https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SBWuWvjBxst0owuCLefpWWsbrqv9iHYpwr1nZ6Xvi9o/edit?usp=sharing
Hi, I'm currently working to create a barcode scannning system in our warehouse. In the above spreadsheet, the barcode scanner will scan barcodes which will continue being listed down column A. However, eventually one of us will scan a QR code listing the location of the items from which we are scanning; eg. A21 (aisle A, location 2, row 1). I'd like for this location to be automatically listed for all the above empty cells on column D. is it possible?
I would suggest to utilize something simiar to =IF(ISBLANK(D2), “Default Value”,D2)
Check https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093290?hl=en
I notice you are building an app script you can review the example of https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/spreadsheet/range#isblank
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Full disclosure: I originally posted this to the SE/Web application site but garnered zero comments amidst 15 views. Hoping for a better outcome here.
I'm involved in a citizen-science project polling recreational anglers about their preferred ocean fishing locations (lat-lon), a few characteristics about the location (depth, what species they catch, etc.), and some voluntary contact information. In spreadsheet form with each row being a unique location, there would be about 10 columns (each column being the response to a question).
I did a trial run with a small number of respondents using a Google Form that compiles all the responses to a Google Sheet, but due to limitations in Google Forms, respondents must submit a new form response for each fishing location they wish to provide. Every respondent said it was tedious and would prefer entering the data directly into a spreadsheet versus scrolling through 10 questions and submitting multiple forms to provide multiple locations.
Is there a process where I can distribute a link to potentially hundreds of people (who can in turn share that with whomever they wish) where the respondent is presented with an empty spreadsheet they populate with their responses? It would require that the field headers can't be edited and no one can see anyone else's responses. The spreadsheet would just look empty to each respondent. On the back end, the responses would be compiled into a single spreadsheet, much like how a Google Forms/Sheets works now. Google Forms is close - if they would just allow users to embed a Google Sheet in the form itself, I'd be set, but that's not possible at this time.
Edit - this is what the spreadsheet would include. Sorry I don't know how to properly embed or format this in tabular form. What each respondent would see is these column headers in a completely clean spreadsheet. They'd enter their data and submit, and on the back end, I'd have a master version of this that would append add each new location row-wise as they are submitted.
RowID | Latitude | Longitude | Target species 1 |Target species 2|Target species 3 | Habitat type| Home port | Name |Email address
click on this: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/create
copy-paste this fx in A1
=SPLIT("RowID|Latitude|Longitude|Target species 1|Target species 2|Target species 3|Habitat type|Home port|Name|Email address", "|")
copy the url
change edit#gid=0 to copy
take that URL and send it to your buddies and ask them to send you their URL of the sheet and enable sharing
or you can create those sheets for them and give to each of your people one spreadsheet
then create a new spreadsheet (master sheet) and use this in A2:
=QUERY({
IMPORTRANGE("url1"; "A2:J");
IMPORTRANGE("url2"; "A2:J");
IMPORTRANGE("url3"; "A2:J")}; "where Col1 is not null"; )
I'm trying to create a dynamic 'worksheet' in Google Sheets to help myself study Chinese.
This is something I'm kind of figuring out as I go, but I'm currently trying to create a template for the basic 'worksheet' that will draw vocabulary from other pages in my document.
Here's a copy of my current version: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U1hclOSo-SM2JuxJB6LXPB4J0UzXt6xJ1B_54ehkALs/edit?usp=sharing
Sheet1 is where I'm currently struggling. The idea behind Column A was that I could create 'switches' to keep the page from updating (Freeze) while I'm actually using the worksheet for studying. Once I've finished and checked my work, I could switch back to (Update) so that the Query will re-run and update to include any new words, etc.
Thus, E2 =if(A2="Update",1,0) is the condition I'm trying to check. 1 in this case would be letting the page update. 0 would be the only other value (Freeze), which would ideally stop the sheet from updating.
Another problem I've run into is that I wanted to use the 'Randomize Range' feature from the right-click menu on the output of my Query, but that doesn't seem to work. I wanted to be able to shuffle the terms so that I am not accidentally memorizing the order rather than the actual information I'm trying to learn.
I don't know which is more efficient: Having the Query grab the definition along with the word and add those to a hidden column, or have a column that matches the word to its definition outside of the Query.
If I could add in another layer of complexity, it would be neat if I could have my worksheet randomly choose between column A and column D (maybe E, too) on my Vocabulary Bank pages so that sometimes it would show me the English term and other times it would show me the Chinese one. (Currently, I'm planning to just have one worksheet for English to Chinese and a second for Chinese to English.)
In the end, I'd like for Sheet1 to work like this:
Column A: Switches
Column B: Terms, grabbed from 'Vocabulary Bank - [etc.]'!A3:A [etc.] being all of the different banks. These are randomly reordered and 'frozen' until the Range switch is changed to 'Update'.
Column C: Hidden, containing the translations of the corresponding words. These update according to a switch.
Column D: This is where I enter my guesses at the translations. There is a switch to enable 'grading' where answers that don't match Column C are highlighted.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
I'm working on an inventory system in Google Sheets and I need to pull data from one sheet into another sheet within the same work book.
I have two lists of parts, one is an indented BOM, that shows quantity of parts. The other is a Purchasing/Receiving log for inventory.
I need to compare the BOM with the Purchasing sheet to find the first instance of an order for that part, then check if it is still open or not, then pull the expected delivery date into the matching row in the BOM sheet assuming that order is still open.
These are the two formula I have that are the closest.
=IF(ISBLANK(A2),"",(SUMIF('PURCHASING/RECEIVING LOG'!D:D,B:B,'PURCHASING/RECEIVING LOG'!L:L)))
This one SUMS the date value, resulting in way off dates when converted back into a date format, but it correctly lines up all dates from PURCHASING RECEIVING, that match part name in BOM
=IF(B:B='PURCHASING/RECEIVING LOG'!D:D,IF('PURCHASING/RECEIVING LOG'!C:C="OPEN",'PURCHASING/RECEIVING LOG'!L:L,"WRONG"),"WRONG2")
This one correctly checks if the purchase order is open or not, but it only pulls the date if the rows match, instead of matching up the data for both columns. So if 'BOM'!B2 = 'PURCHASING RECEIVING'!D2. I need to check if any row in 'PURCHASING RECEIVING'!D:D = 'BOM'!B2, then B3 then B4 etc. Then pull the relevant information from 'PURCHASING RECEIVING'!L:L
Neither of them pull only the first instance of a matching open order.
There are duplicate parts in both the BOM and the Purchasing sheet, since multiple machines use the same parts, and we have multiple open orders for the same parts at any given time.
Any help or if someone could point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Please let me know if there are any questions.
Thank you.
EDIT: Added sample sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fsrl4h__GbtHeHUCBs0PS25HR8MhWEplQ2bY-qcdWlw/edit?usp=sharing
You can use a QUERY on the second sheet to pull the required date, for example in cell G3, you would use:
=QUERY('PURCHASING RECEIVING'!$B$2:$E,"select min(E) where B = 'OPEN' and C ='"&E3&"' label min(E) ''")
And then drag down to the rest of the rows.
Sample Output:
Reference:
QUERY function
Query Language Reference
Have been using Google Sheets' Filter formula
FILTER(range, condition1, [condition2, ...])
to copy rows with specified value .i.e. 'Approved' in the Master Sheet onto another sheet, Approved List.
However, once I edit any value in Approved List, the entire sheet returns an error.
How can I overcome this?
I've actually created a free google addon that can move data from one google sheet to another. It can easily filter out rows based on a certain condition. I'd be happy to set it up for you if you share a spreadsheet with me that I can use to show you how to set up the report. Otherwise, you could also create the filter exactly how you did, but then copy all of the values and then select Edit -> Paste special -> Paste Values only. From then you could edit it. However, this only works if you are editing once instead of needing to continuously receive new data. My addon is able to allow you to edit as well as get new updates from the filter. Message me if you have any more questions!
I would like to use the text from a cell in a formula in Google Sheets.
I have a document with multiple sheets that a variety of people can edit with a H,M,L (high, medium, low) value from a drop-down list. Each person has their own tab in the Google Sheet.
I then have a dashboard that populates based on their choices of H,M,L. I know that I can use the formula =('Jay Delacruz'!C6) for example to populate a cell in another sheet by manually selecting the cells on the other sheet.
However, I am looking to make quite a few of these documents automatically with another Google Script that I am running that creates the individual sheets from a roster of names on the first tab.
My question is, is it possible to have a =('Jay Delacruz'!C6) type formula that instead of the sheet reference it can pull the name of the person from the roster, as this will match exactly the sheets that are automatically generated by the script I have running.
So I would essentially have a pre-populated dashboard of formulae that would become valid once the sheets are created with the names, as created by the other script.
If it makes it a little clearer, there is a link below to make a copy of the Sheet I am working with. All names were randomly generated, so don't reference any real people or data.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NiXqko8SibD6VsfrnFcj7e7c99Hg-RoSlHVAYWb0E94/copy
Thank you in advance!
Liam
Try
=INDIRECT(C1&"!C6")
Also see here for more info on INDIRECT() function.