A summary of how to create auto confirmation emails from a Google Form.

1. Adam Blackwood @Adamrsc
Jisc Regional Support Centre South East
Making Google Forms Send a Confirmation Email

2. Quick Crib Sheet
1. Create your Google Form
2. Include a text field that is labelled, ‘Email
Address’
3. Go to the Spreadsheet for the Form
4. Copy the Email Confirmation Script
5. Go to  Tools  Script Editor
6. Paste the Email Confirmation Script into
the Script Editor
7. SAVE the Script – Click the Floppy Disc icon
8.  RUN and INITIALISE the script
• Accept all permission requests if any appear
• DONE. – All Google Submissions will receive
a confirmation email and you will receive a
notification email in your gmail account.

3. Quick Crib Sheet
1. Create your Google Form
2. Include a text field that is labelled, ‘Email
Address’
3. Go to the Spreadsheet for the Form
4. Copy the Email Confirmation Script
5. Go to  Tools  Script Editor
6. Paste the Email Confirmation Script into
the Script Editor
7. SAVE the Script – Click the Floppy Disc icon
8.  RUN and INITIALISE the script
• Accept all permission requests if any appear
• DONE. – All Google Submissions will receive
a confirmation email and you will receive a
notification email in your gmail account.

4. Quick Crib Sheet
1. Create your Google Form
2. Include a text field that is labelled, ‘Email
Address’
3. Go to the Spreadsheet for the Form
4. Copy the Email Confirmation Script
5. Go to  Tools  Script Editor
6. Paste the Email Confirmation Script into
the Script Editor
7. SAVE the Script – Click the Floppy Disc icon
8.  RUN and INITIALISE the script
• Accept all permission requests if any appear
• DONE. – All Google Submissions will receive
a confirmation email and you will receive a
notification email in your gmail account.

5. Quick Crib Sheet
1. Create your Google Form
2. Include a text field that is labelled, ‘Email
Address’
3. Go to the Spreadsheet for the Form
4. Copy the Email Confirmation Script
5. Go to  Tools  Script Editor
6. Paste the Email Confirmation Script into
the Script Editor
7. SAVE the Script – Click the Floppy Disc icon
8.  RUN and INITIALISE the script
• Accept all permission requests if any appear
• DONE. – All Google Submissions will receive
a confirmation email and you will receive a
notification email in your gmail account.

6. Quick Crib Sheet
1. Create your Google Form
2. Include a text field that is labelled, ‘Email
Address’
3. Go to the Spreadsheet for the Form
4. Copy the Email Confirmation Script
(see Slide 12 for Link to script)
1. Go to  Tools  Script Editor
2. Paste the Email Confirmation Script into
the Script Editor
3. SAVE the Script – Click the Floppy Disc icon
4.  RUN and INITIALISE the script
• Accept all permission requests if any appear
• DONE. – All Google Submissions will receive
a confirmation email and you will receive a
notification email in your gmail account.

7. Quick Crib Sheet
1. Create your Google Form
2. Include a text field that is labelled, ‘Email
Address’
3. Go to the Spreadsheet for the Form
4. Copy the Email Confirmation Script
5. Go to  Tools  Script Editor
6. Paste the Email Confirmation Script into
the Script Editor
7. SAVE the Script – Click the Floppy Disc icon
8.  RUN and INITIALISE the script
• Accept all permission requests if any appear
• DONE. – All Google Submissions will receive
a confirmation email and you will receive a
notification email in your gmail account.

8. Quick Crib Sheet
1. Create your Google Form
2. Include a text field that is labelled, ‘Email
Address’
3. Go to the Spreadsheet for the Form
4. Copy the Email Confirmation Script
5. Go to  Tools  Script Editor
6. Paste the Email Confirmation Script into
the Script Editor
7. SAVE the Script – Click the Floppy Disc icon
8.  RUN and INITIALISE the script
• Accept all permission requests if any appear
• DONE. – All Google Submissions will receive
a confirmation email and you will receive a
notification email in your gmail account.

9. Quick Crib Sheet
1. Create your Google Form
2. Include a text field that is labelled, ‘Email
Address’
3. Go to the Spreadsheet for the Form
4. Copy the Email Confirmation Script
5. Go to  Tools  Script Editor
6. Paste the Email Confirmation Script into
the Script Editor
7. SAVE the Script – Click the Floppy Disc icon
8.  RUN and INITIALISE the script
• Accept all permission requests if any appear
• DONE. – All Google Submissions will receive
a confirmation email and you will receive a
notification email in your gmail account.

10. Quick Crib Sheet
1. Create your Google Form
2. Include a text field that is labelled, ‘Email
Address’
3. Go to the Spreadsheet for the Form
4. Copy the Email Confirmation Script
5. Go to  Tools  Script Editor
6. Paste the Email Confirmation Script into
the Script Editor
7. SAVE the Script – Click the Floppy Disc icon
8.  RUN and INITIALISE the script
• Accept all permission requests if any appear
• DONE. – All Google Submissions will receive
a confirmation email and you will receive a
notification email in your gmail account.

11. DONE 
The Script can be edited and customised for your own
responses.
People making clicking on Submission will now receive a
Confirmation Email.
The owner of the form will receive a confirmation email
in their gmail account as well.

12. /* Send Confirmation Email with Google Forms */
function Initialize() {
var triggers = ScriptApp.getScriptTriggers();
for (var i in triggers) {
ScriptApp.deleteTrigger(triggers[i]);
}
ScriptApp.newTrigger("SendConfirmationMail")
.forSpreadsheet(SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet())
.onFormSubmit()
.create();
}
function SendConfirmationMail(e) {
try {
var ss, cc, sendername, subject, columns;
var message, value, textbody, sender;
// This is your email address and you will be in the CC
cc = Session.getActiveUser().getEmail();
// This will show up as the sender's name
sendername = "Your Name Goes Here";
// Optional but change the following variable
// to have a custom subject for Google Docs emails
subject = "Google Form Successfully Submitted";
// This is the body of the auto-reply
message = "We have received your details.<br>Thanks!<br><br>";
ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
columns = ss.getRange(1, 1, 1, ss.getLastColumn()).getValues()[0];
// This is the submitter's email address
sender = e.namedValues["Email Address"].toString();
// Only include form values that are not blank
for ( var keys in columns ) {
var key = columns[keys];
if ( e.namedValues[key] ) {
message += key + ' :: '+ e.namedValues[key] + "<br />";
}
}
textbody = message.replace("<br>", "n");
GmailApp.sendEmail(sender, subject, textbody,
{cc: cc, name: sendername, htmlBody: message});
} catch (e) {
Logger.log(e.toString());
}
}
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