How to automatically pull data between different Google Spreadsheets | Dave Foord's Weblog. Posted on November 4, 2011 by davefoord I have been using Google Docs for quite a few years now, and in particular Google spreadsheets. One feature of Google spreadsheets is there is a function called ImportRange that allows you to pull data out of one sheet and into another.
This can be really useful, if for example you have a spreadsheet that you are using to collaborate with others, and then somewhere along the line you want another person to be able to see some of the data in the sheet but not all of it. e.g. if you are using this to track student grades, you could have a master sheet that you and other tutors can see all of, you could then create a separate sheet for each student, and pull through only the data that refers to them (you then share that sheet with the student) and they have a live constantly updating record of what they have achieved etc. Here is a video showing the basic principle of this idea. Like this: Like Loading... Protect Sheets and Cell Ranges. Google Sheets: Splitting Numbers from Text. In my attempt to create my own gamified gradebook I needed to be able to give a student a score and comments. The problem is how do you input both values into the same cell?!
My solution was to separate the score from the comments using a comma. For example: 12, You did a great job! The first problem I had to overcome was locating where to split up the number from the comment. =Find() The formula =find will locate a text string and return the location of the text string. =find(“,”, A1) Remember that all of your text strings need to be in quotation marks. In my examples the score is the characters to the left of the text string. =left() The formula =left() will return the characters on the left hand side of text string.
=left(A1, 2) The formula =left(A1, 2) will return the left 2 characters. =left(A1, find(“,”, A1) -1) The dilemma is that the numbers we extracted from the text string still are considered text, not a number. =value The formula =value() will convert text to a number. =right() =len() How to Filter Data in Google Docs Spreadsheet? How to filter data in Google Docs Spreadsheet? Explanation Data can be filtered based on the required values which will be helpful for the user to get the result for a particular portion.Filter option can be used with the following steps.Step 1: Choose filter option using any of the following options,Option 1: Click Data → Filter. Option 2: Click Filter icon in the toolbar. Step 2: First row will be added with Filter as shown below, Step 3: Click the downwards arrow and select the fields to be filtered. Add values to filter:Step 1: Click the downward arrow.Step 2: Click "Clear".
Step 3: Select the value to filter and click "OK". Data in the worksheet is filtered with "Tester" value. Add Filter to selected Columns:Step 1: Click Data → Filter. Step 2: Filter is added only to the selected columns A and B as shown below. Related Topics. A Step By Step Guide On How to Create Flashcards Using Google Spreadsheets. January 1, 2015Flippity is a very good tool that you can use on Google Spreadsheets to create flashcards and quizzes. The flashcards you create can be either printed or shared online through a generated link.
The process to create a flashcard using Google Spreadsheet is pretty easy. Here is how to do it: 1- Click on this template and copy it to your Google Spreadsheet by clicking on "file" and " make a copy" 2- Now that you are on the copied version of that template, edit the text and type in the data you want to include in each side of the flashcard 3- Name your flashcards by clicking on "Flashcards" in the bottom. 4- Publish your sheet by clicking on "file " then "publish" 5- Copy the link under the link tab 6- Now click on the "get the link here" tab of your template which is at the bottom 7- Paste that link in the light blue cell to get the link to your Flippity flashcards 8- Click on the generated Flippity link to see and share your flashcards with others. View your flashcard. Google Sheets CHEAT SHEET for Teachers and Students! Images in frozen sections in Google Sheets. Google Spreadsheets: Transpose in 2 easy steps. Today Google announced some new features for Google Sheets on their blog.
Many of the new features are exciting, but one I am particularly excited about is “paste transpose.” One feature of Excel that I use a lot is to paste special and transpose cells, unfortunately this was not a feature in Google Sheets, until now. Transpose is to switch from horizontal to vertical or vice versa. In other words from rows to columns (or columns to rows.). Copy a list of either vertical or horizontal cells. Right click in a blank cell. Notice the list of names now goes across the cells. Like this: Like Loading... How to Create a Jeopardy-style Game in Google Spreadsheets.