Im using importrange function to import multiple sheets of USERS to a mastersheet. Say all data imported are from Col A:Z then on Col AA of the mastersheet im giving a status for the each entry(row). but when the users update their data the Col AA on the mastersheet does not sync with the data imported. is there a way to "link" or "pair" the rows imported with the existing sheet rows. I hope you understand what im trying to do.
You are describing how formula results get misaligned with manually entered data. Lance has given a thorough treatment of the row misalignment issue and how it can be dealt with in some cases.
It would probably be easiest to update column AA in the user sheets instead of the master sheet, and include that column in the imports.
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Suppose that we have the following Google Sheet (called File_1):
And we import all the columns (A to C) via IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...", "Sheet1!A:C") into another sheet (called File_2), which also contains an additional column New_col with some data in it:
Now, suppose that the source sheet changes like this, i.e., a new row is added in-between the existing rows:
The destination sheet will become like this, in essence keeping Column D in its previous state and 'breaking' the relation of the 'test' value in cell D2 with the A1-B1-C1 row.
What I would like to have instead is the following destination sheet:
Is there a way to do that from within Google Sheets?
You are describing how formula results get misaligned with manually entered data. There is no turn-key solution to work around the issue. Lance has given a thorough treatment of the row misalignment issue and how it can be dealt with in some cases.
I have been working on a google sheet(sheet A) where the data comes from another sheet(sheet B) through importrange. In sheet A, column A contains all the urls, col C is the keywords and col F SEO keywords. I want to implement a function or an app script where for every url in column A, if the data is present in either column C or col F, that row should stay and if for url in column A, the data is col C and F is not present then the row should be deleted and the row below should move up. I am not sure how this should work. Can anyone please help me with the function or app script to be used for the same?
I am not sure I am understanding your question.
So there is an empty B column between A and C column? If so put this in B2 =if(sum(len(C4)+len(F4))>0,A4,"") It'll see if both C&F are empty and if so return a value of blank instead of the URL. You can then just copy-paste values only that over into Column A and you're set right?
From my understanding you want to keep combinations A,C - A,F - A,F,C & omit rows where it is just A as the only value?
If so this should get it done pretty easily. Are you doing this on like 10k+ row sheets?
You will not be able to move around rows with data that was imported with IMPORTRANGE in SheetA.
What you could do is write an Apps Script code to move around the source data in the source sheet since IMPORTRANGE gives you a live overview of the data in the source sheet. This might be the "cleanest" solution. In the source sheet you could have an onEdit trigger sorting your rows so that rows with empty columns are at the bottom. Then you can use IMPORTRANGE to import only the rows where all three columns have the data you want. (Extra careful with using IMPORTRANGE in apps script please, especially when counting rows afterwards due to lag)
Another option would be to just copy the values with a trigger instead of using IMPORTRANGE. This wouldn't be "as live as IMPORTRANGE" though but it would be easier to use the data.
If I understand you correctly, you are importing some data via IMPORTRANGE and you want to remove the imported rows in which columns C and F are empty.
If that's the case, you could use QUERY to filter out the undesired rows in the formula itself, so that they are not imported:
=QUERY(IMPORTRANGE("spreadsheet_url", "sheet_name!range"),"SELECT * WHERE (Col3<>'' or Col6<>'')")
Note:
If you wanted to use a script, the source data should not come from a formula (in that case, you should copy the imported data somewhere else and work with the copied data, which would not depend on the formula).
I'm trying to consolidate the data from different sheets in the same File for Google Sheets. However, I get the following error:
Error
Array result was not expanded because it would override data in A3
Basically, I wanted it to get all the values within each sheet range and insert it into one sheet because re-entering the same data twice is very time consuming
Here is what I have tried that causes the error:
=IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iS3hBtbkAyi5ql9V-6YwerQWXKx2ED8SR5bR3PY3Bm4/edit#gid=0", "Sheet2!A2:B30")
When you get those kind of errors is because you are importing a matiz of information that if shown will override data that you already have in your sheet.
What I recommend to solve this usually is to create a new sheet and make the import in a blank new sheet but if you are trying to consolidate 2 columns into 4(2 of each duplicating the data) make sure that you are giving the correct space between each other, for example I guess you will want to put the first import in cell A1 and the second in C1. And if you are putting just one IMPORTRANGE formula in a sheet with data already there just make sure it won't overlap.
This means your problem is basically information overlapped when
importing using IMPORTRANGE formula
Basic things to try to resolve the issue or find out a path to do it can be:
select cell A3 and push delete button.
Or
create a new sheet and try the formula again with an empty sheet.
delete everything you have in cell A3 or add a row between A2 and A3
or use this formula:
=IMPORTRANGE("1iS3hBtbkAyi5ql9V-6YwerQWXKx2ED8SR5bR3PY3Bm4", "Sheet3!A2:B2")
For a league I run we keep track of games played and w/l/t and calculate that into a ranking score. The player name is listed in column U and the ranking score in column AD of a fixed table. I then use an array formula to list the players in ranking order in column E (then vlookup to pull in other stats based on the value in E for that row). Specifically I use this formula in column E:
=ARRAY_CONSTRAIN(ARRAYFORMULA(INDEX($U$4:$U$153,MATCH(LARGE($AD$4:$AD$153-ROW($AD$4:$AD$153)/COUNT($AD$4:$AD$153),ROW(E72)-ROW(E$4)+1),$AD$4:$AD$153-ROW($AD$4:$AD$153)/COUNT($AD$4:$AD$153),0))), 1, 1)
I need to be able to add players to the table in U:AD without having to edit the formula every time, i.e. from $U4:$U153 and $AD$4:$AD$153 to $U4:$U154 and $AD$4:$AD$154 in all the various places in the formula then copy the new formula all the way down.
Is there a way that I could define the range as $U$4:$U(last populated row) and the same for column AD in the above formula?
I eventually be using this in both Excel and Google Sheets so I would really like to avoid scripting. First I'm looking to solve this for Google Sheets.
Here is a copy of the sheet I am working on.
You could use INDEX and COUNTA
Instead of $U4$U153,
$U4:INDEX(U4:U,COUNTA(A4:A))
The COUNTA portion will give the number of populated rows and feed it into INDEX to give $U4:$U153
The answer for the Google sheet that you shared.
skip to the end for the simple solution
I used the indirect method by entering a formula in E1 that counts the AD column for player stats and adds 3 to get the last row. (I was going create the full range AD4:AD?? but you also have U4:U73 in the formula)
=counta(AD4:AD)+3
I then changed your formula use indirect, indirect("$AD$4:AD"&E$1), to reference the last row number in cell E1 to create the required range.
=iferror(ARRAY_CONSTRAIN(ARRAYFORMULA(INDEX(indirect("$U$4:U"&E$1),MATCH(LARGE(indirect("$AD$4:AD"&E$1)-ROW(indirect("$AD$4:AD"&E$1))/COUNT(indirect("$AD$4:$AD"&E$1)),ROW(E4)-ROW(E$4)+1),indirect("$AD$4:$AD"&E$1)-ROW(indirect("$AD$4:$AD"&E$1))/COUNT(indirect("$AD$4:AD"&E$1)),0))), 1, 1),"")
I discovered by accident that if you remove the ARRAY_CONSTRAIN from your formula and change U4:U73 to U4:AC73 then the formula will populate the scores to the right of your formula where you currently have vlookups. I put an example of this in E4 but note that you will have to delete the vlookup formulas if you want to fill the formula down otherwise it will show REF
I also added iferror so that the formula can be copied to the same row as the end of the "open slots" in column A without showing errors.
Also, I got to this point and was thinking that since you're using Google Sheets, a better way to do this could be to use the QUERY function to pull the data and also sort it using ORDER BY with a single formula in cell E4.
I've not really used the QUERY function but maybe it's time to learn.
EDIT
Turns out it doesn't take much learning
=QUERY(U4:AD,"SELECT U,V,W,X,Y,Z,AA,AB,AC ORDER BY AD DESC")
Put the formula above in cell E4 and delete everything beneath and scores to the right and you're done. you'll notice that there is no indirect because Google understands that you don't want the blank rows.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16IclEmKwDFdInIAZhH2vt-tLJ5pbwX06jv9xrUXwhnY/edit?usp=sharing
Why are you using $ signs around U4:U153,remove $ signs for rows that will give you flexibility while keeping columns fixed.As your drag the formula,the data array will append the newly filled cells or you can create table using Ctrl+T that will automatically expand as you keeping adding data.
I have a google form that my students fill out daily. All form responses feed into one workbook. From the workbook, I have a spreadsheet for "Clean" data. Which is just the information from the responses sheet needed to graph progress. The formula I am using in A2 is: ='Form Responses 1'!N2
Nothing too complicated right?
However, each day that I want to show the kids their progress on the charts, I have to select the last two entries in the Clean Data worksheet and copydown the formulas in order for the new data to appear. Apparently, every time there is a new form submission, google sheets changes the cell address in the formulas. Is there any way around this?
As JPV commented, the "pushing down of formulae" by form submissions may be counteracted by using an array formula (in row 2):
=ArrayFormula('Form Responses 1'!N2:N)
And as Akshin commented, if you were in fact bringing over a couple of columns for graphing purposes, you can do it all in one with QUERY. For example:
=QUERY('Form Responses 1'!A:N,"select A, N",1)