b1srsEGka3fl-GAl6nHACaVR0Cf31cqA1o/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks in advance

function resetCells() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('Sheet');
var range = ss.getDataRange().offset(1, 0, ss.getLastRow() - 1);
var values = range.getValues().map(function(e) {
  return e[0] ? [false, e[1], e[2], e[3], e[4] + 1, e[5]] : e;
});
range.setValues(values);
}

Update Function

function weekDays() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('Sheet').getRange('F2').setValue(new Date())

}


Solution

  • I solved the problem with this snippet of script

    function weekDays() {
      var sd = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('Sheet').getRange('F2').setValue(new Date())
      var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('Sheet');
      var range = ss.getDataRange().offset(1, 0, ss.getLastRow() - 1);
      var values = range.getValues().map(function(e) {
        if (Number(e[4]) < 2 && Number(e[2] >= 8) ) {
          return e[1] ? [e[0], e[1], Number(e[2]) - 8, e[3], 0, e[5]] : e;
        } else if (Number(e[4]) < 2 && Number(e[2]) < 8) {
          return e[1] ? [e[0], e[1], 0, e[3], 0, e[5]] : e;
        } else {
          return e[1] ? [e[0], e[1], e[2], e[3], 0, e[5]] : e;  
        }
      }); 
      range.setValues(values);
    }