Google Sheets Script for Notification-CodePudding

I have a lead sheet. There are multiple sheets in this lead sheets. There is automatic data entry into these sheets on a regular basis. What I want is that if there is no data entry within a certain time period, I want notifications to be sent to the specified e-mail addresses. Can I achieve this with a specific script or a different setting?

Sending automatic e-mail if there is no data entry after the timeout specified by the script

CodePudding user response：

Yes, you can use a script to automatically send an email if there is no data entry in a Google Sheets document after a certain time period. This can be useful for keeping track of when data is entered in your sheets, and for alerting you if there are any delays or issues with the data entry process.

To create a script that sends an email if there is no data entry after a certain time period, you can use the setInterval method in JavaScript. This method allows you to run a function at regular intervals, so you can use it to check for new data in your sheets and send an email if there is no new data after a certain time period.

Here is an example of how you could use setInterval to send an email if there is no new data in your Google Sheets document after one hour:

function checkForData() {
  // Get the active sheet in the document
  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();

  // Check the last row and column in the sheet
  var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
  var lastColumn = sheet.getLastColumn();

  // Get the current time
  var currentTime = new Date();

  // If there are no rows or columns in the sheet, or if the last update
  // was more than one hour ago, send an email
  if (lastRow == 0 || lastColumn == 0 ||
      currentTime.getTime() - sheet.getLastUpdated().getTime() > 3600000) {
    // Set the email address to send the notification to
    var emailAddress = "[email protected]";

    // Set the subject and body of the email
    var subject = "No data in Google Sheets document";
    var body = "There has been no data entered in the Google Sheets document "  
               "in the last hour. Please check the data entry process and "  
               "ensure that everything is working as expected.";

    // Send the email
    MailApp.sendEmail(emailAddress, subject, body);
  }
}

// Run the checkForData function every hour
setInterval(checkForData, 3600000);

In this example, the checkForData function is called every hour using the setInterval method. The function checks the last row and column in the active sheet, as well as the last time the sheet was updated, and sends an email if there are no rows or columns in the sheet or if the last update was more than one hour ago.

You can adjust the time period and other settings in this script to suit your specific needs. For example, you could change the email address to send the notification to, or you could change the time period to check for data entry more or less frequently.

Once you have written your script, you can deploy it as a Google Sheets add-on to make it available in your sheets. This will allow you to use the script to automatically send email notifications if there is no data entry in your sheets.