Send personalized appreciation certificates to employees

// To learn how to use this script, refer to the documentation:
// https://developers.google.com/apps-script/samples/automations/employee-certificate

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const slideTemplateId = 'PRESENTATION_ID';
const tempFolderId = 'FOLDER_ID'; // Create an empty folder in Google Drive

/**
 * Creates a custom menu "Appreciation" in the spreadsheet
 * with drop-down options to create and send certificates
 */
function onOpen() {
  const ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
  ui.createMenu('Appreciation')
      .addItem('Create certificates', 'createCertificates')
      .addSeparator()
      .addItem('Send certificates', 'sendCertificates')
      .addToUi();
}

/**
 * Creates a personalized certificate for each employee
 * and stores every individual Slides doc on Google Drive
 */
function createCertificates() {
  // Load the Google Slide template file
  const template = DriveApp.getFileById(slideTemplateId);

  // Get all employee data from the spreadsheet and identify the headers
  const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
  const values = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
  const headers = values[0];
  const empNameIndex = headers.indexOf('Employee Name');
  const dateIndex = headers.indexOf('Date');
  const managerNameIndex = headers.indexOf('Manager Name');
  const titleIndex = headers.indexOf('Title');
  const compNameIndex = headers.indexOf('Company Name');
  const empEmailIndex = headers.indexOf('Employee Email');
  const empSlideIndex = headers.indexOf('Employee Slide');
  const statusIndex = headers.indexOf('Status');

  // Iterate through each row to capture individual details
  for (let i = 1; i < values.length; i++) {
    const rowData = values[i];
    const empName = rowData[empNameIndex];
    const date = rowData[dateIndex];
    const managerName = rowData[managerNameIndex];
    const title = rowData[titleIndex];
    const compName = rowData[compNameIndex];

    // Make a copy of the Slide template and rename it with employee name
    const tempFolder = DriveApp.getFolderById(tempFolderId);
    const empSlideId = template.makeCopy(tempFolder).setName(empName).getId();
    const empSlide = SlidesApp.openById(empSlideId).getSlides()[0];

    // Replace placeholder values with actual employee related details
    empSlide.replaceAllText('Employee Name', empName);
    empSlide.replaceAllText('Date', 'Date: ' + Utilities.formatDate(date, Session.getScriptTimeZone(), 'MMMM dd, yyyy'));
    empSlide.replaceAllText('Your Name', managerName);
    empSlide.replaceAllText('Title', title);
    empSlide.replaceAllText('Company Name', compName);

    // Update the spreadsheet with the new Slide Id and status
    sheet.getRange(i + 1, empSlideIndex + 1).setValue(empSlideId);
    sheet.getRange(i + 1, statusIndex + 1).setValue('CREATED');
    SpreadsheetApp.flush();
  }
}

/**
 * Send an email to each individual employee
 * with a PDF attachment of their appreciation certificate
 */
function sendCertificates() {
  // Get all employee data from the spreadsheet and identify the headers
  const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
  const values = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
  const headers = values[0];
  const empNameIndex = headers.indexOf('Employee Name');
  const dateIndex = headers.indexOf('Date');
  const managerNameIndex = headers.indexOf('Manager Name');
  const titleIndex = headers.indexOf('Title');
  const compNameIndex = headers.indexOf('Company Name');
  const empEmailIndex = headers.indexOf('Employee Email');
  const empSlideIndex = headers.indexOf('Employee Slide');
  const statusIndex = headers.indexOf('Status');

  // Iterate through each row to capture individual details
  for (let i = 1; i < values.length; i++) {
    const rowData = values[i];
    const empName = rowData[empNameIndex];
    const date = rowData[dateIndex];
    const managerName = rowData[managerNameIndex];
    const title = rowData[titleIndex];
    const compName = rowData[compNameIndex];
    const empSlideId = rowData[empSlideIndex];
    const empEmail = rowData[empEmailIndex];

    // Load the employee's personalized Google Slide file
    const attachment = DriveApp.getFileById(empSlideId);

    // Setup the required parameters and send them the email
    const senderName = 'CertBot';
    const subject = empName + ', you\'re awesome!';
    const body = 'Please find your employee appreciation certificate attached.' +
    '\n\n' + compName + ' team';
    GmailApp.sendEmail(empEmail, subject, body, {
      attachments: [attachment.getAs(MimeType.PDF)],
      name: senderName
    });

    // Update the spreadsheet with email status
    sheet.getRange(i + 1, statusIndex + 1).setValue('SENT');
    SpreadsheetApp.flush();
  }
}