export-as

September 17, 2025 · View on GitHub

Sheet Exporter ~ Google Apps Script project that reads data from a Google Sheet and creates a new Google Sheet and an Excel (.xlsx) file in your Google Drive.

Setup Instructions

  1. Open any Google Sheet (create a new one if needed).
  2. Go to Extensions > App Script.
  3. Delete any code in Code.gs and paste the contents of Code.gs from this repo.
  4. Save the code. You can simply press Ctrl+S to save.

How to Run

  1. In the Apps Script editor, select writeSheetFile from the function dropdown, then click Run to execute it.
  2. The first time you run it, Google will ask for authorization. Accept the permissions.
  3. Once finished, the data will be exported to a new Google Sheet and an Excel file in your Google Drive.

Configuration

  • In Code.gs in Apps Scripts, locate the following line and update it:
  // 👇 Modify this to the sheet you want to export from
  const sourceSheetName = "Sheet1";
  • You can also modify the base name of the exported files:
  // 👇 Modify this to customize the base name of the exported files
  const baseFileName = "Exported_Data";

Output

  • Data from the source sheet will be written to the new Google Sheet.
  • An Excel (.xlsx) file will also be created in your Google Drive with the same content.
  • Timestamps in filenames ensure uniqueness.

Limitations

  • The script exports the entire content of the source sheet. Partial ranges are not configurable in this version.
  • It does not interact with external websites or perform web scraping.
  • For extracting tables from webpages, refer to the scraper-as project.
    These two projects work best together: scraper-as can populate a sheet with web table data, which export-as can then export to new sheets or Excel files.
  • Requires the source sheet to exist and contain data.

Notes

  • This project is an upgrade from the previous vba-file repo. Since VBA is approaching the end of its mainstream support and requires Excel for execution.
  • This Google Apps Script version provides a more stable, modern, and free solution for exporting data from Google Sheets.
  • This project is designed to be simple, lightweight, and entirely free to use with Google Sheets.
  • We retain Module.bas in the repository for anyone who wishes to continue using the legacy VBA version.

🧾 License

MIT — do whatever you want with it.

✨ Happy coding! If you find this project useful, a ⭐ on the repo is always appreciated!