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Payable Forms - Chip Styling Interfering with Payable Spreadsheet Columns

If your spreadsheet has suddenly stopped logging new orders or updating order statuses, read on.

Updated over 3 weeks ago

Google has recently introduced chip styling to the Sheets platform which beyond enhancing the look of your spreadsheet can be used to filter content, trigger automatic actions, and more. When chip styling is applied to the Payable columns that we've inserted to your spreadsheet it interferes with the add-ons ability to read and write to these cells.

What does Chip Styling Look Like?

Example of a plain-text Google Sheet

Example of chip styling applied to the Payable Status column


How to Remove Chip Styling from a Column

Whether you decidedly or inadvertently applied chip styling to Payable columns on your spreadsheet it is relatively easy to undo this following these steps:

  1. Right-click on the column header for which you need to remove the chip styling

  2. In the menu that appears, click on Data Validation near the bottom of the list

  3. The Data Validation Rules pane will open on the right displaying rules applied to this column, click on Remove All

How to Restore Impacted Payable Data

If chip styling was applied to a Payable column on the spreadsheet it is likely your recent orders have been logged with a "Pending" Payable Order ID, to resolve this follow these steps:

  1. From your form (not spreadsheet) click the Add Ons puzzle piece icon

  2. Click Payable Forms to access the Payable menu

  3. Click Generate Missing Payable Order IDs

Once this function is complete your spreadsheet should be good as new. Chat with us if you're still experiencing issues.

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