I have tried to achieve this for the last few hours with no luck so I am appealing for help.
I have a google form which saves to a google spreadsheet and the responses are recording in a structure as per below.
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| WEEK | CATEGORY | COL1 | COL2 | TIMESTAMP |
|--------|------------|---------|----------|--------------|
| 1 | CAT1 | VALUE1 | VALUE1 | YYYY-MM-DD |
| 1 | CAT1 | VALUE2 | VALUE2 | YYYY-MM-DD |
| 1 | CAT2 | VALUE1 | VALUE1 | YYYY-MM-DD |
| 2 | CAT3 | VALUE1 | VALUE1 | YYYY-MM-DD |
| 2 | CAT3 | VALUE2 | VALUE2 | YYYY-MM-DD |
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I need a formula which I can use in google sheets to take the most recent entry where WEEK and CATEGORY together are unique values.
Eg using the above table, the formula would result in something that looks like this.
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| WEEK | CATEGORY | COL1 | COL2 | TIMESTAMP |
|--------|------------|---------|----------|--------------|
| 1 | CAT1 | VALUE2 | VALUE2 | YYYY-MM-DD |
| 1 | CAT2 | VALUE1 | VALUE1 | YYYY-MM-DD |
| 2 | CAT3 | VALUE2 | VALUE2 | YYYY-MM-DD |
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Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
There isn't a super clean solution for what is basically a dynamic self-join in SQL parlance, but this might be manageable:
Get a list of maximum timestamps per category and week
Filter the original table by this derived list using a concatenated key
Any attempts to improve this answer appreciated (in particular the string concatenation as key is not very elegant).
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I am looking to return non-grouped row values from a query of a table sorted by the MAX value of a column, within a group.
DATA TABLE
| NAME | ASSET | ACTION | DATE |
|--|--|--|--|
| JOE | CAR | BOUGHT | 1/1/2020 |
| JANE | HORSE | BOUGHT | 1/1/2021 |
| JOE | HORSE | BOUGHT | 2/1/2021 |
| JANE | HORSE | SOLD | 3/1/2021 |
| JOE | CAR | SOLD | 1/1/2022 |
| JOE | CAR | BOUGHT | 2/1/2022 |
For the table above, I presented the following code.
=QUERY(A1:D5,"SELECT A,B,C,D, MAX(D) GROUP BY A,B",TRUE)
The following TARGET TABLE is output I'm looking for:
| NAME | ASSET | ACTION | DATE |
|--|--|--|--|
| JANE | HORSE | SOLD | 3/1/2021 |
| JOE | HORSE | BOUGHT | 2/1/2021 |
| JOE | CAR | BOUGHT | 2/1/2022 |
However, because 'C' is not included in the GROUP, the formula returns an error. "Unable to parse query string for Function QUERY parameter 2: ADD_COL_TO_GROUP_BY_OR_AGG: C"
If I were to omit COL C & D, "ACTION" & "DATE" from the SELECT: =QUERY(A1:D5,"SELECT A,B, MAX(D) GROUP BY A,B",TRUE) , I have the correct record rows, but am missing the STATUS.
MAX-DATE TABLE
| NAME | ASSET | max DATE |
|--|--|--|
| JANE | HORSE | 3/1/2021 |
| JOE | HORSE | 2/1/2021 |
| JOE | CAR | 2/1/2022 |
OR, when I add COL C as a "PIVIOT": =QUERY(A1:D5,"SELECT A,B, MAX(D) GROUP BY A,B PIVOT C",TRUE)I have the correct record rows, but do not have the 'current' STATUS within the record row.
PIVOT ACTION TABLE
| NAME | ASSET | BOUGHT | SOLD |
|--|--|--|--|
| JANE | HORSE | 1/1/2021 | 3/1/2021 |
| JOE | HORSE | 2/1/2021 | |
| JOE | CAR | 2/1/2022 | 1/1/2022 |
Still I have not found a method to create my TARGET TABLE.
Am I overlooking a method to include a non-grouped field into a query using MAX()? Or is it impossible within Google Sheets Query without JOIN functions?
(I hope it is obvious that I desire to apply this to a large and dynamic dataset.)
Thank you for your insight. Cheers!
It's not that flexible to work with QUERYs with its aggregation requisites and so on.
You can create a filter, by comparing column D with a "fictional" column created with BYROW: = BYROW(A2:A,LAMBDA(each,MAXIFS($D$2:$D,$A$2:$A,each,$B$2:$B,OFFSET(each,,1))))
That would look like this (I highlighted the matches and added extra rows for reference):
Then, you can set this filter (don't create this column, it's just a visualization of what I did):
=FILTER(A2:D,D2:D = BYROW(A2:A,LAMBDA(each,MAXIFS($D$2:$D,$A$2:$A,each,$B$2:$B,OFFSET(each,,1)))))
This way, you're comparing the dates with the maximum for each category
What array formula would work for this?
Test Sheet: Open
Current Data Structure
Contains a running list of names and when they started, ended training.
| A | B | C |
| John | StartDate1 | EndDate1 |
| Adam | StartDate3 | EndDate3 |
| John | StartDate2 | EndDate2 |
| Ted | StartDate5 | EndDate5 |
| Adam | StartDate4 | EndDate4 |
Expected Results
Unique column of names in column E =UNIQUE(A2:A)
Next to the unique name, display every StartDate & EndDate that matches the unique name.
| E | F | G | H | I |
| John | StartDate1 | EndDate1 | StartDate2 | EndDate2 |
| Adam | StartDate3 | EndDate3 | StartDate4 | EndDate4 |
| Ted | StartDate4 | EndDate4 | | |
What I have tried
=FILTER(B2:C,A2:A = E2)
Does not return on a single row. ❌
Does not work with ARRAYFORMULA. ❌
=TRANSPOSE(FILTER(B2:C,A2:A = E2:E))
Returns all StartDates on a single row, and all End Dates on the next row. ❌
It should return on a single row (StartDate,EndDate,StartDate,EndDate, etc)
Does not work with ARRAYFORMULA. ❌
=ARRAYFORMULA(VLOOKUP(E2:E,A2:C,{2,3}))
Returns the first match only ❌
Works with array formula. ✔️
What am I doing wrong? Is there a better arrayformula that can display every start and end date that matches a unique name in a row?
Thanks for your help!
use:
=INDEX(SPLIT(FLATTEN(QUERY(QUERY(IF(A3:A="",,{A3:A, "×"&B3:B&"×"&C3:C}),
"select max(Col2) where Col2 is not null group by Col2 pivot Col1"),,9^9)), "×"))
I have a Google Sheet with this format:
+---------+---------+---------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--------+--------+
| Field_A | Field_B | Field_C | 24/09/2019 | 25/09/2019 | 26/09/2019 | 27/09/2019 | day... | day... |
+---------+---------+---------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--------+--------+
| ValX | ValY | ValZ | Val1 | Val2 | Val3 | Val4 | | |
| ValW | ValY | ValZ | Val5 | Val6 | Val7 | Val8 | | |
+---------+---------+---------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--------+--------+
First 3 columns are specific fields and all other columns are related to one specific day in a given (and static) range.
I need to convert the table in the following format:
+---------+---------+---------+------------+-----------+
| Field_A | Field_B | Field_C | Date | DateValue |
+---------+---------+---------+------------+-----------+
| ValX | Valy | Valz | 24/09/2019 | Val1 |
| ValX | Valy | Valz | 25/09/2019 | Val2 |
| ValX | Valy | Valz | 26/09/2019 | Val3 |
| ... | | | | |
+---------+---------+---------+------------+-----------+
Basically, the first 3 columns are gathered as-is, but the day-column in transposed (is even the correct term?) with 2 values:
The date
The value in the cell related to date
Is something that can be achieved with formula or do I need to create a bounded AppsScript?
Following a sample Sheet demo: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cprzD96i-4NQ8tieA_nwd8s43yKF-M8Kww4yWNfB6tg/edit#gid=505040170
In Sheet Start you can see the initial data and format, 3 static columns and one column for every da
In Sheet End you can see the output format I'm looking for, the same 3 static columns, but the date and cell value related to date are transposed as a row.
You can see the Formula I used, TRANSPOSE for every row, where I select the days for the IV column and one row at a time for the V row.
For the 3 static columns, I replicated the Formula for every instance of the day related to that row.
This is working but requires much manual work to set up every single TRANSPOSE. I'm wondering if there is a more automatic way of doing this (except for using AppsScript, in that case, I'm already planning on doing this if not other solutions are available)
=ARRAYFORMULA(TRIM(SPLIT(TRANSPOSE(SPLIT(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(
IF(Start!D2:F<>""; "♦"&TRANSPOSE(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(Start!A2:C&"♠");;999^99))&
TEXT(Start!D1:F1; "dd/mm/yyyy")&"♠"&Start!D2:F; ));;999^99));;999^99); "♦")); "♠")))
I am trying to build an expense dashboard in google sheets for my personal use.
I have data that I will pull from my receipts like so:
First sheet: "Expenses Feb 18"
+------------+--------+--------+
| Item | Amount | Type |
+------------+--------+--------+
| Tomatoes | 2.39 | veggie |
| Joghurt | 1.45 | dairy |
| mozzarella | 1.99 | dairy |
| macadamia | 4.59 | nuts |
+------------+--------+--------+
Second table: "Categories"
+------------+----------+-----------+---------------+
| dairy | veggie | nuts | uncategorised |
+------------+----------+-----------+---------------+
| joghurt | tomatoes | macadamia | a |
| mozzarella | cucumber | pecan | b |
| feta | | | c |
| | | | d-z |
| | | | 0-9 |
| | | | - |
| | | | _ |
+------------+----------+-----------+---------------+
I want to automatically fill out the type column based on the item name.
So far I have a regex that is able to match an item. It will print the matched string. But what I need is the column name (header). And it has to be able to loop through the columns. This only works for a single column.
=REGEXEXTRACT(C11, JOIN("|", INDIRECT("Categories!A1:A"&COUNTA(Categories!A:A))))
The second table is not a desirable way to enter data. Data should be entered preferably with more rows than columns ( not in a pivoted manner).
=ARRAYFORMULA(CONCATENATE(IF(A16=$C$24:$E$25,C$23:E$23,)))
A16 : 🍅
C24:E25: Category table
C23:E23: Category header.
How can I sum up a sheet with many columns looks like below (list 3 column for example):
|-------+-----------|
| 1 | HKD 2,010 |
|-------+-----------|
| 2 | HKD 1,010 |
|-------+-----------|
| 3 | HKD 2,020 |
|-------+-----------|
| Total | HKD 5,050 |
|-------+-----------|
Try in B1:
=ARRAYFORMULA(sum(value(REGEXEXTRACT(B2:B, "[^' ']*$"))))