Question

It says in the charts dashboard tutorial that the dashboard can be bound to a Google Spreadsheet range as a data source. But this was not demonstrated in the tutorial, nor could I find relevant info in the Apps Script docs. It seems that Datatable cannot be bound to a spreadsheet range, as the methods only provide for adding rows and columns manually.

Does anyone know how to bind the dashboard to a range from Google Spreadsheet?

In my current code, I am assuming that the dashboard can be bound to a range from Google Spreadsheet like so, but the setDataTable function call is giving me a hard time.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(spreadsheetId);
var data = ss.getRangeByName("DataWithColHeadings");
var dashboard = Charts.newDashboardPanel()
  .setDataTable(data) // throws error here! I think it is expecting a DataTableBuilder
  .bind([durationFilter, lineFilter], [pieChart, tableChart])
  .build();

Answer 1

You can specify the data range using dot notation:

var datasource = ss.getSheetByName("SheetName").getRange("A1:J20");

And then use it as follows:

var dashboard = Charts.newDashboardPanel()
      .setDataTable(**datasource**)

When used this way, you can eliminate the code specifying column names and row values. Just make sure that the values in the specified range are consistent and non-empty.