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IMPORTRANGE row limit?

I have a document where I am trying to mirror some data from one Google sheet to another. I have over 1000 rows in the first document; when I use the IMPORTRANGE formula it works fine as long as the ...
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How do I reference the value of multiple cells from one spreadsheet to another?

The real kicker here is that I only want to reference certain cells if a cell has been selected. I am creating a "leads" Spreadsheet on Google. Once a target has been contacted, their information ...
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Changing the text of an entire column to uppercase [duplicate]

I want Google spreadsheets to automatically uppercase text inputted into a cell. I'm using the following code and receiving circular dependency errors: =ARRAYFORMULA(UPPER(C5:C)) I'm inputting text ...
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Formula for adding columns of a row till the last column in Google Spreadsheet

I want to sum the columns of a row and display the sum in the last column. As shown in the example below sum of each row is displayed in column TOTAL COL1 COL2 COL3 COL4 TOTAL ...
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Cursor position in Google Spreadsheet

In a google Spreadsheet the cursor is always behind the last letter not in front. How can I change that?
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How to resize Google Sheets column to width of selected cell?

When I double-click the right border of a column's header, the column will be resized according to the largest width of all its cells. How to resize instead according to the width of the contents of ...
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What Add ons are available to give Google Sheets features similar to Excel Tables and Structured References?

This article: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Using-structured-references-with-Excel-tables-F5ED2452-2337-4F71-BED3-C8AE6D2B276E describes the use of structured references. I hadn't heard ...
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Investing.com data uploaded but i am not able to use the data for email alerts.kindly help me [closed]

I have configured to fetch the data on every 1 min from investing wesite. The table data is fetching from website. while trying to update date when 15 minutes status D column change to either strong ...
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Google Spreadsheet Find and replace Script

I really need a script to perform the following result when there is K present in the a range "B1:B7". Data is :- A B C 12.2K 13.30K 15.19K 17.19K 12 The ...
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How to sort names in column alphabetically ignoring "The", "An" & "A"... and then pull names (skipping duplicates) into another tab [closed]

This is for a Movie Have/Want list using Google Sheets. Problem 1: Column A is the movie Title. I would like to be able to sort the movie titles alphabetically but ignore when a movie title begins ...
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Insert Text Google Spreadsheet [closed]

How do you enter text boxes in a google doc spread sheet? In google doc excel spreadsheet, I want to skip a few spaces between words. Google doc allows me to insert spaces, but when I am finished ...
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Not getting sub date granularity in Google Sheets trend lines

My data is in variable increments, anywhere from six to eight hours apart like so: 1-1-2011 00:00:00 100 1-2-2011 00:00:00 103 1-3-2011 00:00:00 107 1-4-2011 00:00:00 109 1-4-...
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How do I copy names marked with an asterisk * from one column to another another?

I've got a list of student names in Column A. I need to copy the names that are followed by an asterisk * (I've highlighted them in the screenshot) into the * Seniors column D. Is there a formula I ...
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Google Sheets Import XML

I'm trying to import the price from this products website: https://www.mobilesentrix.com/lcd-assembly-with-steel-plate-pre-installed-replacement-for-iphone-xr-aftermarket-aq7 But struggling to use the ...
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Extract a code from the end of a text string that contains Chinese characters in Google Sheets

I have the following situations and want to solve it with 1 formula: extract FV3883 and 38 from the string originals NMD_R1 女款 白蛇紋FV388338 extract VN0A3WM1TUT and 35 from the string Sk8-Hi Reissue CAP ...
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Help on making Google Sheets script quicker and more efficient

I have the following script, and I would like to know if there is anyway to make it more efficient? It works great, but takes a little time to do what it needs to do. Mainly is there a way to condense ...
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i can't find the problem to this formula

=UNIQUE(QUERY({IMPORTRANGE("1xWx1FRfvCfmvYi9Sb7Gh5lIAb-NAt0RG0h-e_HKmxjU","APP Directory!A2:U");IMPORTRANGE("1xWx1FRfvCfmvYi9Sb7Gh5lIAb-NAt0RG0h-e_HKmxjU","APP ...
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Exponential Moving Average

What is the formula of Exponential Moving Average (EMA) in Google sheet ? How it can be used to calculate Share market stock EMA of different period. Eg 5, 21, 50 Days. Can anyone share Demo sheet.
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Show insignificant zero

I want, when I write a Number in a Cell, that the zeros are still visible. In a Google sheet. e.g. when I write 1.050, or 1.0 or 1.2000 there should stay exactly that. Not 1.05; 1; 1.2 or something ...
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Setting ImportRange on a delay

Is it possible to set a timer or delay for the importrange function on Google Sheets?
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OnEdit not working when edit

I'm having an issue with this code and hope you could help me. I'm trying to run a script that builds a Data Validation when a cell is edited. I can tell it reads all the information but when I try to ...
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Change labels of Google spreadsheet [duplicate]

I would like to change Google spreadsheet header labels. I would like to change A,B,C... to more detailed descriptions. How do I achieve this?
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How to get proper "weighted" average of one column's data based on number values found in another column? [duplicate]

I'm trying to get the true average "position" in Google (as per Google Search Analytics data) for specific search query filters (e.g., all queries containing "xyz") Here's a link to my spreadsheet ...
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Lock a column based on the date

I have an Employee attendance register in Google Sheets, wherein I want to lock the particular column/s after the date is passed over. This feature is required for the clerk to enter the date on the ...
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Google Sheets double click fill down not working

If I select a cell and then double-click on the blue dot at the bottom-right of the cell, the fill-down function does not work, nothing happens. Sometimes it does work, in other cases/columns. The ...
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How to write in a proper way to skip copy the empty rows from this form? Thanks!

function ClearCellRegistroMovimientos() { var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet(); var formS = ss.getSheetByName("Registro de Movimientos"); var RangeToClear = [ "F7"...
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Have answer cell read text different than what is displayed in cell it is pulling data from

I have the following table of data with the row of focus highlighted in red. This is being done on Google Sheets. With the following summary page and row of interest highlighted in red The question ...
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Conditioned formatting of a cell in relation to another cell

Cell B1 should be colored red if cell A1 contains a certain string. I thing this should be possible but I don't succed. Thank you in advance for your answer!
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Search for multiple words in a single cell in multipole columns in google sheets

I wrote the Indexes of my notebooks in Google sheets to make them easy to find. But the Find function only looks for one word in the Google Sheets cell. My notes look like this: "Chemistry class ...
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how do I get the sum of hours, from 13:30 to 13.5

How can I have the sum of hours and minutes? For example, I enter in A1 14:20:00 how can I have in A2 the sum that's 14.33?
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Is there a spreadsheet function, than means same formula as a specified cell?

In google sheets. I wish to have the same function in several cells. I could copy the function to all the other cells (this will work). However if I want to change the function, then I need to copy it ...
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Move cell values from one cell to another with scripts

Move cell values from one sheet to another using a button. Consider 3 sheets. One sheet is called "Tentative Attendees." It contains a column of names. Say cell A1 contains "John Doe,&...
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Google Sheets: How can I query all names and display it in another sheet according to it's category?

So I have an employee list and a checkbox according to their skills. How can I get the employee list and display them to another sheet?
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Allow users to make yes/no decisions using checkboxes

I'm looking for a way my users can interact with my scripts. I'd like to use checkboxes to work like a "yes/no" command, where the script does "A" if the checkbox is ticked, and &...
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Google Sheets atomisation

I hope you are all well and healthy! I am looking for a solution in Google Sheets to automate something like this: and it could auto generate something like this Thank you in advance
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Import Values and Sort them by there Type

I have a little trouble with Google Drive sheets / forms. I need to import the answer from one of our forms into another document. The main problem for me is now, I only need the import if the game ...
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Calculate conditional total

I would like to compute for the total unpaid (status is a checkbox,true/false) for any specific person. Name Amount Paid Me 100 ✓ You 20 (unchecked/False) Me 50 ...
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Certain cells do not 'Work' in formulas

So I'll just dive right in. A cell(s) won't work in a formula, for whatever reason. I've tried everything, including duplicating the data to a new section in the spreadsheet, resetting the font/...
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How could I declare my variable C58?

I made a document for work supposed to help my everyday life. It is working Ok but I would like to add some extra features BUT I don't know much about Google scripts. I searched on google docs help ...
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Formula to get the value in the cell(i,j)?

How to get the value in the cell(i,j) of a sheet named 'Sheet X' in Google Spreadsheets? (line i, column j)
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Count in Query not returning anything

When I use the syntax: =query(Clients!A:J,"select H where (H='Yes')",-1) I only get "Assigned" as a result, no # of records.
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Conditional data input validation in Google Spreadsheet

I have spreadsheet that contains three pages: Projects Tasks Tasks are related to Projects Calendar Related to Projects and Tasks. When I select Project in Calendar and go to Task drop down I ...
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How to extract the Account's Name according with the total of members? [closed]

For each relevant row I would like to have ColumnC populated with the value from ColumnA repeated (one above the other) in the C cell the number of times there are separate (one above the other) ...
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Input range as a concatenation [duplicate]

I want to put this ="'Other Sheet'!C"&D5 (where D5 = 1432) in a cell and get the actual value the formula refers to rather than the formula as a string (current result). How can I do that?
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Freeze Image in Google Spreadsheets

I have a spreadsheet (see screenshot below). I want to freeze the image so when I scroll down, the image always stays visible while text rows are scrolled. How can I do this?
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Apply formula to a numeric part of cell value [duplicate]

In a Google Spreadsheet, I have a column of task IDs, with values like T1, T2, T13 (i.e. all values starting with the same text). I would like to use a formula on the values of these cells (for ...
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Use regexmatch to determine if one cell's content contains another's

I want use a cell in regexmatch as regular_expression parameter. My goal is to draw green background for A1 if B1 contains A1 inside of it. How to do this with regexmatch?
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i want that webp urls are arranged in the same order as jpg urls

webp urls have the same names as jpg urls. i want that webp urls are arranged in the same order as jpg urls. they're in Y2:Y17 in google sheets. jpg urls are in Y2:Y9 and webp urls are in Y10:Y17. ...
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Create a dropdown list that only shows items marked as unused! [closed]

I created a table with the list of clients and the licenses they use in different apps, themes, scripts. And these registered licenses appear in a dropdown list so that I can select, but I would like ...
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How to create a "yes/no" answer based on multiple variables

I am trying to create a formula to display "PASS" or "FAIL" based on 5 other columns' information. As long as the numbers in the 5 other columns all meet or exceed the minimums needed then it should ...
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