You can workaround by using library called GASRetry.
See how to add GASRetry library to your project.
A guide to code changes (you need to apply it to your own specific scenario):
- Change the line
var thingies = to whatever you want to process. It should ideally be an array.
- Add your own code after the
//do our work here line
- Set a Trigger on the function named
outerLoop() to run every x hours/days. It's OK to rename it to something meaningful to you like doProcessWidgets().
Code:
//automatically invoked from outerLoop()'s creation of a new trigger if required to get work done
function outerLoopRepeating() {
outerLoop();
}
// trigger this function
function outerLoop() {
try {
var processingMessage = 'Initialising', isOverMaxRuntime = false, startTime = new Date(), // calc elapsed time
functionName = arguments.callee.name, repeatingFunctionName = functionName + 'Repeating'; //for logging, triggering
// Deletes all occurrences of the Repeating trigger we don't end up with undeleted time based triggers all over the place
//add library GASRetry MGJu3PS2ZYnANtJ9kyn2vnlLDhaBgl_dE
GASRetry.call(function(){ScriptApp.getProjectTriggers().forEach(function(i) {
if (i.getHandlerFunction() === repeatingFunctionName) {ScriptApp.deleteTrigger(i);}
});});
Logger.log('========== Starting the "%s" function ==========', functionName);
// Handle max execution times in our outer loop
// Get start index if we hit max execution time last run
var start = parseInt(PropertiesService.getScriptProperties().getProperty(functionName + "-start")) || 0;
var thingies = ['stuff to process', 'in an Array',,,,]; //
for (var i = start ; i < thingies.length; i++) {
if (Math.round((new Date() - startTime)/1000) > 300) { //360 seconds is Google Apps Script max run time
//We've hit max runtime.
isOverMaxRuntime = true;
break;
}
//do our work here
Logger.log('Inside the for loop that does the xyz work. i is currently: %d', i);
var processingMessage = Utilities.formatString('%d of %d thingies: %s <%s>', i+1, thingies.length, thingyName, thingyId);
//do our work above here
}
if (isOverMaxRuntime) {
//save state in user/project prop if required
PropertiesService.getScriptProperties().setProperty(functionName + '-start', i);
//create another trigger
GASRetry.call(function(){ScriptApp.newTrigger(repeatingFunctionName).timeBased().everyMinutes(10).create();});
Logger.log('Hit max run time - last iteration completed was i=%s', i-1);
} else {
Logger.log('Done all the work and all iterations');
PropertiesService.getScriptProperties().deleteProperty(functionName + '-start');
Logger.log('Completed processing all %s things with the "%s" function', thingies.length, functionName);
}
} catch (e) {
Logger.log('%s. While processing %s', JSON.stringify(e, null, 2), processingMessage);
throw e;
}
}
