I am trying to figure what combination of options for the (Google Sheet Append Api) I need to uniformly append a row of data. My data could include empty values or not.
Problem:
I cannot seem to figure out a way to guarantee my row to append to a sheet starting from A1 every single time.
Here are the different behaviours I have seen:
1) { values: [["", "", 3]] }
If I append this row 3 times, the rows will cover the ranges A1:C1, C2:E2, E3: G3. What I really want is A1:C3.
2) { values: [["3", "", 3]] }
If I append this row 3 times, the rows will do something similar to 1) where it will cover the ranges A1:C1, C2:E2, E3: G3. Again, I want A1:C3.
3) { values: [["3", false, 3]] }
If I append this row 3 times, everything works the way I want it to. It covers the ranges A1:C3.
What options do I specify in my append api request to guarantee that my rows will always start at A1 (even if the first n columns are empty)?
Related
So here's what I'm trying to do: I have a query formula on Sheet 3 that pulls data from Sheet 2, based on values from Sheet 1. Then I add a header/footer row before/after the data. What I want to do is re-run that formula block for each row in Sheet 1 Column A that has data, but in each instance increase the value of the row by one, and stop when the rows are empty.
Can't just do it with a single query with grouping/ordering, because of the headers/footers.
So far, I've got this (just the first two cycles):
`={
{Sheet1!A3,"","","","","",""};
query(Sheet2!D:S, "select D,F,H,J,N,P,R where J contains '"&Sheet1!A3&"' order by F",0);
{"TOTAL","","","","","",Sheet1!B3};
{"","","","","","",""};
{Sheet1!A4,"","","","","",""};
query(Sheet2!D:S, "select D,F,H,J,N,P,R where J contains '"&Sheet1!A4&"' order by F",0); {"TOTAL","","","","","",Sheet1!B4}
}`
The result is this:
screenshot
It works great, but it'll be super tedious to repeat dozens of times.
This is pushing against the bounds of my formula knowledge, so I need someone to point me in the right direction. Is this handled with some sort of INDEX or VLOOKUP or ARRAY function? Or would it require a script?
Could you try with this REDUCE option and let me know if it returns your desired result?
=REDUCE({"","","","","","",""},SEQUENCE(COUNTA(Sheet1!A3:A)),LAMBDA(a,b,{a;
{INDEX(Sheet1!A3:A,b),"","","","","",""};
query(Sheet2!D:S, "select D,F,H,J,N,P,R where J contains '"&INDEX(Sheet1!A3:A,b)&"' order by F",0);
{"TOTAL","","","","","",INDEX(Sheet1!B3:B,b)}}))
You may change the first argument all those "","","" with the headers from your table. Let me know if it's useful
I am not familiar with google sheets or excel, so I'm not even sure if what I want to do is possible.
I have one thousand rows in a google sheets document. I need a column that has a number to represent the row. Starting at an arbitrary row (lets say row 5 in the document), That cell value needs to be 1. The next row needs that column value to be 2. Then 3, 4, 5, 6... all the way to 1000. It's not feasible to do that manually, so is there a way to automatically fill in the cells with the values I need?
This next part is what I can't figure out. I've found a few solutions to the first part, but none that work with this extra condition. After I generate these numbers, I need to reorder the rows (reordering can't be done before). The problem is that if I use some formula in google sheets, as soon as I generate the numbers then reorder the rows, the formula either breaks or recalculates the numbers, setting them back to 1, 2, 3..., when (for example) after the reorder I would expect 42, 815, 934...
Is what I want to do possible, and if so how can I accomplish this?
Besides the solution that has already been provided, you can also make use of Apps Script and write your own script in order to change the cell values.
Some methods which can be of help to you are:
getRange() - in order to retrieve the range from the sheet;
setValue() - in order to set the value of the cell/s;
Thererefore, your script will end up something similar to:
function setCellValues() {
let spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById("SS_ID");
let sheet = spreadsheet.getSheetByName("SHEET_NAME");
let startRow = "START_ROW";
let startCol = "START_COL";
for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
sheet.getRange("START_ROW" + i, "START_COL").setValue(i + 1);
}
}
As for reordering the rows, you can use Apps Script for this again or a simple SORT function.
Reference
Apps Script Sheet Class - getRange();
Apps Script Range Class - setValue();
SORT function.
My intention is to convert a single line of data into rows consist of a specific number of columns in Google Sheets.
For example, starting with the raw data:
A
B
C
D
E
F
1
id1
attr1-1
attr2-1
id2
attr2-1
attr2-2
And the expected result is:
(by dividing columns by three)
A
B
C
1
id1
attr1-1
attr1-2
2
id2
attr2-1
attr2-2
I already know that it's possible a bit manually, like:
=ARRAYFORMULA({A1:C1;D1:F1})
But I have to start over with it every time the target range is moved OR the subset size needs to be changed (in the case above it was three)!
So I guess there will be a much more graceful way (i.e. formula does not require manual update) to do the same thing and suspect ARRAYFORMULA() is the key.
Any help will be appreciated!
I added a new sheet ("Erik Help") where I reduced your manually entered parameters from two to one (leaving only # of columns to be entered in A2).
The formula that reshapes the grid:
=ArrayFormula(IFERROR(VLOOKUP(SEQUENCE(ROUNDUP(COUNTA(7:7)/A2),A2),{SEQUENCE(COUNTA(7:7),1),FLATTEN(FILTER(7:7,7:7<>""))},2,FALSE)))
SEQUENCE is used to shape the grid according to whatever is entered in A2. Rows would be the count of items in Row 7 divided by the number in A2 (rounded to the nearest whole number); and the columns would just be whatever number is entered in A2.
Example: If there are 11 items in Row 7 and you want 4 columns, ROUNDUP(11/4)=3 rows to the SEQUENCE and your requested 4 columns.
Then, each of those numbers in the grid is VLOOKUP'ed in a virtual array consisting of a vertical SEQUENCE of ordered numbers matching the number of data pieces in Row 7 (in Column 1) and a FLATTENed (vertical) version of the Row-7 data pieces themselves (in Column 2). Matches are filled into the original SEQUENCE grid, while non-matches are left blank by IFERROR
Though it's a bit messy, managed to get it done thanks to SEQUENCE() function anyway.
It constructs a grid by accepting number of rows/columns input, and that was exactly I was looking for.
For reference set up a sheet with the sample data here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1p972tYlsPvC6nM39qLNjYRZZWGZYsUnGaA7kXyfJ8F4/edit#gid=0
Use a custom formula
Although you already solved this. If you are doing this kind of thing a lot, it could be beneficial to look into Apps Script and custom formulas.
In this case you could use something like:
function transposeSingleRow(range, size) {
// initialize new range
let newRange = []
// initialize counter to keep track
let count = 0;
// start while loop to go through row (range[0])
while (count < range[0].length){
// add a slice of the original range to the new range
newRange.push(
range[0].slice(count, count + size)
);
// increment counter
count += size;
}
return newRange;
}
Which works like this:
The nice thing about the formula here is that you select the range, and then you put in a number to represent its throw, or how many elements make up a complete row. So if instead of 3 attributes you had 4, instead of calling:
=transposeSingleRow(A7:L7, 3)
you could do:
=transposeSingleRow(A7:L7, 4)
Additionally, if you want this conversion to be permanent and not dependent on formula recalculation. Making it in run fully in Apps Script without using formulas would be neccesary.
Reference
Apps Script
Custom Functions
Hello I would like to check for duplicate rows, not just a cell, in google sheets, i would like to apply this formula in conditional formatting so it would highlight the cell
Here is a sample of what i want to catch
I would like to catch a duplicate row,group,or pair of cells in exact order. Can anybody help me with the formula?
I tried searching and there seems to be no article about it yet, I also tried using countif on both rows and multiply them, but that does not solve it being a pair.
Let's say you have the following data:
https://ibb.co/sFhjN34
First, range select A1:B1001.
Then, paste the following formula in the custom formula bar.
=AND(A1<>"",COUNTIF(ARRAYFORMULA($A:$A&$B:$B),index(ARRAYFORMULA($A:$A&$B:$B),ROW($A1),))>1)
Explaination:
ARRAYFORMULA($A:$A&$B:$B)
This is creating a virtual array which concat two columns A & B.
E.g. juice crackers -> juicecrackers
index(ARRAYFORMULA($A:$A&$B:$B),ROW($A1),)
Since conditional formating will loop through all rows given the starting range you specify earlier (A1:B1001), this part is trying to loop through ROW($A_) such that index(ARRAYFORMULA($A:$A&$B:$B),ROW($A_),) will return the combined word.
COUNTIF(ARRAYFORMULA($A:$A&$B:$B),index(ARRAYFORMULA($A:$A&$B:$B),ROW($A1),))>1)
Count every combined word that it specified in this array ARRAYFORMULA($A:$A&$B:$B)
If it countup more than 1, it means duplicated.
A1<>"" For those blank cells, we ignore it.
Combine the two conditions. AND(A1<>"",COUNTIF(ARRAYFORMULA($A:$A&$B:$B) ....)
It's not quite as perfect as you'd like, but I think this is a start:
=AND($A1=$A2,$B1=$B2)
This doesn't highlight the last row of any matches it finds, but it might be serviceable for what you want (ex. if Row 1 through Row 3 match, it will only highlight Row 1 and Row 2).
Just change the columns to match the two you're working with, and then if you want it to highlight the entire row, change the Apply to range to A1:Z or however many columns you have.
So I have this formula that copies rows (with data in col A) into a new range. Column A contains number indicating how many duplicates the row should yield in the result. Also the output rows gets sorted based on the value in column A.
=sort(arrayformula(vlookup(
transpose(split(query(rept(row(D2:D)&" ",A2:A),,9^9)," ")),
arrayformula({row(D2:D),{A2:A,D2:F}}),
{2,3,4,5},
0)),
1,
TRUE)
This is not exectly what I need thou. Instead of having a single value in the cells in column A that indicates how many times the row should be duplicated I need to have a text string like “2,3,5” in every cell in that column, where the individual numbers in the string indicates the position of the row in output (rather than the number of times the row should be copied).
For example, in the output I want the row with the string “2,3,5” to be copied three times. The output should have one of the rows be 2:nd from top, the other 3:rd from top, and the last one the 5:th from top.
If I could have the A2:A part of this range {A2:A,J2:N} instead contain the matching values for split(A2:A) I think it would do what I want.
This is a copy of my google sheet. Hopefully it's possible to understand what it is I'm trying to achieve.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sp5DRBwFP0-aG-FvjUPKBmyylz0WoPB63ASOOdUGdnI/edit?usp=sharing