Google App Script / Spreadsheet - How to get filter criteria?

google-apps-script

Solution

Try this example for a simple filter. It will filter information (change XXX to something meaningful) from the first column:

  function onOpen(){

  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  var filterMenuEntries = [{name: "filter Column1", functionName: "filter"}];
  ss.addMenu("choose filter", filterMenuEntries);

  }

 function filter(){

 var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
 var rows = sheet.getDataRange();
 var numRows = rows.getNumRows();
 var values = rows.getValues();

 for (var i=1; i <=numRows -1; i++){

   var row =values[i];

   // Column value
   var myValue = row[0];

   // filter value 
   if (myValue == "XXX"){

     sheet.hideRows(i+1);

     }

  }

}

Problem

Is it possible to get the filter criteria of my data set. For example, if one of my column is "Department" and I filtered the data to display only "IT". How do we get the filtered criteria, "IT". I need to get that filtered criteria into my GAS to do some other manipulation. Thanks.

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