The QUERY function is in a category all on its own. It’s an extremely powerful function that will let you filter, sort, group, pivot, basically extract data from a table and present it in numerous ways. At first it can look daunting, with its own language and syntax, but once you dip your toe into the… Continue reading Google Sheets Functions – QUERY
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Google Sheets – INDEX and MATCH (VLOOKUP alt.)
In this post, we’re going to look at how to use INDEX and MATCH to look up data and see how it can be more powerful than the commonly used VLOOKUP. In a previous post, we looked at how we can quickly look up tables for certain information, using the VLOOKUP function. This function is… Continue reading Google Sheets – INDEX and MATCH (VLOOKUP alt.)
Google Sheets Functions – ROUND, ROUNDUP, ROUNDDOWN
In this post we’re going to have a quick look at rounding in Google Sheets, by using the ROUND, ROUNDUP, and ROUNDDOWN functions. The syntax is very easy, we tell the function the number we want to round and then to how many decimal places. In cell A1 we have a number and in B2… Continue reading Google Sheets Functions – ROUND, ROUNDUP, ROUNDDOWN
Google Sheets Functions – WEEKDAY, WORKDAY, NETWORKDAYS, EDATE, EOMONTH
Following on from my post on the basic date functions, let’s look at some really useful functions that work with dates, namely: WEEKDAY, WORKDAY, NETWORKDAYS, EDATE and EOMONTH, plus we’ll see an example with the CHOOSE function. With these we’ll: Find out the day of the week of a particular date Work out a deadline date Work… Continue reading Google Sheets Functions – WEEKDAY, WORKDAY, NETWORKDAYS, EDATE, EOMONTH
Google Sheets Functions – GOOGLETRANSLATE, DETECTLANGUAGE
Lots of people know about and have used Google Translate either on their phones or on the Google website but what they often don’t know is that there is a built-in function in Google Sheets, which will allow you to translate from one language to another, and even automatically recognise the language and translate it. So,… Continue reading Google Sheets Functions – GOOGLETRANSLATE, DETECTLANGUAGE
Google Sheets Functions – NOW, TODAY, DAY, MONTH, YEAR
In this post, we’re going to look at some of the basic date functions and in particular, how we can extract parts of a date or a time. We’ll cover: NOW, TODAY, DAY, MONTH, YEAR, HOUR, MINUTE, and SECOND. Example 1 – Getting the current date and time We can add the current date and… Continue reading Google Sheets Functions – NOW, TODAY, DAY, MONTH, YEAR
Google Forms – Quizzes
In this post we’re going to look at the quiz option in Forms. Since its release earlier this year, I’ve been using it with various classes mainly to check their progress, and it really is a simple but highly effective tool, which I recommend everyone to use. To start let’s just look at the 4… Continue reading Google Forms – Quizzes
Google Sheets Functions – UNIQUE, COUNTUNIQUE, SORT
In this post we’ll look at how we can remove duplicates from a set of data, with one simple formula using the UNIQUE function. We’ll also use the SORT function to put the unique list in order and use this in a drop down menu using DATA VALIDATION. Finally, we’ll look at counting those entries… Continue reading Google Sheets Functions – UNIQUE, COUNTUNIQUE, SORT
Google Sheets Functions – PROPER, UPPER, LOWER, TRIM
In this post, we’re going to look at how we change the format of text to suit our needs, using the functions PROPER, UPPER, LOWER, and TRIM. It’s particularly useful when working with text that has come from, for example, a form, a different computer system, or indeed someone has typed in on your Sheet.… Continue reading Google Sheets Functions – PROPER, UPPER, LOWER, TRIM
Google Sheets Functions – COUNTIF(S) & SUMIF(S)
In this post, we’re going to look at how we can count things and add things up depending on certain conditions that we set. There are four functions we’ll look at here: COUNTIF, SUMIF, COUNTIFS, and SUMIFS. Here I’ll show you the various aspects of the functions through some practical examples. Example 1 – COUNTIF:… Continue reading Google Sheets Functions – COUNTIF(S) & SUMIF(S)