I’m working on a Google Sheets project where I need to automatically move data from one worksheet tab to another using Google Apps Script. Basically, I want to take the value from a specific cell in my first sheet and paste it into the exact same cell position in my second sheet.
I’ve been trying to figure out the right way to reference both sheets in my script, but I keep running into issues. The data needs to transfer from the source tab to the destination tab while maintaining the same cell coordinates.
Has anyone done something similar before? I’m looking for a simple script solution that can handle this basic cell copying task between different sheets in the same spreadsheet file.
I’ve done similar automation stuff and storing the cell reference in a variable definitely makes things cleaner. Try var cellRef = 'B5' at the top, then use that variable for both sheets. Saved me tons of headaches when I had to change cell positions all the time. Pro tip: add error handling to check if your sheets exist before copying data - learned that one the hard way. If you’re running this regularly, set up a trigger instead of doing it manually. Single cell transfers run in under a second, so performance won’t be a problem unless you’re copying hundreds of cells.
Had this exact problem last month! It’s pretty simple once you get the sheet referencing down. Use getSheetByName() to grab each tab, then getRange() and setValue() to move the data around. Here’s what worked: get your source sheet with SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName(‘SourceTabName’), pull the cell value with getRange(‘A1’).getValue(), then drop it in your destination sheet using getRange().setValue(). Make sure your sheet names match exactly - spaces and special characters matter. I’d test with one cell first before doing multiple cells. Runs fast even with big datasets, and you can swap out different cell coordinates by changing the range parameters.
check your sheet names for hidden characters or extra spaces - that trapped me for hours! also make sure you’re not referencing cells that don’t exist on the destination sheet. pro tip: console.log() your sheet names first to debug. saved me tons of time on reference errors.