Query values from separate sheet - google-sheets

I am trying to figure out how to query values from Sheet2 into Sheet1 where column A in Sheet1 matches column A (strings) in Sheet2, and return only the max value of column D (integer) from Sheet2.
Here's what I am using:
=Query(Sheet2!A:F,CONCATENATE("Select D where Name =",A2))
I have tried using Select max(d)... and =MAX(Query(...)) but neither worked for me.
What would be the correct way to do this?
Example data:
Sheet1
Name ColB Date Check Oldest
Bob Y 2/14/2013 4/14/2013 5
Sheet2
Name Title Date Age
Bob Foo 2/1/2013 3
Boo Bar 2/4/2013 5

This may serve, if entered in the cell presently containing Oldest (which would then be overwritten with max Age:
=query(Sheet2!A:D,"select max(D) where A ='Bob' ")
but the result for your sample would be 3 rather than the 5 as shown to be required.

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Formula to build report of employees that are not working between 2 dates

I am trying to find a way to see which employees are not working between 2 dates.
Should I use vlookup, index & match, filter, query, or something else?
Sheet 1 contains employee details & start/end dates.
Sheet 2 accepts user input to select 2 dates, and it will automatically display a list of available employees who are not working.
Sheet 1 - Database/Log of all employees and days worked.
#
A
B
C
D
1
ID
Name
Start Date
End Date
2
12345
John
01/01/2021
01/08/2021
3
54321
Sarah
01/24/2021
01/29/2021
4
00731
James
02/05/2021
02/15/2021
5
00731
John
02/10/2021
02/30/2021
Sheet 2 (Row 1-2)- Manually enter in two dates.
#
A
B
1
Start Date (Manual input)
End Date (Manual input)
2
01/01/2021
01/30/2021
Sheet 2 (Row 3+)- List of all employees that are not working between the two dates entered in Sheet 2!A2:B2 (Expected Results)
#
A
B
3
ID
Name
4
00731
James
try:
=INDEX(SUBSTITUTE(UNIQUE(QUERY(""&SPLIT(FLATTEN(IF(SEQUENCE(1, MAX(D2:D-C2:C))<=D2:D-C2:C,
"♥"&A2:A&"♦"&B2:B&"♦"&C2:C+SEQUENCE(1, MAX(D2:D-C2:C), 0), )), "♦"),
"select Col1,Col2 where not Col3 matches '"&JOIN("|", "^$",
IF(SEQUENCE(1, G2-F2)<=G2-F2, F2+SEQUENCE(1, G2-F2, 0), ))&"'", 0)), "♥", ))
demo sheet
Assuming the name of your first sheet with the full data is actually Sheet1, place the following in Sheet2 cell A4:
=FILTER(Sheet1!A2:B,Sheet1!A2:A<>"",(Sheet1!C2:C>G2)+(Sheet1!D2:D<F2))
The combined either/or condition (Sheet1!C2:C>G2)+(Sheet1!D2:D<F2) in the FILTER means "either the start date is after the range date given, or the end date is before the range date given."
The other condition of Sheet1!A2:A<>"" just rules out blank rows in the original data set. It's not strictly necessary as far as the visual results are concerned; but it keeps null rows from being added to those results, which would allow you to enter data below the results in Col A and B of Sheet2 if you wanted, or to have fewer rows in Sheet2 than in Sheet1 without the formula adding more rows to accommodate null returns.
Your posted sample data is unclear. You have two different names for the same ID (i.e., 00731). And you have an "End Date" in D5 of February 30, 2021—which is not a valid date. In any case, it's unclear whether the same person/ID may turn up twice in the original data set. My formula above assumes you will not.
If your original data list may, in fact, contain duplicates, things get a bit trickier. In that case, use the following formula instead, in Sheet2 cell A4:
=UNIQUE(FILTER(A2:B,ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A2:A,FILTER(A2:A,((C2:C>=F2)*(C2:C<=G2))+((D2:D>=F2)*(D2:D<=G2))),1,FALSE))))
Here, the inner FILTER first forms a list of all people who are working during that range, and then the outer FILTER filters in a UNIQUE set of the people who are not on that inner list (i.e., trying to VLOOKUP them returns IS(an)ERROR).

Formula to Test for Blanks in two Columns Against a Third Column

So I am using a conditional formatting custom formula to highlight a cell if the column it is summing from another spreadsheet has blanks, but I don't know how to do it with changing ranges. Basically what I want to do is use a third column, say column A, to determine the length of the range (of rows) I want to scan with CountBlank, and if it picks up a blank in there to return a "True".
So basically:
Column A Column B Column C Column D
Person 1 5:30AM 3:00PM 9.5
Person 2 5:00AM 8
Person 3 4:30AM 4:00PM 10.5
So ideally, the cell sums the fourth column with a different function (already have that), and it conditionally formats itself if a blank is picked up in Columns B or C, going all the way down to the last row of column A that has a value. Any help here would be appreciated, thank you.
If I understand you correctly, the custom formula for conditional formatting should be:
=or(countifs(A2:A,"<>",B2:B,""),countifs(A2:A,"<>",C2:C,""))
Suppose you had a list of people's names starting in F2 and their total hours starting in G2. Then you could alter the formula to:
=or(countifs(A$2:A,F2,B$2:B,""),countifs(A$2:A,F2,C$2:C,""))

Filter by Date range and sum Row values by Column (in Google Sheets)

Do you have a suggestion on how to make a formula for the problem written in the title?
Here is the example so that you can get an idea of the data format:
Name,Location,Category,Total views for your listing,Total uniqe page views for your listing,Average time on page (listing),total,Facebook,Reviews,Telephone,Treatment Menu,Get Directions,Book Appointment,Enquiry,Instagram,Date
John,NSW Sydney,Apple,1,1,0:00:12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13/Nov/2018
Mike,NSW Sydney,Orange,1,1,0:00:10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13/Nov/2018
Kenny,NSW Sydney,Pear,1,1,0:00:00,4,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,13/Nov/2018
John,NSW Sydney,Apple,20,1,0:00:12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14/Nov/2018
Chris,NSW Sydney,Orange,1,1,0:02:48,3,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,14/Nov/2018
Stef,NSW Sydney,Orange,10,1,0:07:22,6,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,1,14/Nov/2018
So, the issue is in making a formula that gets put into cells containing numerical values (from D to O), for each of the Name rows.
What it should look like is:
for John and for 13th and 14th of November, the cell in column B in that row should be 21
for Mike for 13th and 14th, it returns 1
for Jenny, which is not on the list, because she didn't have any values in any of the numerical columns for that day (or a group of days), it should return 0
All of these should appear in the "Main Dashboard" sheet, while the data is stored in the "directory statistics" sheet.
The predefined list of all the possible Names, Categories and Locations is in the "customList" sheet. This means that we don't need to search through the whole dataset of all the values for all the dates, but rather only search through the Names in the "customList". "Name" should be the key value that connects values in different dates.
So far, I have tried with this formula:
=Filter('directory statistics'!A2:A,'directory statistics'!$P2:$P=$P2)
It looks for the name column (A) and then returns the value if the date entered (in P2) matches the value in that sheet for the date column (P)
And then I got stuck! :)
Thank you!
I'm not sure why FILTER. Assuming Name in A1, and Row 1 and ColumnA in Main Dashboard set up as in my image, then:
=SUMIFS('directory statistics'!D$1:D$7,'directory statistics'!A$1:A$7,$A2,'directory statistics'!P$1:P$7,">="&B$1,'directory statistics'!P$1:P$7,"<="&C$1)
in B2 and copied down would appear to me to achieve the results you seek.

Lookup value based on latest matching criteria

Below is an example of a table I have, what I am trying to do is get the value in the value column for a specific criteria based on the last occurrence (not including today's date).
So in the example below I want to find the value for the last occurrence of 'A', which is 12.
I think this can be done using an Index-Match, I just can't get my head around it though.
For example
Todays Date: 15/12/2013
---------------------------------|
|Date | Criteria | Value
|--------------------------------|
|12/11/2013 | A | 3 |
|16/11/2013 | B | 6 |
|27/11/2013 | C | 7 |
|3/12/2013 | A | 12 |
|5/12/2013 | B | 8 |
|15/12/2013 | A | |
----------------------------------
EDIT:
I would also like to add that this formula will be in a different sheet to the table above. The sheet reference in the formula also needs to be dynamic, it will draw the sheet name from another cell.
I would use this formula:
=index(C:C,max(arrayformula(match(filter(A:A,B:B="A",C:C<>""),A:A,0))),1)
This formula assumes that your data is in the columns A,B,C and for every "A" value in the Criteria column, the Date is different. (If that's not the case, then this formula won't work, see below.
Let's look the formula inside from outside:
filter(A:A,B:B="A",C:C<>"") - This will result with the dates where there is an "A" in the Criteria column, and where the Value column is not empty.
arrayformula(match(filter(A:A,B:B="A",C:C<>""),A:A,0)) - In this step we basically find the row number in which those dates are present. The match function will search for the dates (counted in step 1). The arrayformula is needed because there will be more results.
max(arrayformula(match(filter(A:A,B:B="A",C:C<>""),A:A,0))) - This will find the maximum row number (The maximum row number which contains an "A" in the Criteria column)
index(C:C,max(arrayformula(match(filter(A:A,B:B="A",C:C<>""),A:A,0))),1) - Finally, we use the INDEX function to navigate to the value, which has the maximum row number.
Now, if you want this formula to work on another sheet, you should write, instead of for example:
=index(C:C,... => =index(Data!C:C,...
Assuming that your data is in your Data worksheet.
If you want to this sheet to be dynamic, it's a bit tricky. Let's assume, that you're getting the value of the sheet name from the G1 cell. Then you should write:
=index(indirect(concatenate(G1,"!C:C")),...
This is not so pretty as you should do this for every occasion when it occurs in that long formula (described earlier). Instead you can do some pre-work.
Let's write this to your H1 cell: =concatenate(G1,"!C:C") - If in the G1 cell the sheet name is "Data", then the H1 cell should contain: Data!C:C, similarly you can add to the
H2 cell: =concatenate(G1,"!A:A"),
H3 cell: =concatenate(G1,"!B:B")
Now you can write (and that's the final answer for your question I think):
=index(indirect(H1),max(arrayformula(match(filter(indirect(H2),indirect(H3)="A",indirect(H1)<>""),indirect(H2),0))),1) - where H1,H2,H3 will reference to your Data sheet's columns.
I hope it helps.
Use the following formula to accomplish that.
Formula
=QUERY(
B1:D6, // data
"SELECT D // select
WHERE // where clause
C = 'A' AND // first criterium
D IS NOT NULL // second criterium
ORDER BY B DESC // order by
LIMIT 1, // limit
0" // headers
)
for copy/paste
=QUERY(B1:D6, "SELECT D WHERE C = 'A' AND D IS NOT NULL ORDER BY B DESC LIMIT 1", 0)
Explained
The clue to the formula is the usage of the ORDER BY and the LIMIT options within the QUERY formula. The WHERE clauses will prepare the result in the first place. Next, column B (the dates) is ordered descendingly (highest first). The LIMIT option sets the amount of rows to be displayed at 1.
Example
I've created an example file for you: Lookup value based on latest matching Criteria
I appreciate this is a slightly old question, but there is a way that I achieved the goal of filtering an array which I found both more conceptually straightforward, and also more generally applicable than the other answers I have seen, using vlookup's definitional ability to pick the first matching value in an array.
PROBLEM, RESTATED:
Assuming sample data:
A...B...C...D...E, created by a google form
A is the form entry date
B, C and D are entries from a list (let's assume they are e.g. product name, geography, and sales date)
E is the value
If a new value is entered for a particular product, in a geography, on a date, then I want this to be used in preference to the older version of that same data.
SOLUTION:
If, in your form, you create three new columns:
F Unique test
G Test cells combined
H Unique cells
Then in column G, you create a combination of all the cells you want to test on (in this case B, C and E)
cell G2: "=arrayformula(B2:B & char(9) & C2:C & char(9) & D2:D)"
The next column is a restatement of the cells you want to filter based on (in this case the date in A)
cell H2: "=arrayformula(A2:A)"
And then finally in column F we actually undertake the test:
cell F2: "=arrayformula(A2:A=vlookup(G2:G,sort({G2:H},2,false),2,false))"
Breaking that down, the vlookup (vlookup(G2:G,[RANGE],2,false) compares the data in G2, G3...Gn with a [RANGE], which is a virtual array consisting of two columns, G and H, pre-sorted according to cell H in descending order.
i.e. For any unique value of G (the combination of test data) the vlookup will return the largest value of H
The last part is a simple comparison to the original data (A2, A3... An) to return TRUE or FALSE based on whether it is the latest version of the unique value.
A final step if needed would be to create a new sheet with "=filter('Form Responses 1'!A:E,'Form Responses 1'F:F=TRUE) to recreate the data without the older versions.
Hope this helps.

Sum values if any cell in corresponding row matches text

I have the following Google Sheets data:
Name1 Name2 Name3 Value
A B C 20
B A C 30
C D F 40
What I'm trying to do is see if a specific name appears in any of the three name columns. If it does, then sum all the values in the "Value" column for all matching rows.
For example, I want to sum all of the values for name "A". That name only appears on the first two rows, so it should do 20+30 to give me 50. If I change the searched name to "C", that appears in all three rows so it should sum all of the numbers: 20+30+40. The algorithm needs to adjust and search appropriately.
=DSum will work
With the example you give use
=dsum(A1:D4,D1,{A1;"A"})+dsum(A1:D4,D1,{B1;"A"})+dsum(A1:D4,D1,{C1;"A"})
You can swap the "A" for a Cell reference
see https://drive.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0As3tAuweYU9QdEVHdTFHNzloSTY4LVYxdW9LdHRHbEE&mode=public#

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