![]() Must Read: Matches Regular Expression Match in Google Sheets Query. Matches Operator Criterion/Condition from a Cell You May Like: Multiple CONTAINS in WHERE Clause in Google Sheets Query. See that formula used in cell C2 below to understand how I have used the cell reference C1 as the criterion reference along with Contains operator in Sheets Query. The Query formula in cell C2 is using the Contains substring match to partially match the criterion in cell C1. I want to filter values in column A based on the material name dynamically as below in Query. Must Check: CONTAINS Substring Match in Google Sheets Query for Partial Match. Contains Operator Criterion/Condition from a Cell But in those tutorials, I didn’t include how to use cell reference as a condition along with these operators in Query Where clause. In different tutorials, I have explained the use of complex comparison operators in Query. The purpose of using complex comparison operators is string/substring comparison in Query. Cell Reference in Complex Comparison Operators in Sheets Query Query Syntax Where Clause – Criterion as Cell Reference (Date Literal) : =Query(A2:B,"Select * where A <= date '"&TEXT(D1,"yyyy-mm-dd")&"'")įor more examples that involve other literals, please check the linked tutorial above. Query Syntax Where Clause – Criterion Within (Date Literal): =Query(A2:B,"Select * where A < date ''") Literals are values such as strings, numbers, Boolean TRUE/FALSE or different date/time types used for comparisons or assignments. But that only revolving around simple comparison operators such as, >=, =, !=. In my tutorial titled Examples to the Use of Literals in Query in Google Sheets, I have explained how to correctly use literals as cell reference in Google Sheets Query. Starts With and Ends With Condition from a CellĬell Reference in Simple Comparison Operators in Sheets Query.Matches Operator Criterion/Condition from a Cell.Contains Operator Criterion/Condition from a Cell.Cell Reference in Complex Comparison Operators in Sheets Query.Cell Reference in Simple Comparison Operators in Sheets Query.When referring to a cell that contains a condition, we must use at least one of the simple or complex comparison operators. That detail you can find on my earlier tutorial titled How to Get Dynamic Column Reference in Google Sheets Query.Īs I have mentioned above, we can refer to a condition in a cell in Google Sheets Query Where clause. This is applicable to other columns in the Query data. ![]() So please don’t get confused this with the use of cell reference in Where Clause.įurther, when we use “Col1” instead of “A” as a column identifier, we can, of course, use a cell reference to dynamically refer to that column. I am detailing the latter, i.e., Query specified condition in a cell, in this Google Spreadsheet tutorial.Īs a side note, in the Query SELECT, PIVOT and GROUP BY clause what we are using is not cell references but column identifiers like A, B or Col1, Col2, etc. You can enter the specified condition directly within a Query formula or enter in a cell and refer to it in the Query formula. The WHERE clause in Sheets Query function is helpful to extract only the rows that match a specified condition. Use this tutorial as a reference guide whenever you want to use cell reference as a criterion/condition in the Query WHERE Clause in Docs Sheets. The Google Sheet is here if you want to see it in action.Using cell reference in Google Sheets Query is a little tricky but easy to follow once you start using it. Which gives us this much more pleasing chart: Using the Google Sheets QUERY() function I can retrieve the data, count, and sort it at the same time: =QUERY(Data!A:B,"SELECT B, COUNT(B) WHERE B IS NOT NULL GROUP BY B ORDER BY COUNT(B) DESC", 1). This ends up with summary data which is not in order, so when I generate my chart it’s not as readable: I mean it’s readable, but it’s not neat Previously I’ve been using =UNIQUE(Data!B2:B) to grab the unique names, then something like =COUNTIF(Data!B:B,D2) to count each row. Let’s say this is my data, and I want to see which are the most used names: ID In this situation I want a nice neat chart showing from ordered data. When I’ve pulled some data into Google Sheets I often want a way to quickly chart the count of something, maybe it’s support tickets and I want to chart the incidence of particular tags or count tickets for each customer. ![]()
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