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 business rules are used to retrieve and update data in Google sheets via the Google Connector. One advantage to initializing your form/flow 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/flow without further action.

Designers are encouraged to:

  • Use http headers for authentication in  rules. 
  • You can identify your Google sheet/worksheet, using the ssname and wsname query parameters. 
  • frevvo recommends using the spreadsheet key instead of spreadsheet name to identify your Google Sheet
  • Pass payloads and headers as native JavaScript objects.


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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.  

 

Warning

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."

Control NameColumn HeaderColumn Header in Rule
FirstNamefirst namefirstname


Special Characters in Google Sheet and Worksheet Names in Rules

Google supports special characters in Google Sheet and Worksheet Names. If you are using  v6.1.3, and Google Connector version 2.1, your rules must pass the sheet and worksheet names as query parameters, to avoid any issues with special characters. Special Special characters  {}, #, + ,& are not supported in rules but they will work in the Save Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet wizard. Special Characters in Google Sheet and Worksheet Names in Rules

Avoid leading/trailing spaces in spreadsheet or worksheet names when using rules to read/update Google sheets. Spaces in the Google Sheet and worksheet names should be encoded with the + (plus) sign. For example, a worksheet named Employee Information should be encoded as Employee+Information.

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