I'm doing performance calculations on an America's Cup AC75 yacht, and have found Named Ranges very helpful in equations I use.
On a 'Data' sheet, I now have a lot of information that I'd like to reference as a Named Range, and use via VLOOKUP(), in my 'Analysis' sheet.
A problem I have struck is that if I need to Insert/Move a column in this new Named Range, the VLOOKUP function does not "update" the column that it should return.
For example, if a cell value is "=VLOOKUP(B6, Sail_Vectors, 10, false)", but I have to insert a new column before col 10 in the Named Range "Sail_Vectors", the desired column becomes col 11 - but the lookup still returns col 10, which is now incorrect.
I may be asking too much, but just wondering if anyone might have a work-around, or something I've overlooked?
If your sheet Data has headers, you can use them in order to reference your desired column dynamically, using MATCH:
=VLOOKUP(A1,Sail_Vectors,MATCH("Header C",Data!1:1),false)
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Hey Stack Overflow Sheets, I have a question regarding a use case we want to create in our Google Sheet, either with built-in functionality, or with an extension like Sheetgo.
We have 2 sheets with multiple of the same columns (properties) and rows (users). The problem is that only one of the sheets is a trusted source for one column’s data (“source sheet”), and the other sheet has empty or outdated values for the same column (“outdated sheet”), and we need both sheets to have this column match values in rows that have a matching value for another column across both sheets (in our case, an “email” column). After they’re matching, we want to change the formula to sync any changes made for that column between both sheets.
Here’s an obfuscated data example:
Source sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uxqC3lB15UHhKTzjZyzzVIj5tlPjhCCCZ48xHYEcm0o/edit?usp=sharing
Outdated sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ckoCh8gMwt2QeBRH1dB2dyFPJUukrjQ-SCgucTL8rhc/edit?usp=sharing
In the example, we’re looking for a formula that would allow us to have a “Type” column value injected into the Outdated Sheet’s Type column, based on both sheet’s matching Email column value. And then, have it so if a row’s “Type” value changes in either doc, the other doc follows.
What formula or extension would I use to go about this? Any help appreciated, thanks!
I tried to create a VLOOKUP and MATCH formula, but I couldn't yet figure out how to have the function first LOOKUP into the Source Sheet, then inject it into the Outdated Sheet based on a matched email column value. Sheetgo made the LOOKUP easier, but I still couldn't figure out how to do an exact operation.
Use importrange() and vlookup(). Put this formula in cell A1 of the target spreadsheet:
=arrayformula(
lambda(
import,
iferror(
vlookup(
C1:C,
{ index(import, 0, 3), index(import, 0, 1) },
2, false
)
)
)(
importrange("1uxqC3lB15UHhKTzjZyzzVIj5tlPjhCCCZ48xHYEcm0o", "Sheet1!A1:F")
)
)
I'd like a formula to be able to calculate a COUNTIF function, but ignoring duplicate values in the same column. My sheet looks something like this:
For example, if I were to count the number of occurrences of "Grass" it would return a result of 4, ignoring the duplicates in columns C and D.
Link to this spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/110De2u6mKLT7SOTfaXN6EZVqgD35pEeeog9o5WWn5bs/edit?usp=sharing
There is a new sheet on your sample spreadsheet called MK.Idea. There you will find this formula:
=ARRAYFORMULA(COUNTIF(UNIQUE(SPLIT(FLATTEN(Sheet1!B1:G1&"|"&Sheet1!B2:G),"|")),"Grass"))
That uses UNIQUE and a SPLIT(Flatten technique to isolate the "grass" values that are duplicates in a given column
Sounded so simple! I have a sheet called "Account", containing a running balance in column "G" and I have another sheet called "Performance", with a table which lists historical dates and column "D" needs to lookup the account balance on the day stated in column "A".
"Account" Sheet
"Performance" Sheet
For example, Performance!D2 should be "210,000.00".
Performance!D7 should be "110,000.00".
Performance!D9 would be "40,000.00".
To make this slightly more difficult I like to put formulas into the heading row as arrayformulas where possible, to avoid problems when copying and pasting data or adding new rows, etc.
I've tried many different possibilities and nothing has worked. I'm currently trying to make the following formula work, which is in Performance!D1.
=ARRAYFORMULA(if(row(D1:D) = 1, "Cash", VLOOKUP(A1:A, MIN('Balance'!A4:A <= A1:A), 7, 1)))
I've also tried some solutions involving MATCH(), FILTER(), VLOOKUP() and LOOKUP() but so far no cookie!
this should work:
=ARRAYFORMULA({"Cash";if(A2:A="",,VLOOKUP(A2:A, SORT('Account'!A4:G),7,TRUE))})
VLOOKUP(...,true) returns the value associated with the closest match in the first column without going over. Provided that the range into which you're doing the vlookup is sorted by the first column of that range.
I've created a form to collect data from user A in a sheet and reformat it for user B in the other sheet.
I have to sort the data for user B. I'm using vlookup to sort the column of values from the form to a new sheet (sort based on the order of the 'value description column'). It's working.
My problem is that when a new column is added to the first sheet (the form) the column range is modified and the index parameter in vlookup is not good anymore. So I lost everything on my second sheet.
How can I do to have a solid link with the column in the first sheet even if it's position change?
you can make use of INDIRECT with COUNTA and SUBSTITUTE. something like:
=INDIRECT("Sheet1!A1:"&SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1, COUNTA(Sheet1!1:1), 4), 1, "")
this will count non-empty cells in row 1 of Sheet1 and converts that number to later which is used in constructing the range put together by indirect formula and all of it can be placed in vlookup as same as you would place any ther regular range.
I've been at this problem for a while now. I am trying to sum numbers under a specific column when the rows equal a certain text and then display that sum on a different sheet. So far I came up with this formula: =IF(EXACT(A2,Table!A2:A)=TRUE,SUM(Table!C2:C)); however the only problem is that is sums everything in column C (which makes sense).
I wish there was a way to do something like the following: SUM(Table!C2:C where EXACT(A2,TABLE!A2:A)=TRUE). I've also tried the SUMIF(), DSUM(), and QUERY() functions to no avail. I must be getting logically tripped up somewhere.
Figured it out: =SUM(FILTER(Table!E4:E, EXACT(Table!A4:A,A4)=TRUE)).
=sum ( FILTER (b1:b10, a1:a10 = "Text" ) )
// the above formula will help you to take the sum of the values in column B when another column A contain a specific text.
The formula is applicable only in Google Spreadsheets