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    <p>By calling the function in the spreadsheet, you are invoking the Spreadsheet service by asking it to go round-trip to the server to run the results of your function. As a result, you have make a couple hundred requests in a very short period of time.</p> <p>One work around might be to add your function a few cells at a time. Of course, when you subsequently open the sheet again, you will probably run into the same problem.</p> <p>Depending on what your function is trying to accomplish, it might be worth using the built in spreadsheet functions. There is a lot of power there. Writing a function that acts on a range of values instead of a single cell might be another, better, option. It could be triggered through a custom menu item, or by using the script manager.</p> <p>Keep in mind, batch actions are your best friend when it comes to working with spreadsheets.</p>
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    1. COI guess I should've revealed more about my final aim in my question. In short, I've written a function that does a "3D" sum (a sum across sheets). While I know that you can do this with the built-in functions, the problem is that I add sheets on a weekly basis, which means that I have to back in and update those functions to include the new sheets. What I wanted was just a function that iteratively picked up values from ALL the sheets and returned their sum without my having to update the function every week.
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    2. COAnd I have another question: why is a SERVER necessary for a simple function like the one in my question? Why can't simple things like that be calculated client-side and then pushed into the cells (or at least shown like a HUD over the spreadsheet)? I recognize that this process would cause all kinds of permissions and security questions, but don't Google Apps Scripts already have the ability to ask for permission before fiddling with user data?
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    3. COPlease provide more details as to the nature of this "3D" sum, or some example code for more assistance. The code you write in google apps script is essentially server-side code. It is not part of the spreadsheet. I'm betting that it acts like a service. Each script is granted its own little database, it has CPU allowances, timeout restrictions etc. There is a lot more going on than just using "`="bar"` as a spreadsheet function. Regardless, I'm sure there is a way to accomplish your sum without hitting these restrictions.
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