How can I build a filter that contains a certain text by gas

Question

I have a script that works fine

function setFilter() {
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  var filterSettings = {};
  filterSettings.range = {sheetId: ss.getSheetByName("mySheet").getSheetId()};
  filterSettings.criteria = {};
  filterSettings['criteria'][4] = {
    'hiddenValues': ["FALSE"]
  };
  var request = {
    "setBasicFilter": {
      "filter": filterSettings
    }
  };
  Sheets.Spreadsheets.batchUpdate({'requests': [request]}, ss.getId());
}

with in column E

={"test";arrayformula(if(B2:B="",,not(iserror(find("mike",B2:B)))))}

• I would like to replace hiddenValues FLASE on column E (4) by when text contains "something" in column B (1), I tried 'textContains': ['mike'] but that doesn't work
• Is it possible to create a filterview instead of a basic filter

Answer 1

Issue:

You have to define TEXT_CONTAINS under field condition.

Solution:

Replace this:

filterSettings['criteria'][4] = {
  'hiddenValues': ["FALSE"]
};

With this:

filterSettings['criteria'][1] = {
  "condition": {
    "type": "TEXT_CONTAINS",
    "values": [
      {
        "userEnteredValue": "mike"
      }
    ]
  }
};

Notes:

• criteria is deprecated, consider using filterSpecs instead.
• I didn't notice your second question before. Take a look at Managing filter views for information on creating filter views.

Reference:

• BasicFilter
• BooleanCondition
• ConditionType