I have two google spreadsheets. One of the sheets does all the math/formula while the second sheet pulls that data using the =IMPORTRANGE function. The data pulled is an URL. What I need is to extract just the contents of the cell.
I would like the contents of 'H1' to automatically paste to cell 'J1' in text format. I searched the web but every solution just talks about using "Ctrl + Shift + V" to copy and paste the 'values only'. Is there any way to automate this process and write a formula in cell 'I1' to extract the text from the formula cell which is 'H2' and paste it as text in cell 'J1'?
use in J1:
=ARRAYFORMULA(H1:H&"")
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I am using the importrange formula want to copy data from one Google Sheet to another. I enter the correct formula and it works but when I copy that formula to the rest of the cell expecting to copy the date in each cell it does not change the value and only copy the same data in all cell
if your formula is like:
=IMPORTRANGE("ID", "Sheet1A1")
you can unlock it for dragging down/up like this:
=IMPORTRANGE("ID", "Sheet1A"&ROW(A1))
also do note that you can import range at once like:
=IMPORTRANGE("ID", "Sheet1A1:A100")
I have a cell in a Google Sheets doc that is the template HTML for an e-commerce webpage. It's very long as there's lots of content on the webpage, and of course, the whole cell is a text format because HTML is text. I want to be able to have that HTML text look up other cells in the spreadsheet to populate parts of the HTML with values I have typed in other cells. So if my HTML is in cell A1 and in one part of it it says =B1 (or whatever you end up telling me) I want to be able to type Apple in cell B1 and have the HTML text replace =B1 with apple. Is there some way that, within a text format cell you can signify to Sheets "this next bit is a formula"? Basically, what should I type instead of the =B1 I used above to make this lookup work? Remember this is all in a text cell.
I've tried various ways of doing this but all seem to rely on having the cell in formula format, but this is not possible as I need to do this lookup process many times in a single cell with a large amount of text in it.
It looks that are asking about how formulas work in Google Sheets, specifically how formulas handle text values.
In Google Sheets, a formula start with = or +. As you question is about text values, the you should use =.
After the = your could add a quote enclosed text like ="apple". If your text include quotation marks, then you should escape them. Let say that your text is "apple" then the formula to use is ="""apple""".
Let's do a jump.
The concatenation operator is &. Let say that you have ="""apple"" ""orange""" on one cell, and grape in cell A1. To put a reference to A1 in order to insert it's value between the quoted fruits, the formula to be used is ="""apple""" & A1 & """orange""".
I am using a google sheet as a database. When a row is populated (using JSON API and Integromat), I want formulas in the newly added row to update. However, I cannot get the formula to be applied to the whole column automatically.
For instance, C1 is =A1+B1. When A2 and B2 are added, C2 should be =A2+B2.
I have tried:
Double clicking the box in the bottom right corner of the selected cell. This does not work because it adds the formula for all rows that contain data. When a new row is added, the formula is not applied to that row.
Using the formula with a range =A1:A+B1:B. This formula is only applied to the selected cell.
Pasting the formula in the column header. This simply did not work. Even when I tried to include a formula that used a range =A1:A+B1:B.
Using hotkeys like shift + ctrl + Down + D. I was unable to find any that worked. Most were for windows computers (I am using a mac).
I'm sure I'm just making a stupid error, but I haven't been able to find any solutions.
Thanks in advance!
Place this in the header row (assuming the header row and you want to add all other rows).
={"YOUR HEADER";ARRAYFORMULA(A2:A+B2:B)}
I've searched for hours and couldn't find an answer to the following problem:
I have two sheets, Blue and Red.
I want Blue!A1 to be "exactly" like Red!A1 but I find this problem:
Red!A1 contains "B1+B2", both are Red's cells.
However, when I write Blue!A1 like this: "=Red!A1", the return value is something like "=Red!B1 + Red!B2", and not the "=CurrentSheet!B1 + CurrentSheet!B2"
My problem is that I cannot reference the Blue sheet in the Red one because I want dozens of sheets referencing Red in the same way, so when I change A1 in Red I change all the other sheets' A1 accordingly with their respectives B1s and B2s, not Red's B1 and B2.
I want to have a cell in a sheet which can be referenced by any other cell in any other sheet exactly like it was in the first place.
For instance, if I have a cell which contains =B1+B2 in a sheet, I want to reference it in another sheet in a way that the new =B1+B2 references the current sheet's B1 and B2 cells instead of the former one's.
Can someone help me to solve this problem?
Thank you in advance
Alexandre Trajano
Solution 1
Copy & Paste.
In Google Sheets, copy & paste iterates the formula automatically. If you change sheet, it will change the referenced cells to point to the current sheet; if you change location within the same sheet, it will shift the cell references according to how many columns and rows you shifted.
In contrast, cut & paste will move the formula without iterating the cell references.
Solution 2
If you have a truly large number of sheets you want to create based on a template and don't want to c&p a thousand times, you can use Apps Script.
In particular, you will need
Spreadsheet App to create and access new sheets; and
Functions that manipulate cells here.
You can enter the formula via Apps Script as strings.
For example, say you want cell A1 to have formula B1+C1 in a tab named "Sheet1". You can do the following.
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var tab = sheet.getSheetByName('Sheet1');
sheet.setActiveSheet(tab);
var cell = tab.getRange(1, 1); // The arguments are the row and column indices of A1, respectively.
cell.setValue('=B1+C1');
There are many things you can do here with the basic template. You can generate sheets based on some naming convention. You can generate formula based on the cell position. You can create a script that fills in the formula upon the creation of a tab if its name observes a certain rule. etc etc. And naturally, you can duplicate the formulas from one sheet. You will need getFormula() as opposed to getValue.
Note: you can also call
custom Apps Script function directly in your sheet and write your cells using the output of your custom function. But in your case, using the range functions in Apps Script should be more efficient.
Is it possible to grab the contents of a cell from one sheet and display them on another?
I have 4 sheets. And I want the cells of the third sheet to display the first column of the second sheet on the second column.
if you want to get range from another sheet just use:
Replace 'Sheet' and 'A2:C8' with title and range you want to refer
={Sheet!A2:C8}
For multiple sheets
Replace ';' with ',' for horizontal view:
={Sheet!A2:C8;Sheet1!A2:C8;Sheet2!A2:C8}
Add the sheetname exclamation point to your cell reference
e.g. sheet!A:1
Then drag from the first cell down to as many rows as you need.
Google Sheets allows reference between sheets. the syntax is pretty simple. consider a single cell: =<sheetname>!A2 for example. From there, you can drag down with the bottom right corner, and your your column will now be a copy of an arbitrary column in , in this case A
These are the annotations for cells in google sheets
Sheetname!A:1 For Relative Cells
Sheetname!$A:1 For Absolute Columns
Sheetname!A:$1 For Absolute Rows
Sheetname!$A:$1 For Absolute Cells
Yes. For specific ranges you can use IMPORTRANGE.
Is it possible to grab the contents of a cell from one sheet and display them on another?
Yes. It's even possible to get entire columns of data.
In sheet 2 A1,
=ARRAYFORMULA('Sheet1'!A:A)
The single quotes ' can be omitted, if the sheet name doesn't have a space . In other words, if you use Monthly Budget as a sheet name, then single quotes is mandatory.