Google Sheets combine two sheets merging duplicates - google-sheets

I have two sheets with column 1 having different materials, but column 2 has their quantities. I need to combine both of the sheets, such as the duplicate material entries would be summed together. Is it possible to do in Google Sheets, possibly with the query function?

try it like this:
=ARRAYFORMULA(QUERY({Sheet1!A1:B; Sheet2!A1:B},
"select Col1,sum(Col2)
where Col2 is not null
group by Col1
label sum(Col2)''", 0))
where column A = material and column B = quantity

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ImportRange Function to Ignore Empty Gaps between Sheet A and Sheet B

How can I combine 2 spreadsheets into one without any gaps? When I import range 2 sheets, there is a gap of ~1000 rows. To make sure there are no gaps between the 2 sheets, I usually create a query "Where Col1 is not null " but I am missing some info. :(
My spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aSnbySwNPEvkkXqw6ItuBpZ_6-o58HPlVicIHWD0Y4I/edit#gid=381064131
Thanks in advance.
You can use just being three columns:
=query({
importrange("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aSnbySwNPEvkkXqw6ItuBpZ_6-o58HPlVicIHWD0Y4I/edit#gid=0", "Sheet1!A2:C");
IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aSnbySwNPEvkkXqw6ItuBpZ_6-o58HPlVicIHWD0Y4I/edit#gid=0", "Sheet2!A2:C")}, "Select * WHERE Col1 IS NOT NULL OR Col2 is not null OR Col3 is not null")
A second possible scenario for avoiding empty rows, no matter how many columns you have is wrapping your range or query in LAMBDA, and use FILTER associated with BYROW and COUNTA. If there are no elements in any row, then the count will be 0 and it will be filtered out:
=LAMBDA(quer,FILTER(quer, BYROW (quer, LAMBDA (each,COUNTA(each)))))({
importrange("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aSnbySwNPEvkkXqw6ItuBpZ_6-o58HPlVicIHWD0Y4I/edit#gid=0", "Sheet1!A2:C");
IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aSnbySwNPEvkkXqw6ItuBpZ_6-o58HPlVicIHWD0Y4I/edit#gid=0", "Sheet2!A2:C")})
Both solutions return:

How to append 3 tables with different number of columns in google sheet?

Hi everyone,
I have 3 tables with different number of columns where some columns are actually repeated in these 3 tables (as shown in the screenshot above).
Table 1: Col A to Col D
Table 2: Col F to Col H
Table 3: Col J to Col L
I want to merge these 3 tables together to reduce the number of columns in my google sheet. The screenshot below is how I process these 3 tables before merging.
I'm using QUERY to create extra columns for each table so that the number of columns and the position are aligned between 3 tables. After that, I use QUERY again to append the 3 processed tables as shown in the screenshot below:
However, this method is very tedious when I have 10 tables or more. Is there any other easier ways or tricks to use so that I can achieve the same expected output as shown in the 3rd screenshot?
This is my sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H1gJAhp1RVax2fy8D-uEtFxdjb-zAHutkPFv5WZT_TY/edit#gid=0
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
You would need a really complicated formula to get the desired output which is a combination of multiple formula's
I added a new tab in you Google Sheet called "Solution" with this formula included
=QUERY(ARRAYFORMULA({
IFERROR( ArrayFormula(SPLIT(FLATTEN(Sheet1!B3:D3&"~"&Sheet1!A4:A&"~"&Sheet1!B4:D),"~")),"");
IFERROR( ArrayFormula(SPLIT(FLATTEN(Sheet1!G3:H3&"~"&Sheet1!F4:F&"~"&Sheet1!G4:H),"~")),"");
IFERROR( ArrayFormula(SPLIT(FLATTEN(Sheet1!K3:L3&"~"&Sheet1!J4:J&"~"&Sheet1!K4:L),"~")),"")}),
"SELECT Col2, SUM(Col3) WHERE Col2 is not null GROUP BY Col2 PIVOT Col1 LABEL Col2 'Student Name' ")
Steps:
Unpivot each table =IFERROR( ArrayFormula(SPLIT(FLATTEN(Sheet1!B3:D3&"~"&Sheet1!A4:A6&"~"&Sheet1!B4:D6),"~")),"")
Combine all tables into one table: =ARRAYFORMULA({__Unpivot1__; __Unpivot2__, __Unpivot3__})
Pivot above data in Step2: =Query(__Step2__, "SELECT Col2, SUM(Col3) GROUP BY Col2 PIVOT Col1 LABEL Col2 'Student Name' ")
Add WHERE Col2 is not null in the query to remove any possible blank rows

Combine first column of n sheets to one colume

So in one spreadsheet file we have n sheets.
Sheet1
Names
a
b
Sheet2
Names
b
c
d
and so on.. assume n sheets with n values in the first column
Then there's one super sheet.
Super sheet
Supersheet
Supersheet
Supersheet
Supersheet
Sheet1
Sheet2
Sheet3
...
Names
Count
a
1
b
2
c
1
d
1
Assume A1:1 is a list of all of the names of the sheets we want to fetch names from. We want the names pasted into A3:A.
My first thought was to do
=unique(filter({INDIRECT(A1&"!A3:A");INDIRECT(B1&"!A3:A");INDIRECT(C1&"!A3:A")},{INDIRECT(A1&"!A3:A");INDIRECT(B1&"!A3:A");INDIRECT(C1&"!A3:A")}<>""))
and expand, but that doesn't take care of N sheets.
So what I thought I could do was
=ARRAYFORMULA(INDIRECT(A2:C2&"!A2:A3"))
but that only takes care of sheet1. INDIRECT doesn't work with arrayformula
So what can I do?
you can either use some script or put your sheets in array {} and pre-program it:
=QUERY({INDIRECT(Sheet1!A1&"!A3:A");
INDIRECT(Sheet2!A1&"!A3:A")},
"select Col1,count(Col1)
where Col1 is not null
group by Col1
label count(Col1)''")
since this is one column future sheets can be added this way:
=QUERY({INDIRECT(Sheet1!A1&"!A3:A");
INDIRECT(Sheet2!A1&"!A3:A");
IFERROR(INDIRECT(Sheet3!A1&"!A3:A"));
IFERROR(INDIRECT(Sheet4!A1&"!A3:A"))},
"select Col1,count(Col1)
where Col1 is not null
group by Col1
label count(Col1)''")
IMPORTRANGE would be:
=QUERY({IMPORTRANGE("id", Sheet1!A1&"!A3:A");
IMPORTRANGE("id", Sheet2!A1&"!A3:A");
IFERROR(IMPORTRANGE("id", Sheet3!A1&"!A3:A"));
IFERROR(IMPORTRANGE("id", Sheet4!A1&"!A3:A"))},
"select Col1,count(Col1)
where Col1 is not null
group by Col1
label count(Col1)''")
ofc, every importrange formula needs to be authorized separately

Calculate total of values in columns?

I have a Google Sheets document with four sheets. In each sheet, there are two columns: first is a name, and second a value.
I need to get the total of the values from the four sheets in a fifth sheet where the names from the four name-columns correspond.
The column with the values is called differently in most sheets.
How can I accomplish this task?
You can use Query + Arrays, like on image below:
Code:
=QUERY({Sheet1!A2:B;Sheet2!A2:B;Sheet3!A2:B;Sheet4!A2:B};
"select Col1,sum(Col2) where Col1 is not null group by Col1 label Col1 'Name',sum(Col2) 'Total'";0)
Explanation:
First: you combine 4 sheets using an Array. Ranges start from row 2 to omit different columns headers:
{Sheet1!A2:B;Sheet2!A2:B;Sheet3!A2:B;Sheet4!A2:B}
Second: Using Query to perform a total. In Query there are some extra operations:
Col1 is not null - for not showing empty rows in totals
label Col1 'Name',sum(Col2) 'Total' - for naming result columns
Syntax may be a little different depending on your local settings, so look at the working copy:
Link to working copy
Is that serves your needs?

Google sheets - Collecting unique values from several sheets?

I'm in the need of collecting unique values from a specific range in several sheets. Is it possible to combine functions in order to do this?
All sheets look the same regarding column structure.
As of now, my function collects from one sheet and it looks like this:
=unique(filter('Sheet1'!C4:C1000,'Sheet1'!C4:C1000<>""))
This collects unique values from Sheet1 from C4 to C1000 and excludes empty cells. This works awesomely, but I have more sheets that I'd like to merge values from. Any idea?
Basic idea is to combine data, first with help of {}:
= {sheet1C4:C1000;sheet2C4:C1000;sheet3C4:C1000}
The next step is to get rid of empty cells. To do it only once, use query:
= query({sheet1C4:C1000;sheet2C4:C1000;sheet3C4:C1000},
"select Col1 where Col1 <> ''")
And then grab uniques/ The final formula will look like:
= unique (query({sheet1C4:C1000;sheet2C4:C1000;sheet3C4:C1000},
"select Col1 where Col1 <> ''"))
By the way, query string may be shortened to this "where Col1 <> ''" will also work

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