Google Contacts
Google Contacts to Google Sheets: Query from Google Contacts into Google Sheets or Post data from Google Sheets into Google Contacts using Sheet Director.
What is Sheet Director?
Sheet Director is a G Suite add-on that helps to manage and control bi-directional data flow between Google Sheets and several other applications like Google Calendar, Tasks, Contacts, Sheets, QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Zoho etc.
It is available in the G Suite Marketplace and Chrome Web Store. Please check Installation instructions to install the add-on.
What is Google Contacts?
Google Contacts is Google's contact management tool that is available in its free email service Gmail, as a standalone service, and as a part of Google's business-oriented suite of web apps Google Apps.
Google Contacts to Google Sheets: Use Case(s)
> Pull all the google contacts and present it in Google Sheet
> Push all data from spreadsheet to Google Contacts.
Google Contacts
Sheet Director
Google Sheets
Setting up Google Contacts into Sheet Director
Choosing App and Service:
Select Google Contacts from the list of applications.
Select service as Get Contacts/Post Contacts.
Google Contacts to Google Sheet - Query
Google Contacts Configuration:
Select the required task from the task list.
Select the required fields for which you need data.
Fix the maximum result required.
Destination Settings:
Select the required destination Sheet. (or)
Create a new sheet by clicking the add icon.
Mention the starting cell.
Switch on include header if required.
Switch on clear sheet before execution to clear the existing sheet data.
Scheduler Settings:
Switch on Run automatically to execute services automatically in background.
Notification Settings:
Switch on Notify on Execution if notification email needs to be send during execution.
Click on Setup Email Template and customize the email as required.
Click on Pick Drive Files to attach files from Drive to email.
Switch on Add attachments from Google Sheets to add attachments from Google sheets.
Select the required sheet tab.
Select Full Sheet or Range.
If range is selected select the required range.
Switch on Attach PDF to attach the sheet tab as PDF.
Click on execute to pull the data into sheet
Click save to save the service
Sample Output:
The below image shows the data that is obtained from Google Contacts.
Google Sheet to Google Contacts - Post
Select Apply Template or Setup Mapping
Select Apply Template to add a default template.
Select Setup Manually to select manually.
Source Sheet
Choose the sheet that contains post records.
Enter the Start at cell value
(the default value is A1, if you change the value you need to refresh the header by clicking on refresh icon on side)
Select the Status column
If status column is not there, simply click the +button to add the status header on your sheet(A status column will be created in Spreadsheet)
Select the Result column
If result column is not there, simply click the +button to add the result header on your sheet(A result column will be created in Spreadsheet)
Mapping
After selecting the entity it will ask for intelligent mapping
If you need to do intelligent mapping click on yes
Intelligent mapping will map the matching fields automatically
You can do manual mapping by selecting Column drop down
You can delete the field by click on delete icon on top of each filed map
You can't delete mandatory* fields
Click on execute will ask for confirmation
Click save to save the service
It will show number of records ready to post
Click post now to post the records on Google Contacts
Sample Output
It will show the count of number of records posted successfully and failed to post.
