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Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 2: Bracket Notation

Learn how and when to use Bracket Notation in an array. No memorization is needed!. You’ll also be able to see the gap between what it is that’s missing.

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 2: Logger.log()

Learn to log any variable you want and get notes inside your log. Debug your code to understand what’s going on and find out where you went wrong.

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 2: If ( ){ } and Checkboxes

Let’s talk about the IF formula and the differences. Learn how to insert a checkbox and all the other things it can do for you.

Data validation Intermediate

IF()

Introduction to Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 3

This lesson will teach you how to email yourself by sending some texts. Learn how to get some data from your sheet and send them into your inboxes or other people’s inboxes.

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 3: MailApp

Learn about the needed variables for the Mail App to work. In this lesson, I’ll walk you through how you can email yourself or other people the items in a to-do list that hasn’t been done yet.

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 3: Email Yourself For Loop

I’ll walk you through how you can receive an email about tasks that haven’t been done.

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 3: Send Email Every Week Trigger

Learn about how to add and delete Triggers very quickly. I’ll teach you how you can send out an email regularly using Triggers.

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 3: Email Other People For Loop

Send the same email to different people by using the same Four Loop to figure out which ones we’re sending. Do cool things with this Mail App and email system.

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 4: UrlFetchApp

Use any URL to scrape the web or access an API and get that info into your Google Sheet.

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 4: OmdbAPI get ApiKey, get Data in URL

Capture data from OMDb in our Google Sheets with a free API Key. It’s easier than it sounds. Let’s do this!

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 4: OmdbAPI get data in Apps Script

Use getData and UrlFetchApp functions, as well as Logger to get OMDb API data in our Google Sheet. Learn how to access an API outside of Google Sheets.

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 4: JSON (beautifier) and OmdbAPI parameters

Learn how we get information out of a JSON response. I’ll even show you how you can bring in some cool images in Google Sheets!

Create a Many to Many Database

We have a list of names and maybe we have sort of a lead categories. Maybe we're doing sort of reach out and we want to actually maybe combine like key words.

FILTER() IFNA() JOIN() TRANSPOSE()

Created a GPT function in Sheets

Unlock the Power of OpenAI: Create Ultimate GPT Prompts for Seamless Interaction! Discover the Formula Inside, Explore APIs, and Boost Productivity. Watch Now!

Advanced

Run 100 ChatGPTs at One Time

Create a ChatGPT prompt inside a sheet, edit that prompt with a single input 100 times over. In this case we're creating a twitter thread prompt and replacing the topic 100 times. so you can use 1 prompt to run 100 ai calls, and then we go further

We make it better.

We add a checkbox and another prompt to take the output of the 1st prompt and run it again. And we can do that 100 times too. So each horizontal row can be it's own ChatGPT.

You can get the ai Apps Script in this video's sheet or in the sheet connected to the GPT-4 upgrade: https://bettersheets.co/tutorials/upgrade-google-sheets-openai-prompt-to-gpt-4

Intermediate

IF() ISBLANK() SUBSTITUTE()

Create a Waterfall of AI Prompts and Responses

This is an attempt to create a waterfall effect in sheets. Where an AI response becomes the prompt in another ai API call.
I show you one way not to do it, that fails with onEdit() but then I do show one particular way it could work. We wrestle with AI a bit in this video and the conclusion is not so sweet.

Get the sheet below with the Apps Script and API code already written for you.

Advanced

IF() INDIRECT() ISBLANK()

Create a Course Outline in Google Sheets

Wanted to share with members this course outline I am using for my own course making process. I outlined the course then added a bunch of cool little stats to help see my progress and keep me on a certain pace of video creation.

Beginner

CONCAT() CONCATENATE() COUNTA() COUNTIF() IF() +4 more

Create Your Own Pride Flag Easter Egg in Sheets

If you type the letters of PRIDE in the first 5 columns in the first row of your sheets they'll turn the color of the pride flag. If you want to create your own easter egg in sheets then follow along this step-by-step tutorial as I show you how.

This might be better than Conditional Formatting! We're using the onEdit() simple trigger in Apps Script..

Conditional Formatting Advanced

Write Apps Script to Create a New Google Sheets Formula

Create a brand new custom formula in Apps Script. We'll do this for our Add-on we'll be publishing to the Google Workspace Marketplace.

Creating a Live Message in Google Sheets

Sit back and enjoy this comprehensive tutorial on how to create a live message in Google Sheets. In this video, we dive deep into the process of live message creation, providing step-by-step instructions and practical examples. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, this tutorial will empower you to unleash the full potential of Google Sheets.