Are you looking to learn how to use the Google Sheets QUERY function to select and filter data based on specific conditions? In this blog post, you’ll explore the ins and outs of the powerful QUERY function, particularly focusing on SELECT and WHERE clauses, to help you get the most out of your Google Sheets …
What is a named function in Google Sheets and when is it best to use this new feature in your spreadsheet? Google Sheets new Named Functions feature enables you to refactor long formulas into what appears as a native function in your Google Sheets spreadsheet. Use this feature in Google Sheets if you find you …
How do you use the Google Sheets SWITCH() formula? The SWITCH() formula in Google Sheets enables you to compress a series of IF statements, even nested IF statements, into one succinct function. Take a recent example where I refactored the following formula which helped to add the appropriate years, months or days to an existing …
How can you set a default value when using the VLOOKUP function? As VLOOKUP throws an #N/A error when the searched item cannot be found in the first column range, wrap the VLOOKUP function in an IFERROR formula and set the value to the default sought. For example like this: Where default_value is the placeholder …
How many ways can you underline in Google Sheets? There are three broad approaches when seeking to emphasise text in Google Sheets by applying underlines. These three approaches are: underlying specific or whole text in the cell, underlying the whole cell itself with different styles, or using underscore characters. Here is each approach with examples …
How can you create a unique ID with date values in Google Sheets? To create a unique ID of date values in Google Sheets use the TEXT() function to change the date into a string and then append any other useful identifier to that string to make the value unique, such as ROW() or a …