Problem: When I run the script, Google tells me,
You do not have permission to call openById
I had copied a script from another one of my Google spreadsheets and changed the target_ssKey variable's cell reference and created properly-sized Named Ranges in both the Source and Target spreadsheets.
Google Apps Script documentation says nothing about reasons why it might not be working:
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/spreadsheet/spreadsheet-app#openById%28String%29
Another Google Apps Script documentation says that it should work for me because I invoke it from a custom menu:
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/sheets/functions#using_apps_script_services
The second link above says:
If your custom function throws the error message You do not have permission to call X service., the service requires user authorization and thus cannot be used in a custom function.
To use a service other than those listed above, create a custom menu that runs an Apps Script function instead of writing a custom function. A function that is triggered from a menu will ask the user for authorization if necessary and can consequently use all Apps Script services.
I tried putting the function into a "Custom Functions" project and then into an "Add-on" project, but still got the same error message.
Any ideas on what I am doing wrong and how to make this work?
Here is my exact code:
function exportData_SStoSS() {
// Get the source data.
var source_ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var data = source_ss.getRangeByName("exportData").getValues();
// Identify the target.
var controls_sh = source_ss.getSheetByName("Controls");
var target_ssKey = controls_sh.getRange('C2').getValue();
var target_ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(target_ssKey);
// Paste the data to the target.
target_ss.getRangeByName("importData").setValues(data);
};
I thought that I would throw in a similar issue that I had which brought me to this question, where I received the error You don't have permission to call by openById
.
In my case I was trying to call functions from translate.gs
which I copied from this example:
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/quickstart/docs
Note that at the top of translate.gs
/**
* @OnlyCurrentDoc
*
* The above comment directs Apps Script to limit the scope of file
* access for this add-on. It specifies that this add-on will only
* attempt to read or modify the files in which the add-on is used,
* and not all of the user's files. The authorization request message
* presented to users will reflect this limited scope.
*/
The culprit here is the @OnlyCurrentDoc
comment. See here for reference:
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/services/authorization
Removing @OnlyCurrentDoc
fixed this issue for me