QUERY

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 experience. In the following sections, I’ll start with an introduction to Google Sheets and its basic functions to ensure you’ve got a solid foundation. From there, I’ll dive into the QUERY function, examining its syntax, purpose, and the integral role of SELECT and WHERE clauses within the function. ...

Can you use multiple criteria to filter data in Google Sheets using the QUERY function? Within the query parameter of the QUERY function the WHERE clause enables users to filter data based on multiple criteria. The three types of logical operators permitted when combining multiple criteria are AND, OR and NOT. Here are some examples demonstrating each of the logical operators, and to assist in demonstrating how these operators work, here is a sheet labelled Data which will be used as the basis for performing the QUERY: ...

How do you change the default aggregate name created in Google Sheets when using the QUERY() function? To change the header label of an aggregate column from a QUERY() function append LABEL aggregate_column 'YOUR LABEL' to your SELECT statement. For example, if you had the following QUERY formula in your Google Sheet and you wanted to change the default label of sum(Sales Qty) to Total Sold then this is how this would look, here’s the original QUERY() formula: ...

How can you aggregate data using multiple sheets with the QUERY function in Google Sheets? To aggregate data sourced from multiple sheets, create a data set using the set notation {} by referencing each sheet then within the query statement of the QUERY function reference columns using ColX (with X being the index number of the column, starting at 1). As the QUERY function contains three parameters, the first parameter data can be a range or a data set created using the {} notation. It’s important to know when creating your custom data set whether the additional ranges from multiple sheets will be added as additional columns or concatenated as additional rows. ...

How do you concatenate two ranges into one contiguous range for use in the QUERY function for the data parameter in Google Sheets? To concatenate two ranges into one for use as the first parameter in the QUERY function in Google Sheets, simply combine your data sets together using the set notation {} and the semi-colon character to separate each range ; e.g. {{Data!A:A, Data!B:B};{Data!A:A, Data!C:C}}. For example, suppose you have the following transactional data on sales and associated direct costs like so on a sheet labelled Data: ...

How do you reference a cell in the WHERE clause of a Google Sheets QUERY function? To reference a cell in the Google Sheets’ QUERY function WHERE clause, simply break the query string by closing with a double-quoted string " append the concatenation symbol & then reference the cell append the & to open up the query string again " so you can continue writing the rest of your query. Do be mindful it does depend on the type of value being referenced in the cell as well. If the cell reference is a string, you will need to make sure you wrap the cell reference in single quotes. ...