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Exporting Google Calendar to goggle sheet - issues with sorting from newest to oldest


How do I get this script to re-order so that when it exports the data the most recent entries are at the top? At the moment it puts the oldest data a the top.

function export_gcal_to_gsheet() {
    var mycal = "Email";
    var cal = CalendarApp.getCalendarById(mycal);
    var events = cal.getEvents(new Date("July 01, 2022 00:00:00 UTC"), new Date ("September 12, 2022 23:59:59 UTC"));
    var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
    sheet.clearContents();  
    var header = [["Calendar Address", "Event Title", "Event Description", "Event Location", "Event Start", "Event End", "Calculated Duration", "Visibility", "Date Created", "Last Updated", "MyStatus", "Created By", "All Day Event", "Recurring Event"]]
    var range = sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, 14);
    range.setValues(header);
    for (var i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
        var row=i+2;
        var myformula_placeholder = '';
        var details=[[mycal,events[i].getTitle(), events[i].getDescription(), events[i].getLocation(), events[i].getStartTime(), events[i].getEndTime(), myformula_placeholder, ('' + events[i].getVisibility()), events[i].getDateCreated(), events[i].getLastUpdated(), events[i].getMyStatus(), events[i].getCreators(), events[i].isAllDayEvent(), events[i].isRecurringEvent()]];
        var range=sheet.getRange(row,1,1,14);
        range.setValues(details);
        var cell=sheet.getRange(row,7);
        cell.setFormula('=(HOUR(F' +row+ ')+(MINUTE(F' +row+ ')/60))-(HOUR(E' +row+ ')+(MINUTE(E' +row+ ')/60))');
        cell.setNumberFormat('.00');
    }
}

Solution

  • Modify the Formula in your For Loop

    In your for loop, modify the formula for your row from:

    var row=i+2;

    to:

    var row = events.length + 1 - i;

    This will display the most recent entry the top of the row.