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Inserting A Google Doc link into a Google Spreadsheet (UPDATED 6/12/2017)

This article looks at using Apps Script to add new features to a Google Spreadsheet.

At the University of York, various people have been using Google spreadsheets to collect together various project related information. We've found that when collecting lots of different collaborative information from lots of different people that a spreadsheet can work much better than a regular Google Form.

Spreadsheets can be better than Forms for data collection because:

  • The spreadsheet data saves as you are editing.
  • If you want to fill in half the data and come back later, your data will still be there.
  • The data in a spreadsheet is versioned, so you can see who added what and when and undo it if necessary
  • The commenting features are brilliant - especially the "Resolve" button in comments.

One feature we needed was to be able to "attach" Google Docs to certain cells in a spreadsheet. It's easy to just paste in a URL into a spreadsheet cell, but they can often all look too similar and you don't know what you are getting until you have clicked it.

For example, one part of your spreadsheet might ask "Do you have any supporting files?" and it would be handy to be able to insert a link to any number of Google Docs which might include a project plan Google Document, a PDF letter of support and a budget spreadsheet.

Update...

After Google moved the goal posts I've finally got around to updating and improving this...


File > Make a copy.. then use as you like... 


Comments

  1. Cooler than cool! Thank you!

    The insert file dialog could indeed use a bit more work but it works just fine now as well.

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  2. Thanks Bálint... often I post this stuff hoping someone will a way to do it a bit better... the dialog box is very ugly, but it works....

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  3. Great work! To make it practical, the dialog needs to be resizeable for long document titles, or at least make the full title visible on hover. Also, it would be very useful to be able to navigate by folders, not just by document type. Thanks!

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  4. Thanks but I couldn't work out how to make the dialog wider... any ideas?

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  5. This is exactly what I need but I do not understand how to follow your instructions. Could you provide more detailed instructions? Copy and paste code..where do you copy it from? how do you paste it and where? What does it mean to run the open function?

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  6. There is a spreadsheet linked at the bottom. Open it and use the menu File> Make a Copy.

    Now go to Tools > Script Editor ( you'll see the code in there ) and the "play" button for the onOpen function.

    From there you either will get it or need to maybe start doing the tutorials on the Apps Script documentation site to become more familiar with what's what.

    Good luck!

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  7. Tom thanks for sharing works well for me with clear instructions. Alan

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  8. Thank you very much for this script, but when I insert a link of a pdf file from mi Drive, the cell says "#ERROR". Why?

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    1. I had to change the comma in =hyperlink() to a semicolon.

      Replace the comma in
      var cell_value = '=hyperlink("' + file_url + '","' + file_name + '")'
      with a semicolon
      var cell_value = '=hyperlink("' + file_url + '";"' + file_name + '")'

      Do the same on all lines that have "=hyperlink()" and the pattern + '","' + in them.

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  9. Is there any more than that? You might have to do a bit of debugging...

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  10. Hi, the fields are all greyed out so I cant copy the script. Do I need access?

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  11. Apologies, I did not do the copy of the sheet.

    I did get this error when I ran it "Oops
    Script function upload_file could not be found"

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  12. Or when selecting from a file on your computer, this error message, "Error encountered: Script function not found: InsertGDriveHandler

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  13. mmm?! Sorry don't know what that problem is, I just tried it again and it works for me.

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  14. Freaking AWESOME! I wonder why this isn't core by Google. They owe you a beer, mate.

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  15. Thanks Andy... I keep trying to convince them that I know best... :-)

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  16. Hi Tom, this is a pretty awesome feature. Two things were missing for me to make it perfect:
    1. store files into a given drive folder, this can be done by adding getFolderById before the createFile, e.g. like this: DocsList.getFolderById('0B0uw1JCogWHuc29FWFJMWmc3Z1k').createFile(...)
    2. the link was always showing up in the first sheet, although I added the file in the 2nd or 3rd sheet. This was driving me crazy and in the end I rewrote the whole thing, details here: http://howto.pui.ch/post/73949358752/how-to-attach-a-file-to-google-spreadsheet
    although in retrospective, maybe all what is missing in your script is a "getSheetByName", didn't test that though.

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  17. Thanks Phillpp,

    the code was meant as a "starting point" to be adapted, so well done. And thanks for sharing/improving on it.

    Tom

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  18. Hey Tom,

    Is the 'Attach' tab a new feature of Google Sheets or a feature that you have to enable? It doesn't appear along the top of documents that I have recently created.

    I have also tried the hyperlink option and it keeps coming up with a parse error.

    I was also wondering if you could help. I am trying to put together a simple database of members of a charity that I run and want to attach documents and if possible emails in cells for each member. Ideally I would like it to be a bit like a GP database with basic info on the spreadsheet and access to further information. Do you think that this is possible using Google Docs?

    Any help would be much appreciated.

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    1. Hello Leila,
      I had the same error.
      For some reason the syntax of the hyperlink function is different in my spreadsheet (use ';' as parameters separator) compared with the Tom's spreadsheet (use a ',').
      So if you are facing the same problem you should change all the hyperlink instace in the code from :
      var cell_value = '=hyperlink("' + url + '","' + text + '")'
      to
      var cell_value = '=hyperlink("' + url + '";"' + text + '")'

      Don't know why this... is not a user level configuration since in my drive I have the Tom doc copy working perfectly in one way while mine is working in the other.

      Hope it helps..
      Regards

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  19. Leila,

    the Attach feature is one I made using Apps Script in the spreadsheet.

    Learn Apps Script here: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/overview
    ... or if you're completely new to Javascript, maybe begin here: http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript

    Good luck!

    Tom

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  20. I just showcased your script in a G SLAM on Air. Great work.. Simple to use

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  21. Hi Ron, I have given you my banking details for the royalty cheques haven't I?

    Thanks :-)

    p.s What's a G SLAM on Air?

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  22. Hi Tom,

    This is a perfect tool for Google Spreadsheets. I use it frequently.
    I am wondering if something similar could be created for any other type of Google Docs? Especially documents.

    Many thanks.

    Istvan

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  23. Istvan,

    Google Docs has similar tools, but they require coding slightly differently. For some reason Google Docs UI code is different to Google Spreadsheets UI code. Don't know why they did that..

    You could try it yourself, but there isn't much to gain over simple copy n paste really...

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  25. One nice improvement would be the option to choose in which folder to upload the document you select....

    Anyway... "cooler then cool"

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  26. Hi Tom. Wondering what happened to the code? I am a professor and have over 100 students sharing editing rights to a Google Drive Spreadsheet. We'd LOVE to have your feature!

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  27. Liam,

    look in the linked spreadsheet. Tools > Script Editor

    Tom

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  28. Hi Tom,

    Unfortunately, the code is not working properly with the new google spreadsheet.
    There is a leading single apostrophe ' prevents it from working properly.

    Best regards,
    Istvan

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    1. Can you tell me what needs to be changed to get the code working properly with the new Google spreadsheets?

      Thank you.
      -Phil

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  29. Thanks Istan. I've not played with new spreadsheets much simply because I can see from a distance that loads of Apps Scripts are going to break. Woeful upgrade by Google. They are losing the plot really.

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  30. Could someone please help me... the attach button does not appear in my google docs? Why is this?

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  31. Any suggestions? ... the attach button does not appear in my google docs? Why is this?

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  32. Is it a spreadsheet? Have you run onOpen()?

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  33. Hello Tom.

    I am trying to use your script in a google sheet spread sheet. I am trying to link a file in a cell on my g drive. I copied and pasted the script in to the script manager, saved it and ran onOpen from the Run tab in Script manager. Tha Attach tab appears next to Help and I have the three attachment options. When I chose a file from my drive it only shows the whole path In the cell and edit window at the top. I do not get the "go to LInk" option. Nothing happens after that. I can not open the link

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    1. BTW im using new google sheets

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  34. Lots of Apps Script features don't work in New Sheets.

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    1. OK got it to work

      cell.setFormula( cell_value ) instead of setValue

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  35. OH I will pass the thanks on to the scripting guy ;-)

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  36. Tom I was hoping for your help please. "You do not have permission to perform this action" - i've read everything on permissions and the script is permissioned in my account settings. I can't seem to go any further.

    Any suggestions wuld be warmly welcomed.

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  37. Have you made a copy of the spreadsheet for yourself?

    Then, you may need to Run the code in the Script Editor to get it to authenticate...

    Tom

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  38. Tom,

    Thanks for the great script. Have you had a chance to test it out in the new sheets? I was able to get the "Attach" menu item to load, but when I try running to attach from Drive, I get the following error
    TypeError: Cannot find function showADocsPicker in object DocsListDialog

    Disclaimer....I'M VERY NEW TO GOOGLE SCRIPTS!!! I'm very versed in Excel VBA, but I'm looking at trying to port a few collaborative sheets to google.

    Thanks
    Guy

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    1. Not sure what I did different, but I copied and repasted your code into a new google sheet (new version) and now it works.

      Only issue is when attaching a file from my drive, it puts the link on page one of the sheet like someone above described. I'll find the solution above and make the correction.

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  39. Any ideas on how I could open the dialogue/window directly on a specific folder using the folder id? I spent hours and I don't seem to find a way to do this. Thanks!

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  40. Great script, thank you Tom!

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  41. Thanks for this. Adds an essential feature for me :)

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  42. great script, just noticed that if you upload an image file from your computer through the attach menu, if you try to view the link you get the 'no preview available' error.

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  43. The new google spreadsheet requires the use of OAuth 2.0, could you show how to incorporate this into the script??

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  44. First off I want to thank you for making my life heaps easier with your script... God bless you for this brother! Has anyone in this forum figured out how to incorporate the OAuth error into the script... I have tried but am still failing... probably because I am a noob at scripting...

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  45. Hi Tom

    Looks like a very good script. However, the link provides a spreadsheet that is locked from editing (which I understand), but no menu item, nor when I copy is there a script to play with.

    Please advise.

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  46. Well, don't know why it didn't make a good copy before, but now it works.

    For those who want to get the insert gdrive to work, go to the script editor and look for this part (2nd line is the extra code you need). Then it works nicely.

    app.createDocsListDialog()
    .setOAuthToken(ScriptApp.getOAuthToken())
    .showDocsPicker().addSelectionHandler(doclisthandler)

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  47. Awesome! I know nothing about coding and didn't know any of this was possible in google docs. It took several tries reading through all the comments, but it's working now and I am stoked. Thank you all!

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  48. Would not upload pdf or docm file to gdrive. Tried both "," and ";" in htmllink line. Any other ideas as to what might be off?

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  49. Would not upload pdf or docm file to gdrive. Tried both "," and ";" in htmllink line. Any other ideas as to what might be off?

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  50. This is now deprecated by Google. Need to re-do the "new" way.

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  51. Tom, any luck with re-writing this the new way with DriveApp?

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  52. Thanks Tom , awesome script, is working very very well I'm realy happy with this feature, the only thing that I'm trying to discover is how can I attach a file already shared like a public file, because the others users of the sheet doesn't have acess to the files, every time google ask permissions

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  53. No longer works. Have these deprecated features been removed?

    FileUpload API is deprecated.Collapse
    File: Choose GDrive File Line: 151
    The API has been marked as deprecated which means that the feature should be avoided and may be removed in the future. Consider using an alternative solution.
    Grid API is deprecated.Collapse
    File: Choose GDrive File Line: 146
    The API has been marked as deprecated which means that the feature should be avoided and may be removed in the future. Consider using an alternative solution.
    SubmitButton API is deprecated.Collapse
    File: Choose GDrive File Line: 156
    The API has been marked as deprecated which means that the feature should be avoided and may be removed in the future. Consider using an alternative solution.
    TextBox API is deprecated.Collapse
    File: Choose GDrive File Line: 153
    The API has been marked as deprecated which means that the feature should be avoided and may be removed in the future. Consider using an alternative solution.
    (class) API is deprecated.Collapse
    File: Choose GDrive File Line: 139
    The API has been marked as deprecated which means that the feature should be avoided and may be removed in the future. Consider using an alternative solution.
    UiApp API is deprecated.Collapse
    File: Choose GDrive File Line: 139
    The API has been marked as deprecated which means that the feature should be avoided and may be removed in the future. Consider using an alternative solution.
    FormPanel API is deprecated.Collapse
    File: Choose GDrive File Line: 142
    The API has been marked as deprecated which means that the feature should be avoided and may be removed in the future. Consider using an alternative solution.
    Label API is deprecated.Collapse
    File: Choose GDrive File Line: 150
    The API has been marked as deprecated which means that the feature should be avoided and may be removed in the future. Consider using an alternative solution.

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  54. Google Drive "Error encountered: An unexpected error occurred" at the end of every attempt to attach a file from computer.

    Google Drive "Error encountered: "DocsList" is not defined." upon trying to attach from Drive.

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  55. DocsList is deprecated...

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  56. Hi all,

    I've used this code succesfully for a while, but it seems to be broken now.
    I've tried rewriting/fixing the code, but I can't seem to fix it myself.

    Is there anyone who did succeed making it work in New Google Spreadsheets?

    Would be much appreciated!

    Thanks:)

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  57. I tried the Apps, like it very much, even if it not working! I now it depends on the Error encountered: "DocsList" is not defined!
    Tom or anybody els is maybe able to actualizit once the whole script ?!
    I really would appreciate it.

    Thanks

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  58. Change line 20 to:
    app.createDocsListDialog().setOAuthToken(ScriptApp.getOAuthToken()).showDocsPicker().addSelectionHandler(doclisthandler)

    also replace the word in lines 41, and 115 from DocsList to DriveApp

    worked for me

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  59. Brilliant! I am completely new to Google App Script and followed Tom's instructions above and the amendments by Kevin and it's worked perfectly!

    Thanks!!

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  60. Would it be possible to amend this script so it would automatically list files in a specified folder, this would be great as it would update when files added/removed

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  61. Hm. I get this: Using DocsListDialog requires calling setOAuthToken. For more information, see: http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.com/2014/09/change-in-apps-scripts-docslistdialog.htmlDetailsDismiss

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  62. Thanks Kenin this work for me.

    Change line 20 to:
    app.createDocsListDialog().setOAuthToken(ScriptApp.getOAuthToken()).showDocsPicker().addSelectionHandler(doclisthandler)

    also replace the word in lines 41, and 115 from DocsList to DriveApp

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  63. I inserted that into line 20, and it at least allows me to view items in Google Drive, but says "Doclist not defined" - anyone figure this out, yet?

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  65. I have a google drive error when tryng to open the example at link https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ajnu7JgRtB5CdGtoUmM1YnlHaS1KWVowVkxtMnFzWFE#gid=0

    Can anyone indicate another link where I could access to it?

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  66. So I have this running, the problem is the view - I can only see one file at a time and scrolling is very hard. The Menu is up top instead of on the left like the image in the original post shows.

    Any ideas for making it display in a more useful way?

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  68. Thank you for this! After reading the comments with the fixes for the new sheets I got this working. Awesome

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