I have setup a lookup formula in my Google sheets to pick up values for a particular cell ( Say B1). For example, if you select 'cookies' from Dropdown in A1, it will give $10 using LOOKUP.
This part is working fine.
When I add a new row ( usually at the top ) - I want the formulae of LOOKUP to be carried over to the top most cell. This is not happening whereas other formatting/validations are getting copied to the top most row. How can I do that?
I don't exactly understand your question, but if you want vlookup work every time you enter new row, solution below will do the work Only one condition: you may put new row everywhere below row 1. Only B1 contains formula. For clarification data for vlookap are in columns C:D. In normal situation you should move them to different sheet.
={"price";ArrayFormula(iferror(VLOOKUP(A2:A,$D$1:$E,2,0),))}
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I have the following COUNTIF Formula in my Google Sheet.
=COUNTIFS('Events/Incidents'!$E$3:$E,X4,'Events/Incidents'!$I$3:$I,"Accident")
This is a sample of the sheet which has the formula in the first row under the "Accidents" header:
It works until a user adds a row 3 to the top of the source sheet (Events/Incidents) then the formula changes to the following so that it captures row 4 down instead of the desired row 3.
=COUNTIFS('Events/Incidents'!$E$4:$E,X4,'Events/Incidents'!$I$4:$I,"Accident")
I used the Query function for "All Events" (the first 3 columns). The Countif formula is under each of the Incidents. In my Countif example, X4 is the Employee, John White which was returned in the QUERY.
The QUERY continues to return/include row 3 but I don't know how to do this for the individual Incidents. I tried adding ArrayFormula to the Countif function but I have the same problem.
Would appreciate some help with this.
I understand that you want to update your QUERY to reflect the correct row without resorting to returning the Branch in every response. If my comprehension is correct, there is a way to reach your goals with little modification.
First, you'll have to create a named range that includes the whole table (from the headers to the last row). You can then use this named range in every formula so new rows can be detected without changing the formula per se.
Finally, you can modify your QUERY to return only the values of Incidents in a Branch with something similar to =QUERY(myNamedRange,"SELECT G WHERE A = 'Auckland'"). That QUERY won't return the Branch, only the Incidents. If you keep having any doubts, please ask me for further help.
I worked it out by combining Countifs with ImportRange:
=COUNTIFS(IMPORTRANGE("1-f6OU8ylDSlpqdpt4P5B7GDcIel3IboVkUbY2huMA6U","Events/Incidents!$E$3:$E"),X4,IMPORTRANGE("1-f6OU8ylDSlpqdpt4P5B7GDcIel3IboVkUbY2huMA6U","Events/Incidents!$I$3:$I"),"Accident")
I'm building a spreadsheet to track my macronutrients and calories. I made a google form for inputting information and it populates a "responses" sheet on google sheets. I made a different sheet within the same spreadsheet to perform all the calculation and generate graphs.
But every time I enter a new response into the form, it creates a new row and changes all the cell references in the calculations sheet. For example, I reference cell A2 from the responses
='Form Responses'!A2
and when I actually fill out the form and it populates, A2 in the responses sheet is filled in but the reference in my calculations sheet has been changed to A3.
='Form Responses'!A3
I tried using $ but it did the same thing, automatically changes the cell that I referenced.
Any way to have my calcuations sheet reference the newly created rows automatically?
In a new tab use for example, = {'Form Responses'! A: Z} and use this data to do your calculations and you will have no problems!
Solution
To avoid the row value to change reference when adding a new response, you will need to add the $ next to the number instead of next to the column value (A):
='Form Responses'!A$2
Moreover, an easy way to reference your whole column is to reference a range instead such as:
='Form Responses'!A:A
And then just drag it through your column. If you want it to be more specific (select the range you want):
='Form Responses'!A2:A999
I hope this has helped you. Let me know if you need anything else or if you did not understood something. :)
I'm new to programming and would really appreciate some help.
I have two different spreadsheets, one named Database (this is where we put all the details) and the other is named Checklist, both have 1 worksheet each named Sheet1.
Now, what I wanted to do is to get the last populated row from the Database spreadsheet into the Checklist spreadsheet.
I know a formula like:
=FILTER('Sheet 2'!A:A , ROW('Sheet 2'!A:A) =MAX( FILTER( ROW('Sheet 2'!A:A) , NOT(ISBLANK('Sheet 2'!A:A)))))
This gets the last populated row, but this only works within one spreadsheet and doesn't work when I'm working on two different spreadsheets.
How can I get this formula to work with 2 different spreadsheets?
Thank you so much
To access data from another spreadsheet, you can use IMPORTRANGE() (documentation). I suggest you create a new sheet in your Checklist spreadsheet and import the sheet you need from Database into it. Then you'll be able to use your formula.
In Checklist, create a new sheet called "[IMPORTED] Database" (or something like that)
In cell A1 of "[IMPORTED] Database", enter =IMPORTRANGE("database_spreadsheet_url", "Sheet1!A:Z") (modify the range to be what you actually need)
Now adjust your formula for getting the last value to be =FILTER('[IMPORTED] Database'!A:A, ROW('[IMPORTED] Database'!A:A)=MAX(FILTER(ROW('[IMPORTED] Database'!A:A), NOT(ISBLANK('[IMPORTED] Database'!A:A)))))
I am trying to create an athlete database, using input from the athletes, via a Google Form, which links to a spreadsheet.
Each question on the form corresponds to a matching column on the spreadsheet. Apart from the fact that I don't seem to be able to direct replies directly into the spreadsheet (they appear in a separate sheet) everything works acceptably...
However - and there's always a however - I want the athlete's Date of Birth to generate their current age, so I include another column, which - using DATEDIF - gives this figure.
The column isn't on the form, so I have to create it separately for each new entry - currently well over 700 athletes on the database and more to come.
Here's my problem... I have manually linked the DATEDIF formula for every single athlete, using their DoB cell and the A1 cell as TODAY. They all work.
Until I add another entry. Then, below that new entry, although DATEDIF seems able to keep track of the DoB cell for every athlete displaced by the new row, it also adds a row to TODAY, so A1 becomes A2, A3 if there are two new entries, and so on.
Rather than making every single cell in column A into TODAY, is there a way to apply the DATEDIF formula to stop changing A1 as my reference?
This is the formula I am using: =DATEDIF(H2,A1,"Y") my dates are all in dd/mm/yyyy format. The athlete DoBs are all in column H, TODAY is always A1...
This is so far above my head, I seem to have created a beast that I cannot tame, other than by inserting new rows and then re-pointing hundreds of DATEDIF formulae to the correct TODAY cell. And life is too short for that!
Any help greatly appreciated...
Short answer
Use
=DATEDIF(H2,$A$1,"Y") or
=DATEDIF(H2,TODAY(),"Y")
Explanation
Google Sheets references could be relative or absolute. A1 is a relative reference, $A$1 is an absolute reference.
By the other hand, you could use a function as a function parameter.
For a league I run we keep track of games played and w/l/t and calculate that into a ranking score. The player name is listed in column U and the ranking score in column AD of a fixed table. I then use an array formula to list the players in ranking order in column E (then vlookup to pull in other stats based on the value in E for that row). Specifically I use this formula in column E:
=ARRAY_CONSTRAIN(ARRAYFORMULA(INDEX($U$4:$U$153,MATCH(LARGE($AD$4:$AD$153-ROW($AD$4:$AD$153)/COUNT($AD$4:$AD$153),ROW(E72)-ROW(E$4)+1),$AD$4:$AD$153-ROW($AD$4:$AD$153)/COUNT($AD$4:$AD$153),0))), 1, 1)
I need to be able to add players to the table in U:AD without having to edit the formula every time, i.e. from $U4:$U153 and $AD$4:$AD$153 to $U4:$U154 and $AD$4:$AD$154 in all the various places in the formula then copy the new formula all the way down.
Is there a way that I could define the range as $U$4:$U(last populated row) and the same for column AD in the above formula?
I eventually be using this in both Excel and Google Sheets so I would really like to avoid scripting. First I'm looking to solve this for Google Sheets.
Here is a copy of the sheet I am working on.
You could use INDEX and COUNTA
Instead of $U4$U153,
$U4:INDEX(U4:U,COUNTA(A4:A))
The COUNTA portion will give the number of populated rows and feed it into INDEX to give $U4:$U153
The answer for the Google sheet that you shared.
skip to the end for the simple solution
I used the indirect method by entering a formula in E1 that counts the AD column for player stats and adds 3 to get the last row. (I was going create the full range AD4:AD?? but you also have U4:U73 in the formula)
=counta(AD4:AD)+3
I then changed your formula use indirect, indirect("$AD$4:AD"&E$1), to reference the last row number in cell E1 to create the required range.
=iferror(ARRAY_CONSTRAIN(ARRAYFORMULA(INDEX(indirect("$U$4:U"&E$1),MATCH(LARGE(indirect("$AD$4:AD"&E$1)-ROW(indirect("$AD$4:AD"&E$1))/COUNT(indirect("$AD$4:$AD"&E$1)),ROW(E4)-ROW(E$4)+1),indirect("$AD$4:$AD"&E$1)-ROW(indirect("$AD$4:$AD"&E$1))/COUNT(indirect("$AD$4:AD"&E$1)),0))), 1, 1),"")
I discovered by accident that if you remove the ARRAY_CONSTRAIN from your formula and change U4:U73 to U4:AC73 then the formula will populate the scores to the right of your formula where you currently have vlookups. I put an example of this in E4 but note that you will have to delete the vlookup formulas if you want to fill the formula down otherwise it will show REF
I also added iferror so that the formula can be copied to the same row as the end of the "open slots" in column A without showing errors.
Also, I got to this point and was thinking that since you're using Google Sheets, a better way to do this could be to use the QUERY function to pull the data and also sort it using ORDER BY with a single formula in cell E4.
I've not really used the QUERY function but maybe it's time to learn.
EDIT
Turns out it doesn't take much learning
=QUERY(U4:AD,"SELECT U,V,W,X,Y,Z,AA,AB,AC ORDER BY AD DESC")
Put the formula above in cell E4 and delete everything beneath and scores to the right and you're done. you'll notice that there is no indirect because Google understands that you don't want the blank rows.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16IclEmKwDFdInIAZhH2vt-tLJ5pbwX06jv9xrUXwhnY/edit?usp=sharing
Why are you using $ signs around U4:U153,remove $ signs for rows that will give you flexibility while keeping columns fixed.As your drag the formula,the data array will append the newly filled cells or you can create table using Ctrl+T that will automatically expand as you keeping adding data.