business rules are used to retrieve and update data in Google sheets via the Google Connector. One advantage to initializing your form/workflow from a Google sheet is to provide business users, who may not be familiar with , an opportunity to modify the Google sheet to make changes. Once modified, the changes in the Google sheet are reflected in the form/workflow without further action.
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Queries to a Google sheet can include query parameters or parameters that are part of the path in the URL or a combination of both.
Note for On Premise Customers
On Premise customers need to also specify the server and port where their Google Connector is hosted. The query url's below will start with '<YourServer:Port>/google/spreadsheets/. . . '.
Queries using the Spreadsheet key
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The query=<query string> parameter is where you specify which rows to match based on the data in your spreadsheet.
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Variables in rules must be unique. Having duplicate variables in the same rule will cause the rule to fail but you may not get an error message. |
Queries using the Spreadsheet and Worksheet Name
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The image shows a query that reads from a Google sheet named Google Connector Address Sheet and a worksheet (tab) named Sheet1.
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The column name on a Google sheet must match the control name. The matching is case-insensitive and any spaces in the column name are ignored. A control named "FirstName" matches a column header "first name." However, references to Google Sheet columns in your rule must be lower case and cannot contain spaces. The correct reference for this example is "firstname."
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