I have been trying this all day now, and I am about ready to give up and write a .net program...
My current layout is as follows:
Sheet 1 (Materials in inventory)
Material Name
Original Cost
Sheet 2 (current project)
Material Name (data validation drop-down)
% used
Cost (calculated from % used * sheet1's original cost)
I would think that it would be easy to find the "original cost" cell from sheet2 based on the drop down menu, but I cant figure it out for the life of me. I do have the data validation working, but I cant seem to access the "original cost" cell based on the data validation drop-down.
What kind of formula would I need to use to access the information in sheet1 based on the drop-down menu in sheet 2?
You are going to want to use a Vlookup to gather the original costs from sheet one based on the value selected in the dropdown.
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I have two sheets in my document. The first sheet’s columns are days (A-C) and the rows are specific attributes for each day (temperature, cloud cover, rain, etc).
On the second sheet, I have a data validation drop down selector, it’s contents sourced from the “Days” strip (A-C, so it displays A-C as options) in sheet one. When I select day C for example, I want all the attributes for that day to populate in cells down the page. It should update depending on which page is selected.
Much appreciated, thank you.
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Use MATCH to find the column index that corresponds to the dropdown value.
Use OFFSET to retrieve the corresponding column data.
=OFFSET(Sheet1!B3, 1, MATCH(A2,Sheet1!B3:D3,0)-1, 3)
I have a workbook with four sheets and want to make a dashboard. In the dashboard I have 4 data validation drop down lists (Part, Date, Shift, Part Number). I want when someone selects the value from the drop list to look for the data that relate to the selections. I currently have =FILTER('sheet1'!A5:FP,('sheet1'!C5:C=Dash!A6)*('sheet1'!A5:A=Dash!A4)*('sheet1'!H5:H=Dash!A8))"Sheet 1" is the name of the sheet I want the data pulled from, however because the first parameter of =FILTER is range it wont allow me to reference my data validation dropdown found in A2. Is there a way to have the filter function look at what is in A2 and give me the data from the selected sheet, and how? Thank You in advance!
I think you are looking at the indirect function in google sheets, please try:
=FILTER(
Indirect(A2&"!A1:FP"),
(Indirect(A2&"!C5:C")=Dash!A6)*(Indirect(A2&"!A5:A")=Dash!A4)*
(Indirect(A2&"!H5:H")=Dash!A8)
)
I am looking for some help with summarising subject data.
We have 550 pupils who select subjects and our system outputs the information into a Google Sheet like this https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13rKygFBINl6nBBlHch0Gqo39iaoEYPTBfVCxoAs3QP4/edit?usp=sharing
I want the info to come out summarised, so we see the user info and the subjects they chose.
So this would mean when a cell is found to contain text along the row to reference the column heading and put this information into the second sheet under the subject 1 heading.
I have tried to show in sheet 2 called "Should look like this" so you can get an idea of what it should look like.
Is this possible in Google Sheets?
here is a copy of your sheet with the solution in cell A2 on the tab called Classes By Student.
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFERROR(SPLIT(TRANSPOSE(TRIM(QUERY(TRANSPOSE({Data!A2:E&CHAR(10),IF(Data!F2:AX="",,Data!F1:AX1&CHAR(10))}),,9^9))),CHAR(10)&" ",0,0)))
It is also possible to make a similar transformation that i've done on another tab called Students by Class.
QUERY() smush can be a powerful tool for problems like this. it consists of leveraging the query "header" argument to smush together entire columns of data all together, before splitting them back out without missing spaces.
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. :)
What I am looking to do is have a list of items in a dropdown list in cell A1. Lets say the list is "Presidents, Movie Stars, Rappers".
When I select Presidents I want Column B in Sheet 1 to list all the presidents with column C listing their party they represented and column D to list their years in office. When I select Movie stars I want column B to List various Movie Star names, Column C to list number of movies starred in and Column D to display their highest paid film.
So in short I want 1 dropdown to populate 3 columns worth of data.
Everything I have looked up uses scripts(which I think this is completely doable without using) uses VLOOKUP but has 1 cell worth of data appear(ex, A1 dropdown displays data in A2 but not data in B1:B50, C1:C50, and D1:D50) or doesnt worth with multiple columns of data. I am fine if the data pulls from another sheet I just think there is a better way to do this then filling in 200+ cells with an if:then function based on my selection in cell A1. Anyone know an easy way to do this?
An elegant solution, in my opinion, is to do something like the following:
Create a column (which you can later hide) that has all value combinations, with a delimiter between the values. For example, you could have "Presidents>Barack Obama>Democrat>2008-2016"
Then create a simple function (no VLOOKUP needed!) to pull the individual values by using FIND to findn the location of the delimiters and split the combination.