I have a google sheet pulling from PostgreSQL, I have the Zap adding and updating rows, however, I need to remove rows that no longer exist in the database. I know I can’t fully delete a row but can I blank out rows that have been removed?
I’m stuck with PostgreSQL as the input but am not wed to Googlesheets so if this is possible with another output such as ZapTables or Excel I’m happy to do it that way.
Hi
You’d likely need to try this type of logic…
Add a column to indicate a row was added/updated.
Then after processing the data from PostgreSQL, you can search for rows that don’t have a column value to indicate the row was added/updated.
Zap action: GSheets - Lookup Rows
The Looping Zap app can be used to iterate on the returned list of rows to then clear out.
Airtable or Zapier Tables would be another options vs GSheets/Excel.
May depend on the number of records/rows you are trying to process.
Another approach may be to simply clear the entire GSheet except for Row 1 with the column headers, then add all the new records as rows.
A GSheets API request can be used to clear a worksheet.
Help link for creating custom actions in Zapier for Zap apps with the help of AI: https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/16277139110157-Create-a-custom-action
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