According to the Google Help Section I should be able to reference a column in a QUERY by using the "column identifiers ... the one or two character column letter (A, B, C, ...)" - or in this case, G.
The goal of my query is simply to pull information into a new spreadsheet from columns H, J, and K of a different spreadsheet if G is equal to a certain name; in this case, William.
My query:
=QUERY( Survey!G2:K , "select G, H, J, K where G = 'William'" )
works when I use it to call information from a sheet in the same spreadsheet. The problem arises when I try to use this QUERY with IMPORTRANGE. I have used both of these formulas:
=QUERY(IMPORTRANGE("key","'Survey!G2:K'"),"SELECT G, H, J, K WHERE G='William'")
=QUERY(IMPORTRANGE("key","'Survey!Col7:Col11'"),"SELECT Col7, Col8, Col10, Col11 WHERE Col7='William'")
and both return errors. I have included a link to the error that appears for the first QUERY The second error says the same thing, with Col7 replacing G in the text.
What should I be calling the columns in the QUERY?
Is this error due to a problem in my IMPORTRANGE overall?
Please include a link to your sheet.
The Col notation should only go inside the QUERY, not the IMPORTRANGE.
Try this:
=query(importrange("Survey!G2:K"),"Select * where Col7 = 'William'")
This may not be but shows signs of being lack of authorsation. Try IMPORTRANGE on its own and see whether you need to grant access (once off) to the 'other' spreadsheet.
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I'm pretty new with ArrayFormula, have been trying but sometime the formula works, sometimes does not. What I'm trying to do is the combination of ArrayFormula, Countif for searching partial text.
As shown in the worksheet below, there are 10 subjects (column A), each subject has at least one of 4 samples (A,B,C,D) summarized as a string (column B). What I'm trying to do is to find which subject has sample A or B or C or D.
I have tried single formula for each sample, eg cell D3
=IF(COUNTIF($B3,"*"&$D$2&"*")>0,$A3,"")
it returns the correct results. However, when I try arrayformula in cell I3,
=arrayformula(IF(COUNTIF($B3:B,"*"&$D$2&"*")>0,$A3:A,""))
The answers are weird. For example: Subjects (Gamma, Zeta, Eta, Theta) who don't have the sample "A" are shown to have sample "A". And this applies to sample B,C,D too
Not sure what went wrong in here. Here is the link to the worksheet
I wouldn't use Countifs or an array formula. Use filter instead. Put this formula in cell i3.
=Filter(if(REGEXMATCH(B3:B,$D$2),A3:A,""),B3:B<>"")
try:
=INDEX(QUERY(IFERROR(TRIM(SPLIT(FLATTEN(IF(IFERROR(SPLIT(B3:B, ","))="",,
SPLIT(B3:B, ",")&"×"&A3:A)), "×"))),
"select max(Col2) where Col2 is not null group by Col2 pivot Col1"))
or use in row 2 if you want to sort it as in your example:
=INDEX(IFNA(VLOOKUP(A2:A, QUERY(IFERROR(TRIM(SPLIT(FLATTEN(
IF(IFERROR(SPLIT(B3:B, ","))="",,SPLIT(B3:B, ",")&"×"&A3:A)), "×"))),
"select Col2,max(Col2) where Col2 is not null group by Col2
pivot Col1 label Col2'Subjects'"), {2,3,4,5}, 0)))
You can accomplish all four columns of results with a single formula.
Delete all formulas from I3:L3.
Place the following formula into I3:
=ArrayFormula(IF(REGEXMATCH(B3:B,I2:L2),A3:A,))
In plain speech, this read "If anything in B3:B matches a value found in I2:L2, return A3:A in the matching columns(s) at the matching row(s); if not, return null."
This might be something fairly simple but struggling to find a way to do it.
In Column B, I have a list of foods required.
In Column C, I have the amount needed.
In Column D, I have g (for grams) ml (for mills) etc.
I would like to combine the duplicates in Column B and update the totals from Column C, with the g or ml in Column D beside it.
The list I have has been created by using an array formula based on dropdowns in another sheet.
I have seen people using UNIQUE formula in 1 column (this works) and then a SUMIF formula in another column and then a JOIN formula in another... I tried this but the SUMIF is always returning 0.
Would someone please be able to advise on how I can do this?
TIA :D
It's hard to be sure exactly what you need without seeing the data. But based on my understanding of solely what you've posted, this QUERY formula should generate a condensed mini-report:
=QUERY({B2:D},"Select Col1, SUM(Col2), Col3 WHERE Col1 Is Not Null GROUP BY Col1, Col3 LABEL SUM(Col2) ''")
In plain English, this means "Arrange the data from the range B2:D in the same order as the raw data, but sum the second column's data according to matches in both the first and third columns. Only return results for the raw data where the first column is not blank. Replace the default 'sum' header on the second column with nothing; I don't need it."
This formula assumes that every ingredient will always be attached to the same measurement (e.g., 'salt' in Col B is always paired with 'mg' in Col D, etc.). If this is not the case, you will wind up with ingredients being listed as many times as there are different measures in Col D.
=ARRAYFORMULA({
AVERAGE(QUERY(SPLIT(TRANSPOSE(SPLIT(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(
IF(Data!D$2:E856<>"", "♠"&Data!D$2:E856&"♦"&Data!F$2:G856, )),,999^99)),,999^99), "♠")), "♦"),
"select Col2
where lower(Col1) contains '"&LOWER(A2)&"'
offset "&COUNTIF(Data!D$2:E856, A2)-6))})
I have the above formula that I am using. What this does is the following:
The last 6 times A2 shows up in either Column D or E, it accumulates the corresponding value in column F or G. Those 6 values are then turned into an average, as well.
I am trying to add one condition to this. I want it to only take those last 6 instances where column H and I are also something specific.
So when A2 shows up in column D, I only want to use the row if Column I is the value "X". When A2 shows up in column E, I only want to use the row if Column H is "X".
I am unable to get this implemented into my function myself and desperate for some help. One problem is that the "X" search is in reversed column order (ie. when A2 is in D, trying to search I...and when A2 is in E, trying to search G...which isn't the order those appear in the alphabet). Also just not sure where in formula this conditional even needs to go.
Data! just references the sheet I have my dataset dumped into, obviously.
Below is my query function in its original form:
=ArrayFormula(query({importrange("1yqTUmJcL6YxgOpfHS5Pt9nYnmpiqN3tUPQP7-Rp8xis","CPG!A2:L20");importrange("1yqTUmJcL6YxgOpfHS5Pt9nYnmpiqN3tUPQP7-Rp8xis","PUB!A2:L20")},"Select Col5, Sum (Col4) where Col6='' group by Col5 pivot Col7"))
Which I am trying to shorten the formula by using indirect to refer to concatenated import ranges by the following attempt
=ArrayFormula(query(indirect("JOIN!J3"),"Select Col5, Sum (Col4) where Col6='' group by Col5 pivot Col7"))
but come up with this error:
Error
Unable to parse query string for
Function QUERY parameter 2:
NO COLUMN: Col5
The Join!J3 cell contains the value below:
{importrange("1yqTUmJcL6YxgOpfHS5Pt9nYnmpiqN3tUPQP7-Rp8xis","CPG!A2:L20");importrange("1yqTUmJcL6YxgOpfHS5Pt9nYnmpiqN3tUPQP7-Rp8xis","PUB!A2:L20")}
I research various similar question in forums but their answers comes to no solution. Usually it is to use "Select Col1" instead of "Select A" but my formulas are all using Col1, Col2 already. Am doing anything wrong?
I have included some images for further clarification.
The original formula:
The shortening attempt:
The cell value in sheetname: JOIN cell: J3:
The cell value in J3 is actually a pasted value from cell A1:
If I understand correctly, because your formula is now referring to a specific range in the sheet instead of an array of ranges, you will need to use A, B instead of Col1, Col2, etc.
I assume the data produced by cell J3 in the sheet JOIN displays data in J3:U21 (based on the range A2:J20). You need to query all of this, not just the cell containing the formula.
Try the formula below.
(I have made assumptions about what columns the data sits in--please amend where necessary).
=ArrayFormula(query(indirect("JOIN!J3:U21"),"Select N, Sum (M) where O='' group by N pivot P")
EDIT: You seem to be using the same range and ID. You can refer to them using just two cells.
={IMPORTRANGE(D6,"SheetName1"&E6);IMPORTRANGE(D6,"SheetName2"&E6)}
I have a workbook with two sheets. I want to query a sheet called Farming that has rows of numbers associated with different objects which I want to sum over.
I want to use query so that the two different sheets can be sorted and filtered without breaking.
I have got this far:
=query(Farming!A2:Z1000, 'select F+G+H+I+J+K+L where "Farming"!B="B7"', 0)
Where the column B on each sheet is the unique reference number for the objects.
However, I'm getting a syntax error and I'm not sure where to go from here.
Thanks for your help!
It's unclear to me whether you're getting B7 from the Farming page or the sheet the formula is on. If it's the former, the first function works. If it's the latter, the second works. These examples are based on text rather than numbers being the value in cell B7. If B7 is a number you don't have to do the quotes.
=query(Farming!A2:Z1000, "select F, G, H, I, J, K, L where B="&"'"&Farming!B7&"'", 0)
=query(Farming!A2:Z1000, "select F, G, H, I, J, K, L where B="&"'"&B7&"'", 0)
Example with the value in B1.
Try
=query(Farming!A2:Z1000, "select F+G+H+I+J+K+L where B='"&B7&"'", 0)
Remarks
The select statement in query
should be quote (") enclosed rather than single quote/apostrophe (') enclosed.
it could reference fields from the data argument by using column names (A, B, C, ) or aliases like Col1, Col2, etc. when the data isn't a reference.
String values inside the SQL statement should be single quote/apostrophe enclosed