I have a master file where I compile data from other employees
The file has 30 sheets and on that compiles them,
I'm using =Query and it's a marvellous tool however if someone calls in sick or is in a vacation I have to manually edit the formula to exclude their sheet and add it again when they come back because the query will render an error if there is no data on their sheets.
Is there a way where It can be done dynamically?
It's hard to give you exact advice since we don't know how you are aggregating your data, but what I usually would do is to wrap my queries with IFERROR. If the query is successful it won't change anything, but if it fails it will catch the error and display either nothing or whatever you tell it to display.
change your QUERY formula from this:
=QUERY({Sheet1!A:C,
Sheet2!A:C}, "select *")
to this:
=QUERY({IFERROR(Sheet1!A:C, {"","",""}),
IFERROR(Sheet2!A:C, {"","",""})}, "select * where Col1 is not null")
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Sorry I know this question has been asked before - I have tried changing my query around but can't seem to get it to work as expected, doesn't look to be anything wrong..
I am simply trying to query data from one large master sheet into a few separate sheets. I am using importrange to get the data from sheet, and a simple select query to filter by one of the columns. If I do a select * I get all the data as expected, but can't use a WHERE clause with any column (I just need 1 of the columns, but I tried with a few different ones).
Appreciate any help!
Query:
=QUERY(IMPORTRANGE("1sNA9u2uQW-XjEKjrVS2a5LtTPCchwSuTkXfjhTJtvPk","Sheet1!B:I"),"select * WHERE 'Rank'='LTC' ")
Columns
Username Rank Time In Service TIS Time In Grade TIG Promotable Awards PLT/SQD
Source sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sNA9u2uQW-XjEKjrVS2a5LtTPCchwSuTkXfjhTJtvPk
Test sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UCucsfE0M4j95d_47iN0LrAhS0luv8wXVMHRVTHJHRQ
As player0 stated, you should refer to the columns by its number, you can select multiple columns and state multiple "where" statements by using Col1,Col2, etc respectively. In this case: Where Col2 = 'LTZ'
try:
=QUERY({IMPORTRANGE("1sNA9u2uQW-XjEKjrVS2a5LtTPCchwSuTkXfjhTJtvPk", "Sheet1!B:I")},
"where Col1='LTC' ", )
Im trying to import more than a 100 files into one masterfile.
The problem I'm having is that when I use query null to filter blank rows, some cells return as blank (probably because the entries to that cell's column may either be a text or number string)
Is there any way around this so that the query will just take the values/any string within the cell. I'd hate to see a lot of blank rows from the import of more than 100 files!
Appreciate any help. Thank you!
before using QUERY you can force the text format with TO_TEXT so:
=ARRAYFORMULA(QUERY(TO_TEXT({
IMPORTRANGE("id1"; "A1:A");
IMPORTRANGE("id2"; "A1:A");
IMPORTRANGE("id3"; "A1:A")}); "where Col1 is not null"; ))
keep in mind that every of your 100 importranges needs to be run as standalone fx prior to using the above formula to connect your sheets by allowing the access
I have 50 sheets representing 50 states in a single Spreadsheet, and of those states, I'm trying to consolidate from an input column (Col4 on all sheets, Column 'City' formatted like this: 'Austin, TX') into a single index column to pull from to build a City-plotted map. (I'm using Marker Maps in Google Sheets for this).
However, I keep running into errors trying to accomplish this task.
I've used =QUERY() to pull in 2 sheets (2 sheets to make it easy).
=QUERY({AL!D2:D10; AK!D2:D10},"SELECT * WHERE Col4 > 0")
However, I get a
'Query Completed with an empty output' Error.
=QUERY({AL!D2:D10; AK!D2:D10},"SELECT *")
Works, but I'm only getting the AL city results pulled in, 'Auburn, AL' but no 'Anchorage, AK'.
I've tried varying Select statements to see if it would work, but I cannot get more than a single sheet's Column pulled in.
If anyone has any better suggestions on how to do this, or have an idea why I'm receiving errors or doing it wrong, please assist.
you need to do it like this:
=QUERY({AL!D2:D10; AK!D2:D10}, "where Col1 is not null", 0)
I am trying to generate a table for the Gantt chart. Table should have this format:
https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/ganttchart#data-format
So,I need task name the same like taks ID, but in Query I can't use Col1 twice (I get error)
=QUERY({Tab1;Tab1};"select Col1,Col1,Col5,Col16,Col17 WHERE Col16>now() ORDER BY Col5 DESC,Col17 ";0)
The second point is that it is also not possible to merge two columns as a result, so it doesn't work:
=QUERY({Tab1;Tab1};"select Col1+Col7,Col1,Col5,Col16,Col17 WHERE Col16>now() ORDER BY Col5 DESC,Col17 ";0)
Here is my data and 2 results what I neet to get by QUERY
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CZYgfYo6oIeONZOH6ZR5rOW615HuH4ICaoe7lj0dapw/edit#gid=0
These are such trivial things in a real SQL, is there no way to do it somehow straightforwardly in Google Query? So far I have found a combination of QUERY and ARRAYFORMULA but then there are very complicated queries - mutants. Not easier?
You don't need Query, just Arrays.
You will get the first result from this code:
={ARRAYFORMULA(B3:B&" "&C3:C)\A3:A}
The second result from this code:
={A3:A\A3:A\B3:B1}
Based on your example I assume that you are not using US spreadsheet settings.
If so formulas have to be change to:
First:
={ARRAYFORMULA(B3:B&" "&C3:C),A3:A}
Second:
={A3:A,A3:A,B3:B}
Link to working example: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eMkOkyFwvDeYSy-8UlhQum4OWcb-4WJqGxy_CXM8pVs/edit?usp=sharing
I see that in your real sheet you would like to compare some data with now(). You can easily do this using array I propose as a source to Query. There will you have something like this (of course now it will not work - its only an example - an array have only 2 columns, not 15):
=QUERY({ARRAYFORMULA(B3:B10&" "&C3:C10)\A3:A10};"select * where Col15>now()";0)
About Query - you can't perform arthmetic operations on column containing strings. Look at the documentation: https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/querylanguage#arithmetic-operators
"I can't use Col1 twice (I get error)"
You can duplicate your indata that to solve this.
QUERY({Tab1 Column 1\Tab1 Column 1};"Select Col1, Col2......"
"Tab1 Column 1" is now Col1 and Col2
"The second point is that it is also not possible to merge two columns as a result, so it doesn't work:"
Yes, adding result of column is possible "select Col1+Col7......" is correct.
I would like to aggregate the data of multiple spreadsheets into one spreadsheet.
Spreadsheet 1 has a Row of Strings A2:A500
Spreadsheet 2 has a Row of Strings A2:A500
Spreadsheet 3 is supposed to have a Row of both (Spreadsheet1!A2:A500 AND Spreadsheet2!A2:A500).
Duplicates shall not be handled differently. I would like them to appear as often as they appear in the different sheets.
Is it possible to do this without writing a script or using jQuery, e.g. by using IMPORTRANGE?
What does not work: I have tried using IMPORTRANGE as follows:
ARRAY{IMPORTRANGE("key-of-spreadsheet1","list!A2:A500"), IMPORTRANGE("key-of-spreadsheet2", "list!A2:A500")}
This causes an error.
You should be able to use a vertical array in the Spreadsheet 3:
={IMPORTRANGE("Sheet1Key","SheetName!A2:A500");IMPORTRANGE("Sheet2Key","SheetName!A2:A500")}
Of course, it is also possible to combine several IMPORTRANGE() functions with the QUERY() function, which gives us a greater control over the results we import.
For example, we can use such a construction:
=QUERY(
{
IMPORTRANGE("key-or-url-of-spreadsheet-1", "'sheet-name-1'!A2:Z100");
IMPORTRANGE("key-or-url-of-spreadsheet-2", "'sheet-name-2'!A2:Z100");
IMPORTRANGE("key-or-url-of-spreadsheet-3", "'sheet-name-3'!A2:Z100");
IMPORTRANGE("key-or-url-of-spreadsheet-4", "'sheet-name-4'!A2:Z100")
},
"SELECT * WHERE Col1 IS NOT NULL ORDER BY Col3 ASC"
)
###Explanation:
The above query removes blank lines from imported ranges:
SELECT * WHERE Col1 IS NOT NULL
and sorts ascending all data collected together in relation to the third column:
ORDER BY Col3 ASC
For descending, just use DESC in place of ASC.
Of course, we can also arrange any other criteria, or omit them displaying everything without modification:
"SELECT * "
###Note:
In order to use the above constructed query, we first need to call a single IMPORTRANGE() method for each of the spreadsheets we want to refer:
=IMPORTRANGE("key-or-url-of-spreadsheet-1", "'sheet-name-1'!A2:Z100")
We have to do this even if we refer to the same spreadsheet in which we write this formula, but for every spreadsheet it is enough to do it once.
This is to be able to connect these sheets and allow access to the sheets (to which we have the access rights anyway):
After giving permission for all spreadsheets, we can use the above query.
I am also applying above given formula for getting data from multiple spreadsheet which is getting an error something is like IN ARRAY_LITERAL An array literal was missing values for one or more rows.
Easy fix: Apply the filter to the entire column / sheet instead of just the current selection. This will automatically update all of the filters to include new additions.