Questions tagged [sorting]
Sorting is the process of applying some order to a collection of items.
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How can I make some data on a Google Sheets auto-sorting?
Let's say I want Google Sheets to automagically sort some data, for example column C.
How do I do that?
I know that I can manually sort data by right-clicking and selecting Sort data, but this is ...
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How to reverse the order of selected rows?
Is there an easy way to reverse the order of selected rows?
(Or how about all rows, if that's easier.)
Specifically, in this case, there is no column that could be used for sorting to get them in ...
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Is it possible to sort your email in Gmail by something other than the date received?
I want to sort my email in Gmail by the sender, rather than the date received, is there a way to do this?
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Sort Google Search results by date?
Is there a way to sort Google Search results by date?
(I know how to limit the search to a particular time period.)
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How can I alphabetize a unique result in Google Spreadsheets?
I'm generating a list based on using the UNIQUE function.
How can I get the output to be alphabetized automatically?
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Sort Gmail messages by how long people have been waiting for a reply
I am trying to help someone break the habit of delaying too long in replying to emails. For a select group of email senders in Gmail, I'd like to set up some way of seeing how long it has been since ...
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How to sort posts on Reddit by number of comments?
How to sort posts on Reddit by number of comments?
I'd find this more useful than sorting by votes.
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How to sort Trello cards by date added
Trello is rad. But one thing I haven't figured out:
How to sort cards in a list by the date that the cards were added to the list (or to the board)?
Also, is it possible to show (as a custom field?) ...
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Sorting Google spreadsheet by month and day but not year
I made a Google spreadsheet with a list of birth dates, anniversaries, etc. that I would like to sort by when they occur in the year, not when they first happened.
If you sort by the date normally, it ...
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Prevent Gmail from applying multiple labels
I have recently imported all my mail from Outlook.com and my work email into the gmail accout and I have started to organize the messages using labels. The filters work great and I have managed to ...
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Sorting title with numbers in Google Drive
When I sort by title in Google Drive, I would like it to numerically go 1 → 2 → 3 … etc., but instead it goes 1 → 10 → 100 → 1000 → 1001 → 1002 … etc.
Is there any way to get it to do the first ...
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Is there a way in Google Sheets to order blank cells first?
When I sort a column in Google Spreadsheets, the blanks always seem to sink to the bottom. Can I have rows with blank cels be organized first / highest?
Alternatively, is there a function wherein I ...
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Sorting Gmail contacts by date
Is it possible to sort Gmail contacts by date?
I want to see the last contacts added and couldn't find a way to do this. The only option I see is by first and last name.
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Can I protect rows in a Google Docs spreadsheet from sorting?
I can sort a Google Docs spreadsheet on any column, but that sorts ALL of the rows. I don't want to sort the rows that contain the column labels. Is there a way to protect them from being sorted?
I ...
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Sorting unique rows by a related SUMIF column
I am putting together a worksheet to keep track of expenses. I currently have the following source table called "Expenses":
A B C D
1 Date Description ...
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Google Sheets, how to sort query results manually (Not in query)
My google sheet is importing data from another tab just for sorting purpose, however, when the sort is done manually (through Google Sheet menus), results are unpredictable.
The sheet is populated ...
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How can I sort all worksheets in my Google spreadsheet on open?
I have successfully been able to sort the first sheet in my Google Spreadsheet onOpen, but I'd like to sort all four spreadsheets onOpen and I can't make this work. I've tried quite a few variations ...
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Sort Gmail by Date? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to sort your email in GMail by something other than the date received?
Is there any way to sort Gmail by date in the web interface? The priority inbox is nice, ...
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Sorting a list with points in Google Docs
In Google Docs, how would I go about sorting a list of chapter numbers (for example) with points in between, e.g. 1.1, 1.21, 1.3 in the right way so that 1.21 follows 1.3?
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How to sort groups of rows in Google Sheets?
I have a spreadsheet with lots of related rows. How can I sort the entire sheet in such a way that rows that belong together stay together in groups, and the groups instead are sorted by some common ...
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How do I read a users Tweets starting with the oldest?
I've just started to follow 'RealTimeWWII' but I'd like to read his Tweets to date starting with the first (he has ~850 so far so I think they should still be all there)
I keep clicking 'More' but ...
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How to organize Youtube play lists in Alphabetical order under the Save button?
I've created many YouTube playlists and it's getting harder and harder to find the right playlist when I click on save as they are not sorted alphabetically.
Is there a way to sort the playlists ...
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Sort Delicious bookmarks from all users by popularity
When on the Delicious homepage there is the hotlist > popular bookmarks. This only shows very few bookmarks. Doesn't seem to be actually tagged bookmarks ranked by number of times saved by different ...
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How to GROUP and ORDER data in a Google Spreadsheets?
I want to group and sort a particular data set. I've prepared the data using a QUERY function and using other functions.
Can I order by sum?
This is an example file I created: order by sum
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How to sort cells with text and numbers correctly
This is my example list: example file
As you can see I am sorting all unique elements in row B.
But the "Sprint 9" gets sorted as the highest value, not the lowest. I really have no clue how I can ...
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Dynamically reference data from multiple tabs and sort it
I've got a spreadsheet with multiple tabs of data. The data contains 2 columns, A = Categories, B = Quantity.
I've created a copy of the spreadsheet HERE (please use file > copy) if you would like ...
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How can you change the sort order in reader view?
I'm one of the many people jumping early from Google Reader in wake of the announcement to look for replacements. I'm quite happy with Netvibes' reader view, which is almost exactly what I had with ...
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Sort my Trello cards and lists alphabetically
I have an "Active Projects" board on Trello that has about 60 lists in it, each with about 1-4 cards.
I want to sort the 60 lists I have alphabetically rather that assigning them a number placement.
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How to sort by date with Google Spreadsheet?
Consider the following text in a single column in a spreadsheet:
AAPL 2015 Dec 18 C @ 185.000
AAPL 2016 Mar 18 C @ 160.000
...
How to sort by date?
I tried extracting the date using regex, but it ...
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Sort the pictures of an album by date on geni.com
How do I go about sorting the pictures of an alum in Geni.com by date?
Basically you can sort pictures "manually" dragging them around but as I already took my time to put the correct date on every ...
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Auto Sort Google Sheet with onEdit function
The following function successfully sorts my file (containing 3 sheets) individually. When I hit the "play" button on the script, it properly sorts (as expected) the current (active) sheet. Since my ...
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Auto sort data but by sheet not range
I found this script from How can I apply a script to only one specific sheet within a spreadsheet to auto sort a column:
function onEdit(){
var sh0 = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()....
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How to sort Google Sheets columns by row height
I'm working on a sheet that involves multiple columns corresponding to various data. Each column has a varying number of cells of varying heights with wrapped text. What I want to do is make the sheet ...
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Altering the Sort Filter in Google Spreadsheets
I live in Australia and when I'm putting in dates, I place the date, followed by month then the year. However when I am filtering/sorting my spreadsheet it's coming up incorrectly.
How do I edit ...
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A simple spreadsheet sorting
In a Google Spreadsheet I have different groups of cells in one column to auto-sort. All cells in this column have same pattern of data, all datum have it's own cell and it's needed to be sorted into ...
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Sorting a protected range in Google spreadsheets
I've been trying to make the spreadsheet automatically sort some data, and after some searching I found this post: Automatic sorting.
It works just perfect with my permissions as the owner, but when ...
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Sort Gmail *search results* oldest first
Mail can be sorted oldest to newest in Gmail by clicking on the email count and choosing Oldest. However, for search results, the sort order selections seem to be disabled:
Is it possible to sort ...
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How to sort Youtube subscriptions by updates?
When I enter YT on the left pane I have "Subscriptions" section sorted by the date of the subscription. So as the effect I could have:
Subscriptions
A
D 1
E
F
G 7
--- show more ---
B 3
...
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How to display and sort all Google+ posts based on most voted video/photo?
I would like to display all Google+ posts into my website and I would like to categorise them into:
most voted video/photo
most recent video/photo
How can I achieve the above? I know how to embed ...
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Simultaneously sort multiple ranges on a single sheet in varying orders
I am trying to find a way using a script if possible (or formula) that will allow me to reduce the number of operations that I have perform to sort data in a particular google spreadsheet. Currently, ...
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How to make “Highest Rated” the default on yelp.com
Whenever I start a new search on Yelp, it sets the sort order to "Best Match." Is there a way to have the default be "Highest Rated" instead?
If I can't figure anything else out, I'll set up a ...
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How to use a query to find a row of same name but last entry, then copy a value next to it
I am trying to use a query to copy values from one column to another.
Both source and destination columns have a name on their left columns, and the name must match. The source names could be ...
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Missing sort in Google Spreadsheets menus
I have a Google spreadsheet that has the A column as an ID field (incrementing numbers 1...1000; no formula, just numbers). That column is frozen as is the first row of headers.
I sorted by column B ...
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View IMDb top lists sorted by demographics to give more personalized ratings
How do I view the IMDb top lists sorted by demographics in order to get more personalized ratings?
For example, I would find it more useful if I could view the Top 250 films list, while counting ...
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How to sort a column based on specific text in Google Sheet
I have the following:
=sort(filter('CASES LIST'!C:R,('CASES LIST'!Q:Q="admission")+('CASES LIST'!Q:Q="pending")+('CASES LIST'!Q:Q="PCI")),16,true)
but I want to sort in ...
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Filter Google Spreadsheet Array Formula
I have a spreadsheet with 2 columns. B1 contains a custom function that returns an array that overflows to fill the column. I want to create a few filter views that each show all entries with 1 given ...
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Auto sort of Forms responses so that the most recent one is on top
We use Google Forms to collect guest surveys for our resort. New responses get added to the bottom of the response sheet. While we can manually sort the responses using the time-stamp feature, not ...
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How Many Ways To Sort in Google Spreadsheets
When I'm working in a Google Spreadsheet, I always use the same routine to perform a sort.
Are there more ways to sort, that lead to Rome?
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Google spreadsheet multiple auto-sorting
In a Google Spreadsheet I have different group of cells to auto-sort ascending i.e.
table range a3:c16 columntosortby = 2
table range d18:f31
columntosortby = 5
table range g33:i46 columntosortby = 8
...
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Sorting on a web-published Google Spreadsheet
I have a Google Spreadsheet that is published to the web and embedded in a website. This spreadsheet has data about hotel rooms, such as hotel name, number of rooms, date in and out, etc.
I would ...
