I am keeping a dynamically updated Google Sheets file of team performance where certain cells are updated by a team member, and there is a dashboard at the top that pulls only the most recent numerical values inputted. I need to find a formula for the dashboard section at the top to return the value of the last cell that isn't blank in a non-sequential selection. for example, the cells would be:
B30, B43, B56, B69, B82, etc.
Is there a way to use CHOOSE, INDEX, or something similar to do so?
the answer is: don't use INDEX. for a last non-empty row use:
=ARRAYFORMULA(INDIRECT("B"&MAX(IF(B:B<>"", ROW(B:B), ))))
=IF(B294<>"", B294,
IF(B273<>"", B273,
IF(B252<>"", B252,
IF(B231<>"", B231,
IF(B210<>"", B210,
IF(B189<>"", B189,
IF(B168<>"", B168,
IF(B147<>"", B147,
IF(B126<>"", B126,
IF(B105<>"", B105,
IF(B84 <>"", B84,
IF(B63 <>"", B63, ))))))))))))
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I'll do my best to explain this. So, I want to use Arrayformula to autofill column based on a condition.
=IFERROR(QUERY(ARRAYFORMULA(IF((Research!$B$1:$B$100)="Yes",REGEXEXTRACT(Research!$A$1:$A$100,".*"),)),"WHERE Col1 is not null")).
It does what it's supposed to, but the problem comes if that condition changes at any point (so it's not true anymore) the value in the cell filled with the array will get deleted but will also offset all the other rows after it (same happens if I insert new row with 'Yes' value in between other rows, in my Research sheet from where I extract my data from).
Is there any way if I need to make changes to the condition in the sheet from where I extract data > and not offset everything else in the sheet where I use the array formula? (either delete the entire row if the value doesn't meet the condition anymore, or insert new row if it meets the condition (not just replace the value in previous cell in its spot, cuz then all the other fields are mismatched). I'm a beginner with excel, I hope that makes sense. Sheet ex
Condition in Main Sheet > Result in Array sheet
(these are the ok examples)
Changed value to yes for Agency 3 > Inserted in Agency's 5 place > and offsets everything after it
Please refer to the spreadsheet for my examples.
Method A: Separate the sheets of input and output
Method B: Input on Research and output on Initiative
Method C: Use Google Apps Script to 'avoid' offset upon change of Take? value. (example is not provided)
I have a very hard problem to solve, which must be completed with a formula (not a script).
Basically, the Raw input column needs to be dynamically filled down until it hits the next piece of text.
Here's an example file with includes the expected output.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ibqCvY39NlhCRWsbBdxKITUUpVpp9wXdEz44T-pHDY0/
Is it even possible to achieve?
Thanks
This will work based on your ask, assuming that A2 is never blank, place this in the first row of data (not header):
=ArrayFormula(IF(A2:A<>"", A2:A, B1:B))
It checks to see if there is a value in column A, if there is, it fills that column, if not, it copies the cell above.
Delete everything in Column B (including the header) and place the following formula in B1:
=ArrayFormula({"Header";VLOOKUP(FILTER(ROW(A2:A),ROW(A2:A)<=MAX(FILTER(ROW(A2:A),A2:A<>""))),FILTER({ROW(A2:A),A2:A},A2:A<>""),2,TRUE)})
Here is a basic explanation of how this formula works:
A virtual array is created between the curly brackets { }; this virtual array contains a header and all results. You can change the header name to whatever you like.
VLOOKUP looks up every row number that is less than or equal to the highest row number that contains text in A2:A. Each of these qualifying rows is looked up in a second array that contains only the row numbers and Column-A data from non-blank rows, returning the data itself. Since rows are in perfect ascending order and the last parameter of VLOOKUP is set to TRUE, all blank rows in the first array will "fall backward" to find the most recent row that did have something in Column A.
The answer is next:
1) There is formula in Google Sheet cell "A11", for example "=F11+C11";
2) I append multiple data to this Google Sheet list with the help of
https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets.values/batchUpdate
or https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets.values/append
3) I need to append the value for "A12" using its current position. It had to become "=F12+C12".
Or if I append data on top
(as described here - Google sheets API append method (last on top))
I need that formulas under my append changed to correct value. If current value of "A11" is "=F11+C11" then,
if I add 3 rows before this row, it becomes "A14" cell and it's value had to be changed to "=F14+C14"
Is there any way to realise both this scenarious directly in Google Sheets API request? May be there is some settings in Google Sheet that can help me (something like formating of cells/columns etc)?
UPD. For now it all works fine except of that incident when formula returns exception! My questions is not actual for now, but I still not understand in which cases formulas will change and in which they will not.
The answer is quiet simple!
I update cell 'A13' with formula '=B2+C2' and as cells 'B2' and 'C2' stay on their places after every changes my cell 'A13' still link cells 'B2' and 'C2'.
But if I will add row before 'B2' and/or 'C2' then formula will change and my cell 'A13' will link 'B3' and 'C3'.
Use case
Sort formula against other sheet but exclude empty values after last item. Empty values get sorted at top, creating a whole bunch of blank space, and then data I care about.
=SORT('other sheet'!A1:C36,'other sheet'!D1:D36,FALSE)
A-C is the data I wish to show.
D is the column I wish to sort on.
Problem
The "36" must be manually updated each time I add/remove a row to 'other sheet'.
Possible solution would be:
Get the row number of the last non-empty cell in a column in Google Sheets as [last row].
=SORT('other sheet'!A1:C[last row],'other sheet'!D1:D[last row],FALSE)
What I tried
Lookup("",'other sheet'!A:A)
Result: #N/A
No examples in Help for finding empty cells
Get the last non-empty cell in a column in Google Sheets
Returns value not address. Could find that value in row but not as efficient. Also what if value is found in more than one place?
** Example Speadsheet **
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bqiVe3pBYDJFtrO4EysSKTDq17lzY5r2b8sPV-KnTdI/edit#gid=0
I cannot recreate this in a new spreadsheet. I believe this may be a bug.
If you want to find the last row, you can use the following formula.
=SORT(INDIRECT("'other sheet'!A1:C"&QUERY(TRANSPOSE(FILTER(ROW('other sheet'!A:A),'other sheet'!A:A="")),"select Col1")),INDIRECT("'other sheet'!D1:D"&QUERY(TRANSPOSE(FILTER(ROW('other sheet'!A:A),'other sheet'!A:A="")),"select Col1")),FALSE)
The code in bold is a formula to find the first blank cell in column A in 'other sheet'.
The code in italic return a reference range based on the bolded code.
I hope this help even though it seems to be a very long time since your question.
Edited: I just found out that query can limit rows.
=SORT(INDIRECT("'other sheet'!A1:C"&QUERY(FILTER(ROW('other sheet'!A:A),'other sheet'!A:A=""),"limit 1")),INDIRECT("'other sheet'!D1:D"&QUERY(FILTER(ROW('other sheet'!A:A),'other sheet'!A:A=""),"limit 1")),FALSE)
Edited: Sorry, I didn't read the question carefully. If you want to remove the first blank cell when sort in descending order, you just have to simply add a QUERY function at front, without query for anything.
=QUERY(SORT(INDIRECT("'other sheet'!A1:C"&QUERY(FILTER(ROW('other sheet'!A:A),'other sheet'!A:A=""),"limit 1")),INDIRECT("'other sheet'!D1:D"&QUERY(FILTER(ROW('other sheet'!A:A),'other sheet'!A:A=""),"limit 1")),FALSE),"")
I have a spreadsheet where I have data from a bank account. Each bank transaction has a date and an indication if that transaction is already done or if it's just expected. When it's already done, it must be added to the total balance up to date. If not, then the total balance up to date must be blank. I need to autofilter the data, so I can filter and order it depending on date or other conditions, that's why I've been using this formula:
=IF(D3="Y";B3+INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW()-1;COLUMN()));"")
Problem here is that when the cell above is blank, total sum resets and it starts from the value of that transaction. I need a formula that ignores the upper blank cells, and sums all cells above that are not blank plus the amount of that transaction.
Besides, once I change the "N" in "Done" Column to a "Y" I need the formula to update and show the correct balance.
I share an example sheet for better understanding https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_gk0YaziUhOZfRbrlfHizMrVu6OT7njIaTUyQaE6Lbs/edit?usp=sharing
Ok I THINK I understand what your going for - please let me know if I am confused, but I added an example on your sheet.... basically what I ended up doing was including one of your conditionals, but then also adding another function to exclude the blank rows by way of filter , index and counta It looks more complicated than it is because I nested it all back into one formula:
=IF(I3="Y";sum(G3;index(filter(indirect("F2:"&address(row()-1;column();4));ISNUMBER(indirect("F2:"&address(row()-1;column();4))));counta(filter(indirect("F2:"&address(row()-1;column();4));ISNUMBER(indirect("F2:"&address(row()-1;column();4)))))););)
To work it from the inside out - the way I am excluding the blank rows is by using FILTER to get all the rows from the first row with a value ( Like A2 in your example) and using INDIRECT and ADDRESS to end the array I want to include exactly one cell above the current cell.
Then I use the condition that the range I built has a number value in it, there fore excluding the blanks.
In order to get the last value available, I use COUNTA to find out the total rows in the filter, then wrap the formula with INDEX to use the counta value as the row to return (which automatically is the last row available above the current cell)
Try this in A3 and copy down:
=IF(D3="Y";B3+INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW()-1;COLUMN()));A2+0)
If you want to display the "N" rows as blank, add a column (B) fill in the header and the starting number (5000) then put this in B3:
=if(E3="N";"";A3)
Copy it down then hide column A.