Creating Your First Project

Creating a project

From the dashboard, click the New Project button. You have two options:

Option A: New spreadsheet

Choose New Spreadsheet to have SheetEngine create a brand new Google Sheet in your Drive. This is the quickest way to start experimenting.

  1. Enter a name for your project
  2. Click Create
  3. SheetEngine creates the spreadsheet and its bound Apps Script project automatically

Option B: Connect an existing spreadsheet

Choose Connect Existing to link SheetEngine to a spreadsheet you already have.

  1. Select the spreadsheet from Google Drive using the sheet picker
  2. Paste the Apps Script project URL for that sheet
  3. Click Connect

SheetEngine links the existing script project to your workspace and loads its code into the editor.

Project dashboard

Once created, your project appears on the dashboard as a card showing:

  • Project name - click to rename
  • Last modified date
  • Deploy status - whether the latest code has been deployed

Click any project card to open its workspace.

Managing projects

You can delete projects from the dashboard. Deleting a SheetEngine project does not delete the Google Sheet or its Apps Script code - those remain in your Google account.

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