Appshet and Google Scripts Integration

Hello,

I have a google scripts code for creating a changelog on my dataset. Every time I make a change in Sheets, it tracks the change. But when I use Appsheet it doesn't track changes. I believe it is something to do with the 'getActiveSpreadsheet' code. But I am unsure which code to change.

Thanks,

Tom

 

 

 

 

function onEdit(e) {  
  var changelogSheetName = "Changelog";
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  var cell = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveRange();
  var timestamp = new Date();
  var currentSheet = ss.getActiveSheet();
  var currentSheetName = currentSheet.getName();
  var previousValue = e.oldValue;
  var newValue = cell.getValue();
  var typeChange = "Edit";
  var field = currentSheet.getRange(1, cell.getColumn()).getValue();
  var id = currentSheet.getRange(cell.getRow(), 1).getValue();
  var id2 = currentSheet.getRange(cell.getRow(), 2).getValue();

  // if it is the changelog sheet that is being edited, do not record the change to avoid recursion
  if (currentSheetName == changelogSheetName) return;
  var changelogSheet = ss.getSheetByName(changelogSheetName);
  
  if (changelogSheet == null) {
   
    // no changelog sheet found, create it as the last sheet in the spreadsheet
    changelogSheet = ss.insertSheet(changelogSheetName, ss.getNumSheets());
    
    Utilities.sleep(2000); // give time for the new sheet to render before going back
    
    ss.setActiveSheet(currentSheet);    
    changelogSheet.getRange('A1:I1').setBackground('#E0E0E0');
    changelogSheet.appendRow(["Timestamp", "field", "id", "id2", "Sheet", "Cell", "Type", "Old Value", "New Value", "User"]);
    changelogSheet.deleteColumns(8,19);
    changelogSheet.setFrozenRows(1);
    changelogSheet.setColumnWidth(1, 170);
    changelogSheet.setColumnWidth(7, 170); 
    changelogSheet.protect();
  }
  
 
  var user = Session.getEffectiveUser().getEmail();
  
  if (previousValue == null){
    typeChange = "Add"; 
  } else if (newValue == "") {
    typeChange = "Remove";  
  } 
  
  changelogSheet.appendRow([timestamp, field, id, id2, currentSheetName, cell.getA1Notation(), typeChange, previousValue, newValue, user]);
}

 

 

 

 

 

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I am not 100% sure but onEdit has some limitations how it can be triggered.

https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/triggers

So you might want to use call a webhook and then call your logger function.

Steve
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