Google Sheets can be used as a collection for generating Dynamic Pages. For more information on collections, see Define a Collection for Dynamic Pages.
Google sheets collections have the following limitations:
Collection Number per Site - 100
Fields (columns) - 100
Collection name character limit - 50
Field name character limit - 50
Page item URL - 350 characters
Update data - Automatically
To create a Google Sheets collection:
- In the left panel, click Content, click Collections, and then click+ New Collection.
- Click Google Sheets.
- Click Sign in With Google.
- Sign in to the Google Account that contains the collection.
- Select the Google Sheet you want to use as your collection.
- Click Connect Spreadsheet.
- Define the correct data type for each field.
- Click Done.
Note
Inner collections are currently not supported with Google Sheets.
To add a new column to a Google Sheets collection:
- In the side panel, click Content, then click Collections.
- Click to open the Google Sheets collection.
- Click +Add Field.
- Select the data type from the Data Type drop down menu and type the name of the field in the Field Namespace.
- Click Refresh Data.
The new column appears in the available fields when connecting a widget.
Supported Fields
Field Type
Example Content
Rich Text
Welcome to my dentist office
Plain Text
welcome to my office
Number
10,000
Note
Must only contain numbers, and periods (for decimals).
Image
https://www.domain.com/img/name.jpg
Link
https://goo.gl/maps/F81HPm4CBTQSTsJ5A
Note
Pages will result in a 404 error if the URL contains a space at the beginning or end.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EsYwAKxAFU
Phone
123456789
Location
streetAddress, postalCode, region, city, country
577 College Ave, 94306, CA, Palo Alto, US
Business Hours
SAT, SUN: 08:00-20:00; THU, FRI: 08:00-12:00;
Social accounts
Must be formatted as name: value; name: value;
email: my@gmail.com; whatsapp: 123456; facebook: Website Builder;
Note
Supported social networks: email, whatsapp, facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube, linkedin, yelp, pinterest, google_my_business, waze, vimeo, snapchat, reddit, tripadvisor, foursquare, rss.
Date & Time
The following formats are supported:
Date and time. YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:(SS) displays as 2021-10-07 10:15:(00)
Date only. YYYY-MM-DD displays as 2021-10-07
Time only. HH:MM:(SS) displays as 10:15:(00)
When displaying date only, the time will default to 0:00. When displaying time only, the date will default to 1970-01-01.
If the date and time are formatted differently than the supported formats, they will not be imported correctly and cannot be used to format or sort.
This field can be used for sorting when using the filters or sort functionality in the Connected Data pop-up.
Multi Select
In Google Sheets, options must be separated by a semi colon, for example: first option; second option; third option. When you import the collection to the editor, click Options to add the options. Each row in the collection can be assigned one or more of the options you created.
Note
This field can be used to filter the displayed collection in widgets, such as photo gallery, list, accordion, and custom widgets that connect to collections.
The next step is to create or convert a Dynamic Page so you can connect it to your newly created collection.