I created a dashboard on Excel but want to move it to Google Sheets. How can I implement slicer like Excel on the spreadsheet?
I was using pivot in MS Excel with filters and slicers. I can replace slicer with some filters but in the spreadsheet, the filter isn't as handy as MS Excel and even dicer add-ons aren't functioning well. I am trying to replace it with data validation but that is making my dashboard extremely slow (Maybe because I can't find an efficient way). Can anyone suggest some combination of functions to create a slicer in Google spreadsheet? Any reading material recommendation regarding this?
For those who might land here after the question was originally answered:
Google Sheets now natively supports slicers.
Simply go to "Data" -> "Add a slicer" at the top menu.
See the documentation here: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/9245556
in Google Sheets, there are no Slicers but you can add an add-on to your Google Sheets called Dicers
see a demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf9y4KZ3MAQ
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I have a number of google sheets that are updated automatically from bigquery through sheetgo that are shared with a lot of people. I want to stop updating some of these. Is there any way to check if a google sheet is used as a source through "importrange" to another google sheet?
The current api is https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets.sheets/copyTo
This is a workaround because I have to first copy an existing sheet and then clear its content before making any use of it.
Google App Script has InsertSheet and it is missing in sheets v4 api.
Why would Google team decide not to do such a simple one?
Well, it was not straight forward.
However the answer is in batchUpdate for Sheet Operations
https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/samples/sheet#add_a_sheet
Google states that fusion tables could be imported into sheets and turned into maps but I cannot find any information on how to import Fusion tables nor how to turn them into maps similar as in Fusion Tables. Please help!
Googled for hours...
One option is to download the Fusion Table as CSV. Then import the CSV into Google Sheets.
You can then use this Mapping from a Google Spreadsheet tutorial to learn how to create a map from your data.
From https://support.google.com/fusiontables/?hl=en
Google Fusion Tables will not be available after Dec. 3, 2019. Learn more
From https://developers.google.com/apps-script/advanced/fusion-tables
Warning: The Fusion Tables API that this service enabled was deprecated on December 11, 2018. You can continue to use the advanced service until December 3, 2019, when the API will be fully shutdown. See the Fusion Tables help center for more details.
Anyway, the above link include code samples. I think that this links will help you on your quest is you still are interested on using Fusion Tables.
You can use the Fusion Table Archive Tool and it copies your selected google fusion tables (to your google drive) into google sheets. I am doing it now. I hope it works. Make sure you download your fusion table in .csv format as a backup.
Also, if you are looking at a map in fusion tables then you can download the fusion table in KML format and then you can open these KMLs in google earth and it will also show the bubble messages that you had in google fusion table maps when you click on the points on your map.
Personally, I am planning to write some python programs to bring up my maps in the future using a library called Folium that looks like it can display maps easily. I will use python to update my data in my .csv files and add new rows (eventually I may migrate to a database of some sort like SQL, still mulling this over.)
There is an add-on for google sheets called "mapping sheets" that can build a map from your data in sheets. It might be useful.
https://fusiontables-archive.withgoogle.com/export
https://python-visualization.github.io/folium/quickstart.html
https://gsuite.google.com/u/0/marketplace/app/mapping_sheets/736233853391?hl=en&pann=sheets_addon_widget
My workflow is the following:
When a new document is collected by my system I create a row in a Google Sheets to make a list.
I need to create a new Google Sheets when each row is created. And that Google Sheets must follow a specific template.
I tried to do that with Zapier and that works perfectly for blank sheets, however I need to use a template, I have formulas inside. The template is like this by the way.
Can someone help?
David here, from the Zapier Platform team.
I messed around with this a little bit and I don't believe it's possible using Zapier at this time. Because of the way our integration works, we need the headers available so we can place data.
I see that there's a "Create Column" action, which you might be able to use use in conjunction with a bunch of "create row(s)" actions, but I'm not positive it would work.
Sorry I don't have better news here. Let me know if you've got any other questions!
I have Team of 15 people updating there data of call backs and other info in the Microsoft Excel
Now i want to use Google Sheets for Real time data. So i want all of them to use a Google Sheet and a Team leader should have the updates when ever they are updating the there own sheets. Everyone should have there own passwords to open there but an Admin should have access to all of there data in those sheets. I hope you understood my needs. I know its possible with Google Sheets but i don,t know how to prepare one as am new to this platform.
Please Help.
If you use
=importrange("sheet url", "range you want to import")
on a separate sheet, it will update dynamically as they change things - I have done this specifically with remote employees previously