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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()

Building an AI Prompts Playground

Access the OpenAI API, walkthrough of the way we engineer the Apps Script so that we can play around with temperature and token length. Walk through UrlFectchApp as well and parsing JSON.

Advanced

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

Why Different Cell References in AI Integration in Sheets?

Find out How to Optimize your Apps Script functions. Learn the trade offs between flexibility, edit-ability, and protection. Different cell references allow you to do more with your apps script.

In the context of the video we're talking about an AI prompt and how I used different Cell References when writing different Apps Script functions. I'll show you why I chose those syntaxes and why you might choose different ones.

This video is more about Apps Script than writing Prompts but can help you create better web apps inside of Google Sheet, utilizing the best of Apps Script and creating your own custom functions.

Advanced

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.

Intermediate

Shaman: AI Blog Writer

I will introduce you to the power of AI writing in Google Sheets using a tool called Shaman. If you're a blogger looking to take your writing to the next level, this is the video for you. With Shaman, you can unleash your blogging potential by incorporating AI into your writing process.

Intermediate

Spreadsheet Automation for Beginners

I start off this video with the idea to show beginners how to automate emails in their sheets, and also add a little bit of AI. Then half way through the video I have a question... can I write AI and then email myself everyday? We try to do that. So you get to see me struggle, and log, and debug. It's quite intense.

Learn more Automation: https://bettersheets.co/courses/spreadsheet-automation-101

Get the AI GPT-3.5 and GPT 4 code: https://bettersheets.co/tutorials/upgrade-google-sheets-openai-prompt-to-gpt-4

Better Sheets members can get the code and the sheet in the video below.

Beginner

INDEX() SPLIT()

10 Things I Hate About Your Spreadsheets

10 Things I Hate About Your Spreadsheets and how to fix them. Here is a list of 10 things you can do today to make your sheets more lovable.

The 10 Things I Hate about your Sheets

Squeezed Rows
Garbage Data
Looks The Same
Crazy Column Width
Where’s Waldo
Of Results
Too Many Clicks
Instructions Unclear
Eye Strain and Headaches
Lazy Conditional Formatting
Too Many Cells

Conditional Formatting Data validation Beginner

IF() ISBLANK() ISEMAIL() ISURL()

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Introduction to Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 3

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 3: MailApp

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 3: Email Yourself For Loop

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 3: Send Email Every Week Trigger

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 3: Email Other People For Loop

Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 4: UrlFetchApp

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

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

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

Create a Many to Many Database

Building an AI Prompts Playground

Created a GPT function in Sheets

Why Different Cell References in AI Integration in Sheets?

Create a Course Outline in Google Sheets

Create Your Own Pride Flag Easter Egg in Sheets

Write Apps Script to Create a New Google Sheets Formula

Creating a Live Message in Google Sheets

Shaman: AI Blog Writer

Spreadsheet Automation for Beginners

10 Things I Hate About Your Spreadsheets