TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'source') onEdit@ Code.gs:2

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Michelle P

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Nov 20, 2024, 12:17:40 AMNov 20
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it returns an error as event "e" is undefined. How to fix this issue with my current code? Any help will be greatly appreciated

function onEdit(e) {

  const sheet = e.source.getActiveSheet();

  const checkboxColumn = 18; 

  if (sheet.getName() === "Form Responses 1" && e.range.getColumn() === checkboxColumn) {

    if (e.range.isChecked()) {

      const entryRow = e.range.getRow();

      const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Form Responses 1");

   

    const info = {

    'Timestamp': [rowData[1]],

    'Email Address': [rowData[2]],

    'What Happened ?': [rowData[3]],

    'Why is it a Problem ?': [rowData[4]],

    'Who Detected /  Who is Affected ?': [rowData[5]],

    'Where is the Problem ?': [rowData[6]],

    'When Detected ?': [rowData[7]],

    'How was it Detected': [rowData[8]],

    'How Many ?': [rowData[9]],

    'Part Number ': [rowData[10]],

    'Type of the component ': [rowData[11]],

    'Camera Stage': [rowData[12]],

    'Quantity to be blocked by PN': [rowData[13]],

    'Proposed disposition plan': [rowData[14]],

    'Due Date ': [rowData[15]],

    'Comment': [rowData[16]]

  };


      const pdfFile = createPDF(info);

      sheet.getRange(entryRow, 20).setValue(pdfFile.getUrl());

      sendEmail(info["Email Address"][0], pdfFile);

    }

  }

}

Valentin

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event object e get defined only when there is an actual edit.

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Keith Andersen

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Michelle,
Are you getting this error by running it in the editor, or when an edit is done?



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Michelle P

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Hello Keith, I updated the response sheet by ticking the checkbox then run the code in the editor and I get this error. Also tried ticking the checkbox without running the code in the editor and nothing happened. no PDF url generated, no email received so I presume the code didn't work

Also when I run the code in the editor on "createPDF" function, it encountered an error as well: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'Email Address')
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Michelle P

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Hi Valentin, thanks for checking my issue. I did make an edit in the response sheet, but nothing happened. 

Keith Andersen

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You check the range here:


if (sheet.getName() === "Form Responses 1" && e.range.getColumn() === checkboxColumn) {

Then you check it again here:
if (e.range.isChecked()) {

Why the duplication?



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Brent Guttmann

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const CHECKBOX_COLUMN = 18;

function onEdit(e) {
  try {
    const sheet = e.source.getActiveSheet();
    const range = e.range;

    if (
      range.getNumRows() === 1 &&
      range.getNumColumns() === 1 &&
      sheet.getName() === "Form Responses 1" &&
      range.getColumn() === CHECKBOX_COLUMN &&
      range.isChecked()
    ) {
      const entryRow = range.getRow();
      const rowData = sheet.getRange(entryRow, 1, 1, sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues()[0];
      const info        = {
                            'Timestamp'                         : rowData[1],
                            'Email Address'                     : rowData[2],
                            'What Happened ?'                   : rowData[3],
                            'Why is it a Problem ?'             : rowData[4],
                            'Who Detected /  Who is Affected ?' : rowData[5],
                            'Where is the Problem ?'            : rowData[6],
                            'When Detected ?'                   : rowData[7],
                            'How was it Detected'               : rowData[8],
                            'How Many ?'                        : rowData[9],
                            'Part Number '                      : rowData[10],
                            'Type of the component '            : rowData[11],
                            'Camera Stage'                      : rowData[12],
                            'Quantity to be blocked by PN'      : rowData[13],
                            'Proposed disposition plan'         : rowData[14],
                            'Due Date '                         : rowData[15],
                            'Comment'                           : rowData[16]
      };
      Logger.log(info)
      const pdfFile = createPDF(info);
      sheet.getRange(entryRow, 20).setValue(pdfFile.getUrl());
      sendEmail(info["Email Address"], pdfFile);
    }
  } catch (err) {
    logError(err);
  }
}

function logError(err) {
  const timeZone      = Session.getScriptTimeZone();
  const timestamp     = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), timeZone, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
  const ss            = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  const errorDetails  = {
                        message: "An Error Occurred",
                        sheet: ss.getName(),
                        url: ss.getUrl() + "#gid=" + ss.getActiveSheet().getSheetId(),
                        time: timestamp,
                        error: err.message,
                        stack: err.stack
                        };

  Object.entries(errorDetails).forEach(([key, value]) => Logger.log(`${key}: ${value}`));
}
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