Move data

How to move an updated row to another sheet

You can use Move Row action to move updated rows to another sheet.

Steps:

1. Select an update trigger on the sheet
2. Define a Move Row action
3. Select the target sheet in the sheet field

How to move a row to target sheets based on column value

You may want to move rows based on condition. For example, move a task to Completed sheet when the status is changed to Done.

Steps:

1. Select an update trigger on the sheet
2. Create a Column Condition, e.g., column H is Done.
3. Create a Move Row action with Completed in target sheet field.

How to duplicate a row to multiple sheets

You can duplicate a row to multiple sheets by using multiple actions in one rule.

Steps:

1. Select an update trigger on the sheet
2. Create a Copy Row action with sheet1 as target sheet
3. Create another Copy Row action with sheet2 as target sheet

How to move rows to target sheets dynamically

There are cases when you want to distribute data from the master sheet to multiple sub sheets. Let’s say the sub sheet is determined using the value in column H. The data under “sales” category will be moved to “sales” sheet. The data under “support” category will go to “support” sheet. And so forth.

You could create multiple rules to do it. However it is not optimal due to the duplication of rules. When there is a new category, you have to create a new rule.

There is a way you can achieve this flexiblly using variable:

1. Select any trigger that suits your needs
2. Define a Move Row action
3. Specify the target sheet field as {column_H}

You can also configure the sheet name with string concatination. For example: team-{column_H}-queue.

How to move an updated row to top or bottom of the sheet

You can use Move Row action to move the latest response to top or bottom of the sheet.

Steps:

1. Select an update trigger on the sheet
2. Define a Move Row action
3. Select the same sheet in the sheet field of the action
4. Select “append top” or “append bottom” accordingly in Row Position option

How to copy part of the updated row to another sheet

To copy part of the row, you need to use Create Row action.

Steps:

1. Select an update trigger on the sheet
2. Define a Create Row action with the target sheet specified
3. Specify the columns you want to copy and use column variables to pull data from the row

How to check if a row exists in the target sheet before copying it

To check if a row exists, you need to use Lookup Row action. Assume your column A has a unique ID to identify the row.

Steps:

1. Define a Lookup Row action
2. Specify the column as A and value as “{column_A}”
3. Define a Conditional Action
4. Add a Variable Condition to check if lookup_row is 0
5. Add Copy Row action to move the row

The copy row action will not be fired if lookup_row is found.

How to move or copy a row to a different spreadsheet / workbook

You can move row to a tab in another document with Move/Copy Row action:

1. Use any trigger that suits your needs.
2. Select Move Row or Copy Row action
3. click Advanced options and enter the URL of target document in Spreadsheet field.