setValue to QUERY() formula doesn't work?

Question

Part of my spreadsheet's script runs the following piece of code:

temp.getRange(1, 1).setValue("=QUERY(data!A1:H125, \"Select A\")");

As you might expect, this puts =QUERY(data!A1:H125, "Select A") into the A1 cell BUT the formula gives an error (#NAME, error: Unknown range name data!A1). I know the formula is correct because if I copy and paste it into the neighboring cell everything works fine. I do have a sheet called 'data' and it is full of data in the range A1:H125.

Any help on this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I found the answer on the Google support forums. The setFormula function is required rather than the setValue function.

ie. temp.getRange(1, 1).setFormula("=QUERY(data!A1:H125, \"Select A\")"); should work