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    <p>This is a followup to a question I asked yesterday on the Google Apps Script Office Hours Hangout.</p> <p>The goal of my final script is to create an election process for student elections at the high school where I work using Google Forms. The script has three parts: 1) Create Unique "Voting IDs" (a random 6-digit code) 2) Merge the student data (Name, Homeroom, &amp; Voting ID) on with a template document that will create specific voting instruction for each student. (i.e. an old-fashioned mail merge) 3) Verify the results by checking Voting ID's and removing duplicate votes.</p> <p>The part of the script that I am having trouble with is the student data merge (step 2). The first dataset is the only one that works. The rest show up as "DocumentBodySection". I have a feeling it is either how I am copying the text from the Document Template or how I am adding the text to the new document.</p> <p>Spreadsheet w/ Data: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AierVcXWELCudFI1LU10RnlIVHNsUm11a0dDWEV6M1E" rel="nofollow">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AierVcXWELCudFI1LU10RnlIVHNsUm11a0dDWEV6M1E</a></p> <p>Document Template: (see followup comment for url)</p> <p>Document Created by Script: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12r2D9SpIVmQYVaasMyMWKjHz6q-ZZyIMEBGHTwlQct8/edit" rel="nofollow">https://docs.google.com/document/d/12r2D9SpIVmQYVaasMyMWKjHz6q-ZZyIMEBGHTwlQct8/edit</a></p> <pre><code>//Get Settings &amp; Data ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet(); source_sheet = ss.getSheetByName("Student Data"); settings_sheet = ss.getSheetByName("SETTINGS"); results_column = settings_sheet.getRange("B19").getValue(); source_column = settings_sheet.getRange("B18").getValue(); source_lastrow = source_sheet.getLastRow(); docTemplateID = settings_sheet.getRange("B13").getValue(); docCopyName = settings_sheet.getRange("B14").getValue(); //Merge Student Data with Document function SendDataMerge () { // Open docTemplate and Copy Contents to entryTemplate var docTemplate = DocumentApp.openById(docTemplateID); var entryTemplate = docTemplate.getActiveSection(); docTemplate.saveAndClose(); // Make a NEW copy of docTemplate var docTemplate = DocsList.getFileById(docTemplateID); var docCopy = DocsList.copy(docTemplate, docCopyName); var docCopyID = docCopy.getId(); // Create Array of Student Data (First, Last, Grouping, VID) var data = source_sheet.getRange("A2:D"+source_lastrow).getValues(); // Open docCopy for Editing &amp; Clear Contents var doc = DocumentApp.openById(docCopyID); var docText = doc.editAsText(); // Run through Student Data for(var i=0; i&lt;5 /*data.length*/; i++) { //For testing, limit this to 5 entries var lastName = data[i][0]; var firstName = data[i][1]; var grouping = data[i][2]; var vid = data[i][3]; docText.replaceText('keyLastName', lastName); docText.replaceText('keyFirstName', firstName); docText.replaceText('keyGrouping', grouping); docText.replaceText('keyVID', vid); docText.appendText('\n*** Appended Text (End of entry) ***'); docText.appendText(entryTemplate); } // Save and Close doc.saveAndClose(); } </code></pre>
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