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H: Why Google Hangout has two extensions for Google Chrome?
There are two extensions by Hangout available on Google Chrome web store (ext1 & ext2).
Both versions and app sizes are the same. Why have they got two extensions then?
AI: Only Google can say for sure, but it seems to me that it is likely there were two different extensions originally, and they've been able to merge the codebases. Perhaps one had been originally for Chromebooks and the other for Chrome on other OSes.
And, while they've been able to make them identical, some people will have one installed and some the other. Rather than forcing some people to go through the process of uninstalling one and installing the other, they just made it so they're both the same. (They have, in the past, done it the other way, and it generated a lot of complaints and, I'm sure, a lot of people who didn't install the newer one.)
They recently changed the Hangouts extension so that it acts more like the smartphone app. That's probably part of it. |
H: Sumifs when trying to match month only in sheets
I'm having issues pulling the correct data out of this Google Sheet, and could use some help.
Here is the dataset
Hours | Date | Employee
1 | 8/7/16 | Kevin
4 | 9/7/16 | John
3 | 9/3/16 | John
What I'm trying to do is match the month in a table on another sheet to the month in the date column on my example sheet
| Kevin | John |
9/1/16 | 0 | 0 |
My formula in those value fields was:
=ArrayFormula(sum((month('Sheet 1'!B2:B)=month(A2))*('Sheet 1'!C2:C="Kevin")*'Sheet 1'!A2:A))
But it's not capturing all the values and I can't really figure out why.
I'd like to write it like this:
=SUMIFS('Sheet 1'!A2:A,'Sheet 1'!C2:C,"Kevin",'Sheet 1'!B2:B, month(A2)=month('Sheet 1'!B2:B))
The problem with this one is I'm not sure how to extract just the month from the B column on Sheet 1.
AI: Short answer
Try
=ArrayFormula(
SUMIFS(Sheet1!$A$2:$A,Sheet1!$C$2:$C,B$1,month(Sheet1!$B$2:$B), month(A$2))
)
Explanation
Include the month column inside the MONTH function, and adjust the corresponding criteria, then put the whole formula inside ARRAYFORMULA (keyboard shortcut CTRL + Shift + Enter)
Notes: The $ was added to fix the references, and "John" was replaced by the column header, so the formula could be filled right and down without making manual changes.
Alternative 1
This does exactly the same than the above.
=SUM(
IFERROR(
FILTER(
Sheet1!$A$2:$A,
MONTH(Sheet1!$B$2:$B)=Month($A2),
Sheet1!$C$2:$C=B$1),
0)
)
Alternative 2
This formula will create the result matrix automatically with one formula.
=ArrayFormula(
{{"";Date(2016,UNIQUE(FILTER(Month(Sheet1!B2:B),LEN(Sheet1!B2:B))),1)},
query(
{Sheet1!A:C,{"Month";Month(Sheet1!B2:B)}},
"select SUM(Col1) where Col3<>'' group by Col4 pivot Col3",
1
)
}
) |
H: How to update date of multiple photos in Flickr?
I have uploaded 184 photos to Flickr, but the "date taken" of those photos are incorrect. I would like to batch update the dates instead of one by one. How can I do that in Flickr?
AI: The date can be changed using the "Organizer". Do the following steps.
Access the Organizer from the "More" menu select "Organize"
Then add the photos which dates need to be changed by dragging them from the bottom to the area which says "Drag items here to edit them as a batch"
Then click the "Edit Date" button and set the date. |
H: How can I unlike all Facebook Pages at once?
Is there a way to automate the process to unlike all Facebook Pages at once?
Interface screenshots:
AI: There is no official way to unlike all the liked pages at once. You have to unlike one by one. For that type "Pages I like" in search bar at the top on right, it will list all the liked pages and you can unlike one by one.
To unlike all the liked pages at once you can use third party tool.
Facebook Social Toolkit
It's an extension for Google Chrome. Download and install Facebook Social Toolkit form chrome web store. Log in into your Facebook account.
Start Facebook Social Toolkit by clicking on Facebook social toolkit icon.
Click on unlike all pages button and then click on OK button. |
H: Twitter Bio intersection character - how to insert?
I have a tagline I use on my webpage and email signature: People Plants Place with the intersection symbol ∩ between first two strings:
I'd like to use this in my Twitter bio but no success so far.
Is it even possible?
AI: Copy and paste the text (not image) in the bio section. |
H: How to insert quote character (") as an element of URL in importXML function?
My URL contains a quote character, and Google Spreadsheets see this as the end of the URL whereas it is not.
https://api.archives-ouvertes.fr/search/?fq=producedDateY_i:[2013 TO 2015]&fq=docType_s:"ART"&rows=0
How can I use an URL with ImportXML() that has a quote character in it?
AI: Double the quote character, instead of " use """".
Another alternative is to put the URL alone on cell, lets say A1, then put the cell reference in your formula:
=IMPORTXML(A1,"//div") |
H: How to take backup of all bookmarks in to Google Drive For Firefox and Chrome?
I want to take all current bookmarks save into my Google Drive. How to possible?
AI: On Chrome:
Press Ctrl+Shift+O, Bookmark Manager page will open in new tab. Click on Organize, from the dropdown menu select Export bookmarks to HTML file.... Save the file on your local system. Now you can save this HTML file into Google Drive.
On Firefox:
Press Ctrl+Shift+B, A new window will popup. Click on Import and Backup, from the dropdown menu select Export bookmarks to HTML file.... Save the file on your local system. Now you can save this HTML file into Google Drive. |
H: Create filter in Gmail inbox
I wanted to create a filter in Gmail such that the message from specific person goes into my own made labels. Google already have some own labels. and I have also made my own labels but messages does not go into those labels.
AI: Open Gmail.
In the search box at the top, click the Down arrow .
Enter your search criteria. If you want to check that your search worked correctly, see what emails show up by clicking Search .
At the bottom of the search window, click Create filter with this search.
Choose what you’d like the filter to do.
Click Create filter.
When you create a filter to forward messages, only new messages will be affected.
Reference: Create rules to filter your emails |
H: What are the units used in the "last seen" message in Hangouts?
In Google Hangouts I sometimes see messages like this:
last seen 1mo ago
Does mo represent month here? And are there other "strange" units abbreviations used in Hangouts?
AI: "mo" is a standard 2-character abbreviation for "month".
It doesn't seem strange to me. You also don't list what other "strange" abbreviations you're seeing, but here's some you might see:
yr year
dy day
wk week
hr hour
mi minute |
H: Conditional Formatting Custom Formula: If certain cells in a row says "false", then they should be highlighted in red
What I'm trying to do is to highlight rows L to P in red if all cells say "False", and here is the formula I used:
=(sum(arrayformula(n(regexmatch($L2:$P2, "False")))) = 5)
This does not work unfortunately. I also tried the following formula (another way to put it) without any luck either:
=(sum(arrayformula(n(regexmatch($L2:$P2, "True|Unsure")))) = 0)
Next, is a snapshot of the conditional format rule:
Please help me figure out why the above formulas aren't working. If you need to see the sheet I'm working on, I've made a copy here.
AI: Short answer
FALSE and TRUE are Google Sheets keywords, they represent the respective boolean values. To use them as text, use ' as prefix, In the regular expression change False to FALSE.
The "Apply to range" start cell should be L2 instead of L1.
Explanation
Apply to range
The relative references in custom formatting formulas takes the start cell as the pivot. As the values FALSE/TRUE/Unsure start on row 2, on Apply to range instead of using L1 as the start cell, use L2.
Custom formula
The formula
=(sum(arrayformula(n(regexmatch($L2:$P2, "False")))) = 5)
returns #VALUE! and the following error description:
Error
Function REGEXMATCH parameter 1 expects text values. But 'FALSE' is a boolean and cannot be coerced to a text.
Note: To see the above error message in a Google Sheets spreadsheet, add the above formula to any cell not in the columns L-P
As REGEX is case sensitive the formula to use is:
=(sum(arrayformula(n(regexmatch($L2:$P2, "FALSE")))) = 5)
An alternative formula to avoid the use of prefix is the following
=ARRAYFORMULA(SUM(IFERROR(IF($L2:$P2,1,0),1))=0) |
H: Where can I find the Markdown syntax supported by StackEdit?
StackEdit allows you to write documents by using Markdown. I would like to know if it supports all the formatting supported by the Stack Exchange sites including the table format supported by the Documentation Beta of Stack Overflow.
At the time that this question was posted I didn't found any question about the above.
AI: Pass the cursor at the bottom right corner, to extend a toolbar that includes the ? button:
But there are several formats that are not included like spoilers and tables, so the best could be to try the examples on https://stackoverflow.com/documentation/markdown |
H: Deleted Inbox by mistake Outlook.com
I deleted my Inbox by mistake. Have over 5000 mails in Deleted folder. If I select the 'All' checkbox I don't get the option to Move to Inbox. But if I select a group of mails, say 30, I do. Is there a way to bulk move all mails back to Inbox?
AI: You should try to connect with an email client (Outlook 2016, Thunderbird) over IMAP.
When your Mails are synchronized you can move all from the Deleted Mails to your INBOX again.
Be aware that to move the mails will take a few moments !
Outlook.com - Using IMAP with lLients |
H: How to I enable or disable notifications for comments on Facebook ads?
There is no setting for 'Comments on Facebook ads' anywhere to be seen in Facebook business manager or under my personal notification settings?
We used to receive notifications of every comment on every ad we run (these ads are 'unpublished' posts). But they suddenly stopped. My boss is going nuts! How can I turn them back on.
AI: Managed to finally figure this one out.
Like I said we used to get these and they suddenly stopped. No notification setting seemed to apply.
I went to one of the existing email comments and clicked 'Unsubscribe' at the bottom.
On this unsubscribe page I got a clue
Then on your notification settings click 'Edit' next to 'Email' and search for Comments on your links and click Turn On next to it
You must also enable Comments on your videos and possibly other options.
There may be other settings to turn on related to 'Links'. I'm not quite sure how a 'link' is an ad comment but it seems to be the one to enable. |
H: Google Spreadsheet Script for Deleting Rows with Given Value in Given Range
I am looking to delete rows that have a zero in column E in a particular row range. I have the following script, which will delete the rows with a zero in column E but this seems to apply to the whole spreadsheet.
{
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var rows = sheet.getDataRange();
var numRows = rows.getNumRows();
var values = rows.getValues();
var rowsDeleted = 0;
for (var i = 0; i <= numRows - 1; i++) {
var row = values[i];
if (row[4] == 0 || row[4] == '') {
sheet.deleteRow((parseInt(i)+1) - rowsDeleted);
rowsDeleted++;
}
}
I am looking for help in applying this to a range, such as row 10 through row 20 rather than the entire spreadsheet.
AI: Looks that the OP code was taken from the answer by Mike Grace to Delete a row in Google Spreadsheets if value of cell in said row is 0 or blank
The code doesn't check the entire spreadsheet, just the data range. Anyway to check only the rows from 10 to 20 replace
for (var i = 0; i <= numRows - 1; i++) {
by
for (var i = 9; i <= 20 - 1; i++) { |
H: Bookmark / shortcut URL to create a new Google Drive doc
Is it possible to create a URL that will open a new Google Drive document, so that I can save as a bookmark and then will have essentially a short cut my bookmarks bar to be able to open a new doc?
AI: Yes - this is the URL you need: https://docs.google.com/document/create |
H: How to find a song that I rated "thumbs up"
I recently started using Google Play Music and have rated a few songs so far. Now I'm looking for a track that I rated "thumbs up" but can't remember the artist or title.
I expected to find something in "recent activity", but there doesn't seem to exist a list of previously rated tracks anywhere...
Is it possible at all?
AI: From Google Play Help:
You can give songs a thumbs up or thumbs down rating to let Google
Play know your preferences. When you give a song a thumbs up rating,
it appears in your Thumbs up auto-playlist. When you give a song
a thumbs down rating, you won't see recommendations for that song
anymore. |
H: Prevent Gmail from trimming 'identical' email content
My website generates automated emails for email verification.
User story:
The user didn't get the automated email, and requests a new one.
The user receives the new email along with the old email.
Since the contents are identical (except for the href path in one of the links), Gmail trims the second email with the correct link, and the user is unable to verify its email.
How can I prevent Gmail from trimming a 2nd email that has graphically the same content?
AI: Change the message subject, e.g. include a request ID. This way, messages will not be grouped together at all. |
H: How can I change the title of a Wikipedia article?
It appears to me that the title of this page must be changed from "Euclidean Division" to "Euclidean Division Lemma". So, how can I do this given that the "edit" option of Wikipedia only allows to edit the content of the page and not its title.
AI: To rename a page, you need to "Move" it.
The Move link can be found under the "More" menu (assuming you've not customized the user interface). Alt+Shift+M is the keyboard shortcut.
The advantage of moving the article is that it leaves a redirect behind, so that all of the previous links don't break.
See: Wikipedia: Moving a page for more information.
While Wikipedia encourages people to "be bold", you'd do well to discuss the change in the article's talk page first, otherwise you may find your move quickly reverted. Especially since I see several previous discussions about the name of the article that settled on the current name as a compromise. |
H: Sharing photos stopped working in Google Photos
Sometime this week, sharing photos or albums with a link stopped working for me. Happened alongside the slight UI update, I think. Does anyone else have this problem?
Steps to reproduce (from the browser):
Create a new album and put pictures in it or choose a single picture.
Create a sharing link.
Open the sharing link in another browser or in a new private window.
The "album" is empty.
The album is not empty if you open the link when signed in to your account.
I found no mentions of this issue anywhere and some friends also have the same issues. Links generated a couple of weeks ago, which worked last weekend, also don't work now.
Cross-link: This reddit post.
AI: Seems to be a real issue with the service. In this thread in the Google product forums, several people complain about this very thing, then a "Top Contributor" chimes in with:
Hi all, thanks for your reports, I've passed them to the Google Photos team. I'm going to mark this as the best answer so it gets highlighted in the discussion and new users can see it. I'll post any updates here.
The (current) final message in the thread is from 6:07 AM Eastern on 25-September, and it's someone reporting that it's working again. |
H: GCal: quick add event specifying duration and time zone
Let's say you want to book flight BAW182 in your calendar, which departs at 10:55PM EDT and arrives at 10:07AM BST (+1). What's the correct syntax for quickly adding the event? I can't get Google Calendar to recognize the end of the event. (I have this problem even if both start and end are in the same time zone.)
Neither works:
Flight BAW182 at 10:55PM EDT - 10:07AM BST
Flight BAW182 at 10:55PM EDT-10:07AM BST
AI: Durations with Quick Add aren't very precise. The best I've been able to find is to include "for {duration}" with the entry, where duration is for hours or minutes. So, in your case, something like:
Flight BAW182 at 10:55PM EDT for 8 hours
Unfortunately, while I can get it to create entries with a different duration than my default, it's really very basic. For instance, all of these failed:
Flight BAW182 at 10:55PM EDT for 8.5 hours
Flight BAW182 at 10:55PM EDT for 8 hours 40 minutes
Flight BAW182 at 10:55PM EDT for 8:40
Flight BAW182 at 10:55PM EDT for 8:40 hours
I don't see a way to add an end time, either. All of these failed:
Flight BAW182 at 10:55PM EDT until 10:07AM BST
Flight BAW182 at 10:55PM EDT to 10:07AM BST
Flight BAW182 at 10:55PM EDT end 10:07AM BST
Quick Add really seems to be for very basic calendar adds. Anything that gets outside of "something at some time on some day" just doesn't work that well.
(The information in Google Calendar support isn't particularly helpful, and certainly not in this regard.) |
H: Facebook pin post option disappear
Two day ago has disappeared the pin and unpin post option from Facebook group
I created a group of Facebook 5 years ago. I put another administrator too. I used to pin post that I consider important but since 2 day ago I don't find the pin option.
Moreover, I had pinned a post before that problem. So there is a pinned post that I can't unpinned too.
Where is now? What can I do?
AI: As @Aʟ E. has mentioned in a comment, it is a bug. People have been facing this issue for a long time. Hopefully they will fix this soon. Meantime, you can Report a Problem to Facebook.
See the same issue on the Facebook Help Center. |
H: How to stop "dating" advertising on Gmail?
I really like the new ads in Gmail, because I've been able to find very cheap host providers for my websites, however I find it boring it continuously suggest "dating", "meetgirl" etc. I'm really not interested in that spam and I meticulously erase those kind of ads with the following reasons:
not interested
not appropriate
too personal
But regardless of what I do, those kind of ads still shows up. I'm really not interested in that messages, and no, they are not "customized" for me, because I do not visit that kind of websites. Seems that somehow it still thinks I would like that kind of advertising while in reality not. Should I start using an ad blocker? or is there any way to stop that spam now.
AI: I suggest installing uBlock Origin extension. There are several reasons to use adblockers, such as security and faster page load times. |
H: How do I stop Twitter displaying URL contents?
If I tweet something containing wording that looks like (and is) a URL, but not intended to be interpreted as one, Twitter appends content from that URL to my tweet. I want to use the words ASP.NET without them being seen as a URL. How can I do this?
AI: When tweeting replace the dot symbol with it's ASCII value (& #046;) Twitter will then not convert your word into a hyperlink. |
H: Use value of cell as partial argument in A1 notation
I would like to be able to pass arguments to functions using the values of cells. In this case, I would like to do...
=sum('C' + ((E25)+1).toString() + ':' + 'C' + ((F25)+1).toString())
# Arguments passed are the values of the cells E25 and D25, plus one.
Is there a built-in way to do this, or will I need to use the Spreadsheet library and write a function to handle it myself?
AI: You'd use =INDIRECT to make the value into a cell reference.
For example =SUM(INDIRECT("C"&(E2)+1):INDIRECT("D"&F2+2))
This would first get the value of cell E2 and add 1 to it. That number would be the row number for column C.
The second portion adds 2 to the value of cell F2- giving you the cell D whatever.
Working example here. |
H: Gmail Hide Left Panel/Sidebar: Labels, Inbox, Everything!
I have a lot of rules that route unread emails to labels. I'd like to not let them distract me when I want to process the Inbox.
AI: The solution I ended up with is from this site.
Install the "Stylish" Chrome/Firefox plugin
Install the "Gmail autohide sidebar" style |
H: IMPORTRANGE() will not update unless deleted and re-pasted
IMPORTRANGE is not updating on one of my sheets. I've been using it on hundreds of other sheets with no update issues but it is no longer functioning for me.
The sheet is set to update every minute
I have tried the now() trick to get it to update on a recalculation
The formula has to be removed then pasted back in for it to update. If I do an IMPORTRANGE from the sheet to itself, it will update as changes are made.
Any idea what is causing this, or how to fix it?
AI: This was an issue with the sharing settings on the sheets.
It looks like a sheet that is set to Specific People in the sharing settings cannot be automatically imported into a second sheet. If you have access to the first sheet, you can set up an IMPORTRANGE, but it will not update.
The sharing permissions on the first sheet need to be set in such a way as it is always accessible by the 2nd sheet without violating any sharing permissions.
In my case, I set it to Anyone in my organization with a link. |
H: Is it possible to use Gmail's spell-check in Inbox by Gmail?
By Gmail's spell-check I refer to the following feature visible in the compose window:
Screenshots:
AI: I don't think the feature is present in Inbox, as per this response on Google product forums.
There are other spell checkers you could use though like Grammarly. |
H: Embedding Google Calendar into Website - Multiple users on calendar?
I believe I understand how to embed a single google calendar no problem. I simply goto settings > select my calendar > click customize > and then I can customize how I want it to look. I know there are many examples of how to do this part. Please read further for how I am having problems with more users for the embedding tool part.
I am trying to have one calendar combine two other gmail accounts. To make it simple, I will call my combining account, account A and the other two accounts I want it to pull from E and C. I have successfully added them to where I can view them together when just going to the default calendar view:
However when I goto the embedding tool, I don't see the second calendar (listed as C in the first image) as an option:
Notice how the "E" email address shows up but the "C" one does not.
So how do I get calendar "C" to show up on the embedding tool?
AI: I did not find a direct way to have the "C" calendar show up on the joined account "A". The work around I did find is if I went into account "E", (which did display correctly on A) shared calendar "C" with "E" and selected it inside of calendar "E".
Once I had it selected actually then it started to show up on calendar A. |
H: Is it possible to delete the revision history in a Google Spreadsheet or Doc?
Is it possible to delete the revision history in a Google Spreadsheet / Doc?
I've added some information into a shared Google Doc that I own that I don't want in there, I've deleted the data, but its still viewable if you go into the revision history. Is there a way to delete / clear the revision history other than making a copy of the document and re-sharing it, essentially as a new document?
AI: At this time it's not possible to delete revisions on the revision history of Google spreadsheets / documents. As the OP already figured out, the workaround is to make a copy of the file. |
H: IMPORTRANGE and Query say column does not exist
I want to get the sum of hours an employee, whose name is in Cell D1, was absent by referring to a table. The table is on a sheet named Sep. The word Sep is a string typed in A97. I am able to accomplish the query within my workbook, with the formula:
=QUERY(indirect(concatenate($A97,"!A2:$F")), "Select sum(F) where A = '"&$D$1&"' label sum(F)'' ")
I also verified that my IMPORTRANGE formula is working. (Because my Stack Exchange account is new, it won't allow me to put more than two links in this posting. So, I took out the full link in the formula below, even though I correctly use the full link in my actual formula.):
=importrange("1033hNIUutMjjdwiZZ40u59Q8DvxBXYr7pcWyRRHAdXk",concatenate($A97,"!A2:$F"))
But, when I try and put it all together, I get the error:
Error Unable to parse query string for Function QUERY parameter 2: NO_COLUMN: F
This is the formula I'm attempting to use:
=Query(importrange("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1033hNIUutMjjdwiZZ40u59Q8DvxBXYr7pcWyRRHAdXk",concatenate($A97,"!F2:$F300")), "Select sum(F) where A = '"&$D$1&"' label sum(F)'' ")
Here is a link to the Google Spreadsheets.
AI: I added a sheet on your doc with 3 variations on how you can get the data you want...
To only get the cell by itself you have to remove the "select" Col1 from the first formula and also wrap it in index to only get the row you care about:
=index(Query(importrange("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1033hNIUutMjjdwiZZ40u59Q8DvxBXYr7pcWyRRHAdXk",$A97&"!A2:$F"), "Select sum(Col6) where (Col1='"&$D$1&"')"),2,)
To be super specific like you asked in your question by point to column D you can do this:
=Query(importrange("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1033hNIUutMjjdwiZZ40u59Q8DvxBXYr7pcWyRRHAdXk",$A97&"!A2:$F"), "Select Col1,sum(Col6) where (Col1='"&$D$1&"') group by Col1")
If you actually wanted a small table that aggregates all the data by unique name with summed values you can just use pivot or group by within query:
For group by:
=Query(importrange("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1033hNIUutMjjdwiZZ40u59Q8DvxBXYr7pcWyRRHAdXk",$A97&"!A2:$F"), "Select Col1,sum(Col6) where Col1<>''group by Col1",)
For pivot (my favorite):
=Query(importrange("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1033hNIUutMjjdwiZZ40u59Q8DvxBXYr7pcWyRRHAdXk",$A97&"!A2:$F"), "Select sum(Col6) where Col1<>'' PIVOT Col1")
I like to add headers on top and transpose the query horizontally so it looks like this:
={"Employee","Hours";TRANSPOSE(Query(importrange("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1033hNIUutMjjdwiZZ40u59Q8DvxBXYr7pcWyRRHAdXk",$A97&"!A2:$F"), "Select sum(Col6) where Col1<>'' PIVOT Col1"))} |
H: Using the FIND function in a range in Google Sheets
I'm trying to use Google Sheets to make a register-type file. In this file, I have a column of names of people that should be attending and another column where I write the names of the people I have already seen, in separate cells, so I can track other things like time they arrived and food preferences etc. I'm trying to create a FIND statement to search for the names to automatically cross people off the list that have arrived. This is what I've tried:
=FIND(C30, F3:F10)
And it gives the error:
Error
An array value could not be found.
I've managed to make it work by using:
=FIND(C30, F3)
but that literally only searches one cell, which is not helpful at all.
Is there any way I can search a range of field for the phrase in another field? If you want to see an example of what I need, here's a link.
AI: If you also make the argument a range, also the cells your describing in the question do not match the sample sheet you shared - based on the sheet and the cells it is referring to, this is the formula that works:
=IFERROR(ARRAYFORMULA(FIND(B12:B18, B3:B9)))
IFERROR basically avoids showing #N/A when the value is not yet found, and since you want to apply the find function to the list of names you have written you need to pass it a range of names to look up, completed by wrapping it with ARRAYFORMULA .
If you share a more complete sheet that is closer to the actual results your trying to get it would be easier to come up with a more dynamic answer, likely a simpler way to do it also .
To match in any order you should move your search list to another column or sheet , pretend you move your list of names to start in cell I2 you would update your formula and enter it in H2:
=IFERROR(ARRAYFORMULA(FIND(H2:H, B2:B))) |
H: How long should I wait for the Facebook team to enable my account?
My account is disabled. I sent my passport and my birth certificate for verification.
So, is there anyone here who has gone through this and knows how long a banned user should wait for a response?
It’s been a week since I sent the reactivation request. Is it because the provided information (birth certificate/passport) are not in English and Facebook needs time to translate them?
AI: The time required to complete the Facebook ID verification process varies. Generally it takes from 30 minutes to 1 week. In some cases there is no response from Facebook support team for the long time (It depends on why they have blocked your account.)
See this thread Why is ID verification taking so long?, top answer also said to wait for atleast one week. |
H: How can I click on an email in Gmail to select it instead of open it?
I would like to select an email by clicking on it instead of opening it to be able to perform an action, such as archiving or deleting it.
AI: The only way is to tick the checkbox you can see in most left of each email listing. |
H: How can I send emails in background in Gmail?
Background
I found this that suggests the following:
I went to look for this setting but cannot find it:
Question
Is there an alternative way to send emails in the background in Gmail?
AI: It looks like that labs entry was either removed or incorporated into gmail.
This is from the link you provided in your question:
Note that background sending is currently the default (and only)
option in Gmail. You need not enable or do anything to have Gmail send
in the background.
also note the blog entry was updated on September 16 2016. |
H: How can I filter a set of data based on a column containing a given date in sheets
I have a set of data in sheets, and the first column is an automated date added record. I would then like to filter this data set on a number of criteria including whether the date added matches a date input into a certain cell, in this case A2.
The date added record is in the format 10/03/2016 19:25:45.
The filter I am currently trying to use is
=FILTER(
'Output Checker'!A:P,
'Output Checker'!A:A=contains(A2),
'Output Checker'!L:L <2,
'Output Checker'!M:M ="NO",
'Output Checker'!N:N ="Yes",
'Output Checker'!O:O ="NO"
)
where A2 = 10/03/2016
but this keeps throwing up a
N/A No matches are found in FILTER evaluation.
AI: Short answer
Try
=FILTER(
'Output Checker'!A:P,
ROUNDDOWN('Output Checker'!A:A)=A2,
'Output Checker'!L:L <2,
'Output Checker'!M:M ="NO",
'Output Checker'!N:N ="Yes",
'Output Checker'!O:O ="NO"
)
Explanation
Google Sheets doesn't have a built-in function called CONTAINS.
To evaluate that a date-time value met a date only criteria, round down the date value. This works because Google Sheets uses serialized numbers for date-times where, days are whole numbers and hours are fractions of a day (1 hour = 1 / 24 of a day). |
H: Leave a team in Trello
I've created a team and a board in Trello, but I no longer want to belong to it. Is it possible to leave the team and the board without deleting the board and give it to a member of the team?
AI: To leave a board in Trello, open the board menu on the right side of the board, click "More" and choose "Leave Board". This will remove your user from the board, which means you may no longer be able to access the board.
reference: http://help.trello.com/article/804-leaving-a-board-in-trello
Trello won't let you leave a board if you're the only admin or member of that board. Presumably, someone needs to be in control of the board. If this happens, and you still want to leave the board, you can make the user named 'trello' an admin of that board and then leave the board. 'trello' is a demo user we created for the Welcome Board and is not used by an actual human. |
H: How to remove "[Friend] Liked this post" from my Facebook news feed?
In Facebook, I often have posts titled "Your friend liked this" and the thing they liked is from a page that I don't follow or interact with.
How can I stop Facebook from adding these types of posts into my feed?
AI: Read this -> What does it mean to see first?
If this is your current setting and bothering you, changed it.
You cannot stop "Your friend liked this" notification directly from your News Feed. This is your friends activity, to stop this you have to unfollow your friends.
Note: If you unfollow someone, you will not be able to see any update from that person on your News Feed. |
H: What is an exact limit of attachments that can be sent in a single message to Google Groups?
Groups administrator FAQ says (emphasis mine):
Yes, the maximum size limit for messages sent to a group is 25 MB, including attachments (the normal Gmail limit). Group owners or managers can edit specific groups to set lower size limits. The default size for a message sent in Google Groups is 25 MB.
A moment ago I've tried to send a message to my own group, having four lines of plain text and a total of two attachments (PDF files) -- 13 009 kB + 3 427 kB (16 MB according to Windows). I was blocked from doing so with an error message that total size of message exceeds group limit.
What am I missing? Where is the remaining 9+ MB to really exceed mentioned group limit?
(I'm group creator / owner / admin and for sure I haven't set lower limit, simply due to the fact, that I don't even know, where such limit can be configured in group management panel)
Some side-notes and research effects:
1. An answer to this question says something about 4 MB limits per file, which is something totally new for me. Is this still an active limit (question asked in 2012, but answered this year) as I don't find even a trace of 4 MB limit in Groups administrator FAQ?
This would fit to my case as one of the attachments has 13 MB of size. But, again, I don't know, if that 4-MB-per-file limit really exists as this is something new to me.
2. Four years old comment to the very same question says that I can use an URL like this:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!groupsettings/YOURGROUPNAME/information
However, after using it (with replaced correct group name) I can't find any size-limits-related setting in neither this or any other section of my groups configuration.
AI: Short answer
According to several posts, the limit for individual file attachments is 4MB1,2. There is no official documentation about this.
Explanation
It's usual that users get confused by the way that Google use the term "groups". as there are:
Contacts groups in Gmail and Google Contacts
Groups created from the G Suite admin console
Google Groups, http://groups.google.com
Google Groups for Business, http://groups.google.com/a/yourdomain.com
The referred Groups Administrator FAQ by the OP is about groups created from the G Suite admin console and about Google Groups for Business.
While Google Groups for Business and Google Groups are very similar, some features and limits are not the same. I.E. a Google Group for Business group administrator could change the message size limit while a Google Groups group administrator can't.
The Official documentation for Google Groups could be found at http://support.google.com/groups. The official documentation for Google Groups for Business is included in the G Suite Administrator Help. Both editions are in scope of the G Suit Help Forum - Google Groups Category. |
H: Are draw.io diagrams publicly visible by default?
When I create a new draw.io diagram, regardless of the storage used, will it be publicly viewable?
AI: No, unless you explicitly publish or share it. |
H: Google Sheets execute script only in certain range on certain sheet
Currently I use this script to put a timestamp in a column when a value is entered into a cell in the same row but different column.
function onEdit(e) {
var sheet = e.source.getActiveSheet();
var r = e.source.getActiveRange();
if (r.getColumn() == 4) {
sheet.getRange(r.getRow(),r.getColumn()+4).setValue(new Date());
}
}
It works fine except I only want the script to work within a certain range on certain sheets, ie only when a value is entered in a cell in the range D6:D100, will the corresponding cell in H6:H100 be updated with the timestamp, and only have this occur on Sheet1 and Sheet2 but not anywhere on Sheet3.
AI: function onEdit(e) {
var sheet = e.source.getActiveSheet();
var sheetName = sheet.getName();
if ( sheetName == "Sheet1" || sheetName == "Sheet2" ) {
var r = e.source.getActiveRange();
if (r.getColumn() == 4 ) {
var col = r.getColumn();
if ( col >= 6 && col <= 100 ) {
sheet.getRange(r.getRow(),8).setValue(new Date());
}
}
} |
H: Query using group by but only displaying the latest entry for each item
I'm working on a spreadsheet that records logistics reports via a Google form. We have 100 locations and logistics personal visit and report on condition of each location, i.e. the location needs maintenance etc.
We have 3 categories of location: Priority locations that need to be visited daily, secondary locations that need to be visited a minimum every other day, and other locations that we aim to visit a minimum of every 3 days.
Each logistics visit is recorded in the spreadsheet via the form it captures:
Column A = Time Stamp,
Column B = Location,
Column C = Damage Yes/No,
Column D = Damage Description,
Column E = Personnel ID,
I want to create a query that groups the entries by location so that only the last visit for each location is displayed.
And use conditional formatting relating to latest visit date to highlight:
Green visited today,
Amber visited yesterday,
Red visited three days ago.
AI: Query is not an option for your task, try this formula:
=ArrayFormula(VLOOKUP(UNIQUE(FILTER(B2:B,B2:B<>"")),QUERY(SORT(A2:E,1,false),
"select Col2, Col1, Col3, Col4, Col5"),{2,1,3,4,5},0)) |
H: How can I continuously follow the cursor of a person in Google Docs?
Background:
I can click on the avatar of a user to see his current cursor position in Google Docs or Google Sheets.
However, I need to repeatedly click on the avatar if I want to follow the user continuously.
Screenshot:
Question:
Is there any possibility to continuously follow the cursor of a user without having to repeatedly click on his avatar?
AI: AFAIK it's not possible at this time. It's worth to say that there a couple of related features:
File > Revision History
File > See new changes
For further details see See the history of changes made to a file |
H: Since YouTube comment downvotes don't subtract from the score, what are they actually used for?
Youtube comments currently look like this:
When you upvote a comment, the "thumbs up" symbol becomes blue for you and one point gets added to the score immediately, making it look like this:
When you downvote a comment, the "thumbs down" symbol also becomes blue for you. However, nothing is subtracted from the comment score. Nor does YouTube display the downvotes separately. Instead, it looks like this:
What does YouTube actually do with the downvotes?
I'm assuming it's something considering they have a downvote button at all. (As opposed to the "up only" approach of SE comments, for example, which would be the logical choice if downvotes didn't do anything anyway.)
Does it have anything to do with which comments get displayed and which don't? Is it some sort of under-the-hood stuff that most users won't understand?
AI: Like so much that Google does, only Google can answer. I can find no official pronouncement of what it is for, but there's a lot of people complaining about it.
One conjecture suggests that Google uses it as a signal so it knows what comments to automatically filter. Quoting from the Official YouTube blog:
First off, we’ve improved the ranking system that reduces the visibility of junk comments. It’s working—the rate of dislikes on comments has dropped by more than 35 percent across YouTube.
This makes sense to me. For one thing, nobody likes to see their stuff downvoted. (Witness all of the tempests in a teacup that pop up constantly all over Stack Exchange.) I also think the "thumbs down" is a slightly different signal than "thumbs up". If one person votes up and one person votes down on a comment, meh. But if 50 people vote up and 35 people vote down, that would indicate to me that there may be something significantly wrong with the comment. I think people are inclined to vote up something that they agree with or they find mildly amusing, but probably won't go for the vote down unless it really "bothers" them. (I think this is especially true of a vote down doesn't affect the "score".)
Of course, without an official pronouncement from Google, all you're going to get is speculation. |
H: GAS Script Date Manipulation
I am trying to add 7 days to the current date and name a sheet with that value. Below is the code I would think would work, but it keeps the date format and adds the 7 days to the year rather than the day.
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var tz = ss.getSpreadsheetTimeZone();
var sheets = ss.getSheets();
var date = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), tz, 'MM-dd-yy');
var day1 = date +7
sheets[1].setName(day1); // Rename second
Do I have something incorrect?
AI: Short answer
Use setDate JavaScript method.
Explanation
Google Apps Script use JavaScript to handle date objects, so you should use JavaScript methods instead of typical Google Sheets methods.
By the other hand, Utilities.formatDate() returns a string, not a date object.
The following script set the name of the second sheet as the date of seven days from now:
function myFunction() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var tz = ss.getSpreadsheetTimeZone();
var date = new Date();
var nextDate = new Date();
var days = 7;
nextDate.setDate(date.getDate() + days);
var stringDate = Utilities.formatDate(nextDate, tz, 'MM-dd-yy');
ss.getSheets()[1].setName(stringDate)
}
References
Add days to JavaScript Date |
H: How to find my Gmail SMTP Server
I want to activate Blat, but I don't know my SMTP Server which is needed. Is there a way using the command line, or in Gmail itself to find it?
AI: Gmails SMTP Server address is: smtp.gmail.com
You can login with your email address and password.
More info at: G Suite Administrator Help. |
H: How to reply to an email to add a comment on Facebook?
Background
Facebook sends me emails about new comments with the following footer:
Problem
If I reply to this email from my email associated with my Facebook account, I receive the following error:
Question
How can I reply to a comment on Facebook by email?
AI: Facebook has removed email functionality back in mid of 2014.
Might be they have forget to remove this Reply to this email to add a comment. from email notification. You can Report a Problem to Facebook or report it to the Notification team: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=236395803106201. |
H: Remove Protection from Range
I have created 50 spreadsheets for 50 students. Each spreadsheet contains 33 sheets, numbered 1 to 33, along with a couple of other sheets. Within each of these 33 sheets, there are many protected ranges. I accidentally protected a range that ought not to have been protected. So, with 50 students each having 33 sheets, I have over 1800 sheets to unprotected.
I want to loop through each sheet, 1 to 33, and remove protection from cell F15. Right now, I (the owner) am the only editor. Since I'm not an actual programmer, I've clearly not done this properly. Can someone offer a suggestion of how I can change my Google Script to make this work?
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheets = ss.getSheets();
for (var i=2; i <sheets.length; i++) {
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[i];
sheet.activate();
SpreadsheetApp.flush();
var range = sheet.getRange('F15');
var protection = range.protect().setDescription('Protected range');
var me = Session.getEffectiveUser();
protection.addEditor(me);
protection.removeEditors(protection.getEditors());
if (protection.canDomainEdit()) {
protection.remove();
} //end of if statement
}
AI: Try this code:
function start() {
var idFolder = '0B79ClRnKS87QcW9XbVhrcFZxd28'; // change
var sheetNames = ['1', '2', '3']; // change
var strRange = 'A1'; // change
deleteProtection(idFolder, sheetNames, strRange)
}
function deleteProtection(idFolder, sheetNames, strRange) {
var folder = DriveApp.getFolderById(idFolder);
var contents = folder.getFiles();
var file;
var sheet;
var sheets;
var sheetName;
var range;
var strRangeProtect;
var protections;
var protection;
var app = SpreadsheetApp;
while(contents.hasNext()) {
file = app.openById(contents.next().getId());
sheets = file.getSheets();
for(var i = 0; i < sheets.length; i++) {
sheet = sheets[i];
sheetName = sheet.getName();
protections = file.getProtections(app.ProtectionType.RANGE);
for (var i = 0; i < protections.length; i++) {
var protection = protections[i];
var range = protection.getRange();
var sheetName = range.getSheet().getName();
strRangeProtect = range.getA1Notation();
if (strRangeProtect == strRange && sheetNames.indexOf(sheetName) > 0) {
protection.remove();
}
}
}
}
}
Befor you start:
First you need to paste all the files into one folder, then copy it's id:
and change this lines:
var idFolder = '0B79ClRnKS87QcW9XbVhrcFZxd28'; // change
var sheetNames = ['1', '2', '3']; // change
var strRange = 'A1'; // change |
H: Email Bounced Outlook.com - SMTP error - Can't Add Send As Email
I'm getting the following error when sending any email:
host se002.arandomserver.com [208.43.240.3]
SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
550 Messages should have one or no Date headers, not 2.
So I decided to disconnect my account which was set as "Send As", however I can not add it back as a send as (Outlook removed this option?). Anyways, I setup the account again as a POP account.
However, I'm still getting the error. I talked to my host and they said its an issue with outlook.com.
I should add that the email configuration works with Gmail, Thunderbird and other third-party mail clients. It's just outlook.com that's giving me a hard time.
Anyone have a fix for this one?
AI: By the way, the above error we all get with external accounts is an incompatibility of the NEW outlook with the popular SpamExperts outgoing spam blocker that most web-hosts use. The new outlook fails to send emails VIA these connected external accounts because it fails the SpamExperts filter due to "Messages should have one or no Date headers, not 2."
outbound.mailspamprotection.com is the address of the SpamExperts service. I have already contacted them, it is NOT a fault on their side, it is the new outlook. The old outlook was passing the filter without problems. |
H: Change date format [YYYYMMDD] to [MM/DD/YYYY]
I generated a report that formats date as 20160509 and my Google Sheets locale is already set to United States. I've played around with various options within Format > Number > Date Format but I can't change the dates to MM/DD/YYYY format without doing a simple find and replace. How do I accomplish this?
AI: Assuming your string is in cell A1, this formula will convert it to a date. You can then format the date however you prefer.
=date(left(A1,4),mid(A1,5,2),right(A1,2))
Or, take the leftmost four characters as the year, the rightmost two characters as the day, and two characters in the middle starting at position 5 as the month, and convert it to a date.
19961210
turns into
12/10/1996
(standard American date format)
From Google Support:
date(year,month,day)
left(string,character count)
mid(string,start,count)
right(string,character count) |
H: ":-( Something went wrong" error in Hotmail/Outlook.live.com
I've been able to access hotmail.com / outlook.live.com every day on this PC, but today I received the following error in Google Chrome:
Hotmail isn't down for everyone, and I'm also able to access it through FireFox or by using an Incognito window in Chrome.
I tried clearing my cookies for just this website by doing the following:
I first tried clearing the cache like this: I pressed F12, and then use "Clear Cache and Force Reload" by holding the Reload icon with my mouse. This didn't work.
I then tried clearing the cookies like this: I clicked the green lock next to the https-url, went to the cookies (there were 33), and removed all of them. This didn't work either (and currently it has 20 cookies every time I try to access the page again).
I've tried blocking and unblocking the website.
I've also looked in Fiddle4 what happens when I browse to hotmail.com, which was the following:
Nr Result Protocol Host URL Body Process
1 200 HTTP Tunnel to outlook.live.com:443 0 chrome:1684
2 200 HTTP Tunnel to mail.live.com:443 0 chrome:1684
3 200 HTTP Tunnel to auth.gfx.ms:443 0 chrome:1684
4 200 HTTP Tunnel to auth.gfx.ms:443 0 chrome:1684
5 200 HTTP Tunnel to auth.gfx.ms:443 0 chrome:1684
6 200 HTTP Tunnel to login.live.com:443 0 chrome:1684
7 200 HTTP Tunnel to login.live.com:443 0 chrome:1684
8 200 HTTP Tunnel to login.live.com:443 0 chrome:1684
It's weird that it only shows 200 results, because when I look at the Network tab of the Google Chrome F12 menu it ends with:
Name: https://outlook.live.com/owa/auth/errorfe.aspx?owaError=SDServerErr;null&owaVer=null&be=null&msg=SDServerErr&reqid=null&inex=null&creqid=...&fe=null&cid=null
Status: 500
Type: document
Initiator: /owa/?bO=1:173
Size: 26.1 KB
Time: 45 ms
I then tried clearing my entire cookies, cache, downloads, browser history, etc. for the last week. Now when I went to hotmail.com I went to the login screen, instead of the error-screen above, so I thought it was solved. When I logged in however, I get the same error again.
I then tried the same as above, but logged in with a different hotmail account that I've used in the past for spam when creating one-time accounts. But this leads to the same error..
My network experience is pretty bad, so now I don't really know what to try next. Does anyone perhaps know what causes this issue, or better yet, how to resolve it?
PS: Yes, I came across this similar SU question, but it doesn't have any answers, and I tried what was mentioned in the comments (with the green lock).
EDIT: Hmm, now about 10 minutes later when I go to hotmail.com (out of habit..) it goes to https://outlook.live.com/owa/languageselection.aspx?url=/owa/?bO%3d1 with the following screen:
When I fill in the language and timezone (it's Dutch btw), it goes to the following url with error: https://outlook.live.com/owa/lang.owa
The custom error module does not recognize this error.
Which gives a 449 error when I look at the Google Chrome network tab. I've never seen this error before, but apparently it's 449: Retry With - The server cannot honour the request because the user has not provided the required information.
So I now get a different error, but I still can't access hotmail through Google Chrome. I'm convinced something is wrong with the owa-requests, but I'm not sure what.
EDIT 2: Back to the first error again.. >.>
AI: I had the same error, but pausing Ad-Block fixed it for me. |
H: Keyboard shortcut for jumping to Google Sheets formula bar
I couldn't find this shortcut in Sheets support. Basically I want a keyboard shortcut that makes me jump to the formula bar.
AI: There isn't one.
If the cell is blank, just start typing.
If the cell has content, press F2 and you'll be able to edit. (Microsoft Excel is the same.)
I'm afraid if you want to get into the formula bar you'll need to use the mouse. |
H: Custom website search through Google
I often search the Matlab website for answers to Matlab questions, but built in search is terrible, so I use google instead. In order to use Google to search Matlab for answers, I have to type "matlab 'whatever question'." I would like to eliminate having to type matlab before every search through Google. Is there a way to search matlab.com with minimal browser clicks and minimal typing?
AI: Short answer
Set the Google Search Results as your homepage on your browser or use custom search engine.
Explanation
Google Search results pages use URL parameters to pass keywords, filters and some other search options, so you you find a search results pages that that could work as the desired start point to refine your searches you could save that URL. The common ways to do this are to set the desired URL as your browser homepage or bookmark it.
By the other hand, you could create a custom search engine.
Some web browsers like Google Chrome allow users to create custom search engines also you could use Google Custom Search.
References
Set your default search engine |
H: How to use IMPORTRANGE with a variable range-string pulled from a cell?
I'm trying to create a user friendly sheet where data is pulled from a different Google Sheets based on input from the user. So far I have this working:
=IMPORTRANGE(C40,"2016 Data!W2:W13")
Where the user inputs the spreadsheet_key into C40 (i.e. - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abcdef1234)
My problem is that I would also like a variable range_string (i.e. - 2016 Data!W2:W13) where the column name, i.e. - W, is the variable that the user adjusts. I've been able to get this far where user inputs W into cell B41 with this function:
="""2016 Data!"&B41&"2:"&B41&"13"""
to generate:
"2016 Data!W2:W13"
in cell C41. When I reference this cell in the IMPORTRANGE function, like this
=IMPORTRANGE(C40,C41)
I get this error:
#REF! - Cannot find range or sheet for imported range.
How can I get IMPORTRANGE to recognize the range_string from cell C41?
AI: If your referring to the cell where the regular text is you don't need to add the additional "" around the ="""2016 Data!"&B41&"2:"&B41&"13"""
just simply enter: ="2016 Data!"&B41&"2:"&B41&"13"
You only add the additional quotes when your directly entering that data into the formula, not when its via the cell reference |
H: Repeat X times when dragging down
I have a list of (unique) numbers which I want to drag on another column but have it repeat each an X number of times.
Column A: current data;
Column B: desired output for X=2;
--------------------------------------------------
| | A | B |
--------------------------------------------------
| 1 | Number | Repeat number twice |
--------------------------------------------------
| 2 | 123 | 123 |
--------------------------------------------------
| 3 | 231 | 123 |
--------------------------------------------------
| 4 | 444 | 231 |
--------------------------------------------------
| 5 | 312 | 231 |
--------------------------------------------------
| 6 | 543 | 444 |
--------------------------------------------------
I want a way of dragging down starting at B2 all the way down to B:1000 and repeat each number in column A an X amount of times.
AI: It's possible with a rather simple formula. Enter this formula in the first cell you want to drag from, and then just drag down.
=INDIRECT("A"&(ROUNDUP(ROW(A1)/2)+ROW(A$2)-1))
Explanation
INDIRECT() takes a string argument and returns a cell reference
"A"& just tells us which column to look for values in
ROUNDUP(ROW(A1)/2) is what gives is the repeating row numbers
It always starts on row 1, which gives us 1/2 rounded up = 1
Next time 2/2 rounded up = also 1
Then 3/2 rounded up = 2
4/2 = 2
And so forth
The reason for using a cell reference is for the number to increase when dragging down.
+ROW(A$2)-1 moves down to the specific row.
In this case we move down 1 row (2-1)
In most cases this could be set to the cell above the first value (+ROW(A$1)), but it wouldn't work when the value is in the first row
Modification
You'd have to modify this if the cells aren't exactly as in your example.
The string A refers to the column with the values that should be repeated
A2 refers to the cell in the first row in the column (row 1, in any column really, not the first row with a value)
A$2 is the first cell with a value
If, for example, your first value is in B12 you change it to:
=INDIRECT("B"&(ROUNDUP(ROW(B1)/2)+ROW(B$12)-1)) |
H: Approve a sender's email address before seeing message contents
I'm receiving abusive emails from an individual on my Gmail account. I have blocked their emails but they just keep making new email addresses (I have to turn the page multiple times to reach the end of my Gmail block list it is that bad). I can't change my address as it has too many important things linked to it. Is there a way to see the senders email address without seeing the message contents and then, only once you approve that sender are you able to read the message. (I can tell it is the abusive person because they use distinctive email addresses.)
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
AI: Yes, you can see the sender's email address before you open the message. In the message list, simply hover your mouse over the sender's name. After about a second, a usercard will popup which will display, among other things, the email address.
You can then copy the email address (to add to your block list) and delete the message without looking at it.
Unfortunately, the other part of your question, only displaying messages from addresses you approve, isn't something that's part of Gmail. (At least, not practically. You can create a custom search that only pulls back the emails that you want, but it'd be an ever expanding list and you'd eventually run out of room in the search field. See: How to implement a white-list-based system in Gmail?) |
H: How to divide thru a row of columns in a spreadsheet automatically with a stationary cell in the same row?
I have a spreadsheet that I use every week to track sales of an item for 5 weeks. First week of sales goes in Column E, second week goes in Column F, etc.
Column J has the # of locations that carry that particular item.
Column K is my average $$ per location :The sales of the week (Column E,F,G,H or I- depending) divided by the # of locations (Column J).
Every week I have to change the formula in Column K to correspond to whatever week I am in for that particular item. Ex =E1/J1 for the first week, next week F1/J1, the next week G1/J1, then next week H1/J1, then the final week I1/J1.
Is there a script that would automatically divide the latest week entry without me having to update the formula in Column K every week for every row? I have hundreds of items, and changing the formula in every row in Column K is very time consuming.
Would a Javascript work? Something like: Divide I by J. if cell I is null, divide H by J. If H is null, divide G by J. If G is null, divide F by J. If F is null, divide E by J.
AI: Short answer
Try
=IFERROR(OFFSET(E1,0,count(E1:I1)-1),0)/J1
Explanation
The desired calculation could be done by using formulas. As the scripts run on Google Servers, if you are able to do something with formulas try them first as usually they will do calculations faster than a script that does the same.
It's worth to say that you could create custom functions and do some automations by using Google Apps Script1.
1: Extending Google Sheets |
H: I cannot get the QUERY function to work with IMPORTRANGE
I am using the function below to QUERY an IMPORTRANGE range based on IS NOT NULL conditions:
=query(IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O5DeZ9LFLpGbp8b2aGst57XLEP7ZiOnc-2b552sQLz0","Referrals!A1:AB1080"),"SELECT Col2, Col3, Col4, Col6, Col8, Col22, COL28 WHERE COL28 is not null")
I get:
#VALUE! Unable to parse query string for Function QUERY parameter 2: NO_COLUMN" COL28
I cannot find where I went wrong with the code.
COL28 is Col AB in the IMPORTRANGE sheet.
Could someone please assist?
AI: Short Answer
Replace COL28 by Col28
Explanation
Column names are case sensitive. |
H: How do I increase the width of a table in OneNote Online?
I have a table in the OneNote app in Office365. I want to increase the overall width of the table, and I also want to add columns to it.
However, whenever I try to drag the right side of the table, the overall table width remains the same while the last column is made wider by stealing width from other columns.
The same thing happens when I try to add a column; the overall width remains unchanged and the new column steals width from the existing columns.
I've also tried selecting the entire table by right-clicking on it to bring up the toolbar, then clicking Select->Select table. Unfortunately, when I try dragging the rightmost edge of the table, it again just makes the last column wider and shrinks the other columns.
How can I widen a table in OneNote Online?
AI: After tinkering around for a while, I discovered that the table width is fixed to the size of the parent container, which is normally not selectable for some reason when you create a new table directly on a page.
The mouse cursor is not visible in the above screenshot, but I am hovering over the table. By default, hovering over the table does not allow you to locate and grab a handle that resizes the overall table's width.
I found 2 solutions:
Edit the note in the desktop OneNote application.
You will be able to see that the table is in a parent container, which you can resize as needed. Interestingly, once the edits sync back to Office365, OneNote Online will now render the parent container when you hover over the table, so you can now resize it in the webapp, as well.
In the OneNote webapp, double-click in an empty region of the page, then hover over the table. This will make the parent container visible, so you can move your mouse to the edge and adjust the parent container's width (and, consequentially, the table's). It seems by default, the table's width is only adjustable when a different content area has focus. |
H: Wildcards in Google advanced search
I have been using Google advanced search operators like intext:, inurl, intitle, etc. And I know that when search in Google we can use * as a wildcard operator.
But I have tried to used * as the wildcard operator in advance search operators. As a example intext:scien* to search words like science, scientific, etc. And it seems to be not working.
Can anyone please tell me how to use wildcards in Google advanced search operators?
AI: Short answer
At this time Google doesn't have an operator for word variants.
Explanation
Google used to have tilde ~ as search operator for word variants but it was retired1 from the official help article2.
References
1: Google's Tilde Operator No Longer Works
2: Search operators |
H: Send to multiple URLs based on selection
Can I send users to different pages based on information submitted on the form?
I have a multiple choice question with four choices which leads to four outcomes based on the selection. Below is a calculation inserted into the submit button:
=if HowManyMilesDoesYourCarHave.contains("25,001-50,000") then "outcome02.html" else "outcome02.html"
This works to send users to the one page, but how do I include the other three selections?
AI: To redirect users to different pages based on their selection:
Add a calculation field to your form labeled "Redirect URL" (or something similar). Its type should be Text, as this field will output a URL or website address.
Use the following if/then statement as your calculation:
=if Choice = "First Choice" then
"http://www.mywebsite.com/outcome01.html" else if Choice = "Second
Choice" then "http://www.mywebsite.com/outcome02.html" else if Choice
= "Third Choice" then "http://www.mywebsite.com/outcome03.html" else if Choice = "Fourth Choice" then
"http://www.mywebsite.com/outcome04.html" else ""
Make sure to replace "Choice" with the name of your choice field and "First Choice", "Second Choice", etc. with your choice field options.
Find your form's Confirmation Options from the Submission Settings, and insert the calculation field into the Redirect Url section. Now, when a particular choice option is selected, the user will be redirected to a specific page depending on their choice. |
H: How to extract data from a column by sorting birth dates' column according to given a date?
I have a sheet on which there are students' birth dates. What I would like to do is to put a number on top of a column, and if any birth date is between the range of today() and today+the number, for them to show up under this column. Something like this:
If a name shows up under tomorrow, it is not showing up in another category. As I understand to get this data we need to compare those birth dates to today() and for example for tomorrow:
x = today()+1 AND x != today()
If this request is going to cause too much workload, you can dismiss it. Showing the same name under every category is fine, as long as I get the closest ones so I can keep track of them all the time.
Here is the file of the picture above.
AI: Does this work?
C2: =FILTER(A2:A7, B2:B7 = TODAY())
D2: =FILTER(A2:A7, B2:B7 = TODAY() + 1)
E2: =FILTER(A2:A7, B2:B7 >= TODAY() + 2, B2:B7 <= TODAY() + 7)
F2: =FILTER(A2:A7, B2:B7 >= TODAY() + 8, B2:B7 <= TODAY() + 14)
G2: =FILTER(A2:A7, B2:B7 >= TODAY() + 15, B2:B7 <= TODAY() + 30) |
H: Can I send a different email for a paid submission vs an unpaid/declined submission?
I would like to create a Cognito payment form and I would like to send out a different email (with a corresponding unique mail merge attachment) for a completed payment vs an incomplete/unpaid submission.
While I realize that I can install an approval gate, I would much prefer this to be an automated process because otherwise it could be up to 48 + hrs before I am able to approve everything (depending on the numbers).
AI: I am a developer with Cognito Forms.
You can set up two conditional emails to go out, one if the payment is being made online (via the form) and a different email if the user will be paying via cash or check.
Both of these emails can be set up in the Email Notification area of Submission Settings. You can have both emails target a Choice field that is asking how the user will be paying.
Cognito Forms will not send out any email until the form has been submitted, and if payment is being collected on the form, a form must complete payment before it can be submitted.
There is not a way to have an incomplete/unpaid submission when you are collecting payment with a Cognito Form. |
H: How can I extract the First Word in a Cell when the words are separated by a comma?
So let's say this is column C.
Coker, Jared
Palmer, Drew
Bryant, Will
I want to pull just the first word from these cells to another cell in say column O.
How does one go about doing this?
AI: The easiest way is to use a pattern-match feature called "regular expression matching":
=REGEXEXTRACT(C1, "[^,]*")
This means: Extract a sequence of not-comma characters.
Another possibility is to use the SPLIT() function, but it stores each of the split-out substrings (e.g. "Coker" and "Jared") in separate cells. If the string has more commas, SPLIT() will store into more cells.
Another possibility is to use SEARCH() or FIND() to find the first ,, combined with LEFT() to extract the left part of the string:
=LEFT(C1, FIND(",", C1) - 1)
but this will produce a #VALUE! error if the string doesn't contain a ,. |
H: How do you extract data using QUERY when a reference cell contains an Apostrophe?
=QUERY('DK Salaries'!$1:$1000,
`"Select B, C where A='"&A184&"'
And B contains'"&O184&"'
And B contains'"&N184&"'
And F='"&Q184&"'label B'', C''")
The cell O184 I am referencing contains an Apostrophe. The value is "Da'Ron". This is returning an #VALUE! error:
Unable to parse query string for Function QUERY parameter 2. PARSE_ERROR: Encountered "Ron" at line 1, column 44....
How can I edit this QUERY to accommodate a value with an Apostrophe?.
AI: Instead of
'"&O184&"'
Use
"""&O184&"""
(replace ' by "")
Reference
https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/docs/O4XN3Jvk0i4/5Fkd7XsvB8cJ |
H: Web search for file with known name - to download
I know a file is available somewhere on the internet for download whose exact name I know, e.g. abc-def-ghi.pdf. If I enter the filename into the Google search box, Google does not find it.
I found the file by searching Google for text which is contained in the file. From this Google search, I can download the file. Also, later I can download the file again just by entering the URL found by Google search.
How though can I use Google to search for web pages where this file is available for download?
AI: Maybe this searchterm helps you: allinurl: "abc-def-ghi.pdf" filetype:pdf.
You should also check out Googles advanced search: https://www.google.com/advanced_search |
H: Automatically transpose imported txt file rows to columns in Google Sheets
I have a small program created to set matrix values after pre-determined patterns assigned to me. The matrix values are printed column by column to a text file (as per instructions given to me). For example, each row in the .txt file sample below would be a column of information:
1,2,3,4,5
4,5,3,5,6
4,5,1,6,9
I wish to import this file to Google Sheets in its actual matrix format so that I can look at the patterns:
1 4 4
2 5 5
3 3 1
4 5 6
5 6 9
I have found google sheets will automatically put this data into rows for me, and then I have found information here about the Transpose function that I can impose manually to change those rows to columns. These matrices will be many and arbitrarily large. Is there a way to automate the transpose?
AI: One way to make it really automatic would be to stick the CSV someplace online. Then you could do something like . . .
=TRANSPOSE(IMPORTDATA("http://woodwardtw.github.io/test/comma.csv"))
That way any time you changed the CSV source file the SS would change with it.
Alternately, I believe making a new sheet and simply setting a wide cell pattern referencing your raw data sheet will get you there. Putting the following on Sheet 2 flips the data from Sheet 1 into columns. You might need to set your end cell to something more aggressive outer bound. Example here.
=transpose(Sheet1!A1:Z20) |
H: CarQuery auto database
I'd like to use the CarQuery database of year/make/model in my Cognito form.
Can Cognito Forms be paired with CarQuery?
AI: I'm a developer with Cognito Forms.
At the moment we can not look up data in other systems, but this is a feature on our Idea Board. You can vote for this feature, and other features that you would like to see us work on for future Cognito Forms releases. |
H: QUERY() ignores query when combined with array
Please consider the following Google Spreadsheet Formula:
=QUERY(
ARRAYFORMULA({
IMPORTRANGE("f333fHFF5sf6YxO4342Y4BIV3242KJTaarqU","Sample!A1:A"),
IMPORTRANGE("f333fHFF5sf6YxO4342Y4BIV3242KJTaarqU","Sample!SB1:SB"),
IMPORTRANGE("f333fHFF5sf6YxO4342Y4BIV3242KJTaarqU","Sample!SA1:SA"),
IMPORTRANGE("f333fHFF5sf6YxO4342Y4BIV3242KJTaarqU","Sample!CY1:GP")
}),
"SELECT * WHERE Col2 <> 0 AND Col1 IS NOT NULL",1)
The Query expression won't work. I've tried to modify everything with it, but it always yields the same results. Is this caused by the interaction between QUERY() and ARRAYFORMULA, or by {}?
In other cases I would prefer doing this by importing the whole range and selecting the Cols as i please, but keep in mind that the last imported range adds up to 96 Columns, so this solution grows unpractical pretty fast.
Any ideas how to fix this?
AI: Ok, so I've figured it out somehow by adding an extra array {}. No idea why this is working, but hey...
=QUERY({
ARRAYFORMULA({
IMPORTRANGE("f333fHFF5sf6YxO4342Y4BIV3242KJTaarqU","Sample!A1:A"),
IMPORTRANGE("f333fHFF5sf6YxO4342Y4BIV3242KJTaarqU","Sample!SB1:SB"),
IMPORTRANGE("f333fHFF5sf6YxO4342Y4BIV3242KJTaarqU","Sample!SA1:SA"),
IMPORTRANGE("f333fHFF5sf6YxO4342Y4BIV3242KJTaarqU","Sample!CY1:GP")
})},
"SELECT * WHERE Col2 <> 0 AND Col1 IS NOT NULL",1) |
H: Conditional Formatting Script to Change Font Size in Google Sheet
In Google Sheets I'm trying to find a way to conditionally format the font size of the cell for Column A in a row, based on text found within the cell of Column B in the same row.
For example, if Column B in Row 2 contains "Most Wanted", then Column A in Row 2 should be font size 12, bold and underlined. (Normally it is plain text and size 10.)
It's pretty easy to change bold and underline formatting with the built-in conditional formatting but I can't find a way to change the font size as well.
Right now I'm using an adapted script I found and edited it to suit my needs. But it changes the font for the entire row. I'm not sure if there's something simple I need to edit or if I need an entirely new script. I'm not great with scripts. I was only able to edit the easy stuff. Below is the adapted script I'm using now and here is an editable test sheet that it's currently attached to:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N4BT50HifwBS_qP4Tt6kxqwEOp2N-wVQxv7Jo2t0vQA/edit?usp=sharing
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
//Sets the row format depending on the value in the "Wanted Level" column.
function setRowColors() {
var range = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getDataRange();
var wantedlevelColumnOffset = getWantedlevelColumnOffset();
for (var i = range.getRow(); i < range.getLastRow(); i++) {
rowRange = range.offset(i, 0, 1);
wantedlevel = rowRange.offset(0, wantedlevelColumnOffset).getValue();
if (wantedlevel == 'Most Wanted') {
rowRange.setFontSize('12').setFontWeight('bold').setFontLine('underline').clear;
} else if (wantedlevel == 'Want') {
rowRange.setFontSize('10').setFontWeight('bold').setFontLine('none');
} else if (wantedlevel != 'Most Wanted' || 'Want') {
rowRange.setFontSize('10').setFontWeight('normal').setFontLine('none');
}
}
}
//Returns the offset value of the column titled "Wanted Level"
//(eg, if the 7th column is labeled "Wanted Level", this function returns 6)
function getWantedlevelColumnOffset() {
lastColumn = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getLastColumn();
var range = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange(1,1,1,lastColumn);
for (var i = 0; i < range.getLastColumn(); i++) {
if (range.offset(0, i, 1, 1).getValue() == "Wanted Level") {
return i;
}
}
}
AI: Instead of range.offset(...) use something like SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange(i,1) |
H: Have page numbers in base 2?
I would prefer to have the page numbers on each page in binary, instead of decimal. Is there anyway I can do this?
AI: No, sorry. Automatic page numbers can only be in base 10. |
H: Moving a linked site contained in a Facebook post
Several people shared a Facebook link to a temporary site I was running. I will be taking this site offline soon as I have the permanent one in place. Is there any way to get Facebook to update the links in these posts to the new address?
AI: Nope. As far as I know, Facebook doesn't do anything with an "HTTP 301 - Moved permanently" error code (unlike Google Search).
If you can't leave a redirect behind, I'm afraid you're going to have to rely on the people who posted those links changing them. |
H: Input range as a concatenation
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?
AI: Try
=INDIRECT("'Other Sheet'!C"&D5,TRUE) |
H: Associate two email addresses (for invitations) with the same Google Calendar?
I have a Gmail account a@gmail.com that is set up to send mails out of my work email account a@example.com. This works legitimately with Gmail's feature to Send mail as:
(Use Gmail to send from your other email addresses) in the Accounts and Import settings in Gmail.
Problem: sometimes people invite me to meetings via Google Calendar with the a@example.com account, whereas my Google Calendar (Google account) is set up in my a@gmail.com. I'm using Gmail features again (no forwarding): invitations sent there are fetched from a@example.com, that is, using the Check email from other accounts: feature to my Google mail (Gmail) account.
When I try to accept them, they give the following error:
Google Calendar invitations cannot be forwarded via email. This event belongs to a@example.com and you are logged in as a@gmail.com. Please ask the meeting organiser to add you to the event from Google Calendar.
If Google is making it easy for me to fetch emails and send them from other aliases, how do I integrate that into the Calendar app?
One of the official answers at https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/calendar/NZKP-Toxz-U indicates I should create a separate account for a@example.com, which defeats the purpose (I think) of the Gmail fetch and send email as features. Is this just an example of inconsistency with feature-creep in Google's products?
Note: this question Invitations to different Google Calendars within one account is not the same one I'm asking.
AI: The instructions at http://www.tekgrl.com/accepting-google-calendar-invites-to-a-non-gmail-account/ worked for me, taking into the account the comments at the end. Here's a summary:
Google has finally fixed this, all you have to do is enable a setting in your Google Calendar to be able to respond to any calendar invite sent to any of your Gmail alternate addresses. Here’s how you do it:
[from the comments] Set up the alternate email address a@example.com for your Google account. The option in Google Calendar below may not show up unless you have. Here is Google’s help article for setting up alternate addresses.
[from the comments] Wait some necessary time for the Google Calendar to recognize you've added the Alternate Email from step above.
In Google Calendar (on a@gmail.com account`) click the gear icon and choose Settings.
Select your primary calendar in the Calendars Configuration menu item on the left pane.
In the “General Notifications” section for your primary calendar, check the box “Allow me to respond to event invitations forwarded from these addresses.”
Note that invitations already sent before you set this up won't work. Only new invitations will work properly. |
H: Copy & Consolidate Data from Multiple Columns Into One New Column in Google Sheet
I have a "Have"/Want" checklist for collectible trading/game cards. I would like to convert the "Have" and "Want" entries into consolidated data in a new column, but using different text labels than the actual "Have" and "Want" entries of the checklist columns.
For example: "Have" in Column C should results in "Normal Card" being added into Column B. "Have" in Column D should results in "Foil Variant" being added into Column B... etc. Any other words should be ignored.
The best way to explain it better is to just show you with this editable test mock-up sheet.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bOkYDvBM-TOW4Ix7iaWc6aG1HoEJQzIOj-qmuTHQ81w/edit?usp=sharing
It's explained and shown much more clearly in the test sheet. There are two sheet tabs. One is the desired affect I am going for with the explanations. The other is for editing and adding formulas, etc.
I would normally provide something more to work from and I apologize for not. But I just have no idea where to even start with this one. Any help on at least how to get started would be great.
AI: Short answer
On a copy of the sheet Desired example, try the following:
Clear B2:B
Add the following formula to B2
=ArrayFormula(TRANSPOSE(REGEXREPLACE(REGEXREPLACE(TRIM(
QUERY(TRANSPOSE(IF(C3:F12="Have",C2:F2,)),,2000000)
),": ",", "),":","")))
Explanation
IF is used to replace cell values Have by the column header (row 2), other values are replaced by blanks.
QUERY & transpose are used to concatenate the row values. This adds a space as separator.
TRIMS replaces the consecutive spaces by a single one.
The first REGEXREPLACE replaces : by , , the second to eliminate the remainding :
ARRAYFORMULA returns an array. |
H: Why does the official documentation for Sheets functions incorrectly use commas to separate parameters?
Why does the Google Sheets documentation for functions incorrectly use commas instead of semicolons to separate parameters?
For example, the documentation for =SORT gives the usage example:
=SORT(A2:B26, 1, TRUE)
whereas I need to replace the commas with semicolons for the formula to work:
=SORT(A2:B26; 1; TRUE)
Comma syntax did not work at all but caused formula parse errors and massive headaches before I learnt about it.
The function help is being called from within a spreadsheet in the web application that uses a German locale, but it is the US documentation that is being shown. This behavior is also happening in the mobile IOS app.
AI: Because for most of Google's users in the U.S., commas are the correct parameter separators. It's only for places like the EU where you need to use semi-colons instead.
(I expect that it's because a comma is a decimal separator in those places, but I'm really just guessing.)
Google seems a bit inconsistent in their language-specific help pages. (See, for instance, this answer.) |
H: How can I import rows from one mastersheet to another sheet where row has value "test"?
Mastersheet name: Recherche. Sheet name where the data has to be copied to: Leads. Mastersheet has data filled from Column A4 to Column M4 (both going down to 1,000 rows), looking like this:
Mastersheet
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#| Column A |Column B |Column C |........ |........ |........ |Column M |
1| value | value | value | value | value | value | value |
2| value | value | value | value | value | value | "In Overleg" |
3| value | value | value | value | value | value | value |
If a cell in Column M consists of the value: In Overleg then I want the entire row (to which that specific cell belongs) to be copied to the other sheet.
Other sheet should look like:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#| Column A |Column B |Column C |........ |........ |........ |Column M |
1| value | value | value | value | value | value | "In Overleg" |
I have tried the following:
=filter(importrange("*my_spreadsheet-key*","Recherche!A1:A1000"),importrange("*my_spreadsheet-key*","Recherche!M4:M1000")="In Overleg")
but it errors with:
Error No matches found in the evaluation of FILTER.
How can I do this?
AI: I tried the below and it worked!
=FILTER( Recherche!A4:K , Recherche!M4:M1002 = "In Overleg" )
Now each and single row where column M has the value "In Overleg" will be copied to the other sheet. |
H: Is there a way to reorder the category tabs in Gmail?
Gmail presents its category tabs in the order Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates, Forums.
I'd like to move Promotions to the end and move up Updates to the second position for my work e-mail, since that is where all automatic reports go, all notifications about new tickets, and so on.
Can I reorder the tabs?
AI: I'm afraid not. (At least, not at this time.) All you can do with the categories (beyond "Primary") is turn them on or off.
An option for you is to create a custom label for your work email and have those messages drop into "Primary". Easy enough to do with a filter. |
H: How to use a Logical OR Operator in Google Spreadsheet?
Currently I am using this function to copy/paste rows from the Mastersheet that have a cell that consists of the value "Beleggersprofielen" to my worksheet.
=FILTER( Recherche!B4:N , Recherche!O4:O1002 = "Beleggersprofielen")
But I would like this function to also check whether another column consists of another value. Because than it that specific row may also be copy/pasted.
I tried the following:
=FILTER( Recherche!B4:N , Recherche!O4:O1002 = "Beleggersprofielen"| Recherche!C4:C1002 = "11 - 20" )
But this gives error: Parse Error
How can I use a Logical OR Operator in my function?
EDIT
I tried the following
=FILTER( Recherche!B4:O,(Recherche!M4:M1002="Beleggersprofielen")+(Recherche!E4:E1002="11 - 20")+(Recherche!E4:E1002="21 - 50")+(Recherche!E4:E1002="51 - 100")+(Recherche!E4:E1002="101 - 250")+(Recherche!E4:E1002="251 - 500")+(Recherche!E4:E1002="501 - 1000"))
This results in: success.
AI: Formula
Instead of
=FILTER( Recherche!B4:N ,
Recherche!O4:O1002 = "Beleggersprofielen"| Recherche!C4:C1002 = "11 - 20" )
Note: Added a breakline for readability. This haven't affect how the formula works.
Try
=FILTER( Recherche!B4:N1002,
(Recherche!O4:O1002="Beleggersprofielen")+(Recherche!C4:C1002="11 - 20"))
Note: FILTER require that the arguments be of the same size
Explanation
For scalar formulas use OR, for arrays use + or ADD.
The pipe character could be used as OR operator in functions that allow regular expressions, FILTER isn't one of them.
OR function allows scalar values, not arrays.
In Google Sheets, booleans are coerced as 1 (TRUE) and 0 (FALSE) in some functions. Other may require the use of N.
Due to the precedence rules, enclose each comparison between parenthesis. |
H: Sort QUERY results to the 4th character of a string
I'm trying to pull a list of people based on their last names. The catch is I only want to QUERY people with last names that fit between an alpha range to the 4th character.
Example
I only want names that fall between Mimz and Sand
I have this formula, but it doesn't go to the 4th character and I don't understand how to update.
=QUERY(data!B1:J30000, "Select B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J where lower(D) matches
'^(m[k-z]|[n-r]|sa).*' order by D")
I believe the adjustment needs to be made here (m[k-z]|[n-r]|sa) but I don't know the syntax.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Link to copy of report tab
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rL0ufamiMfC6qZhalsPw9s0SuKuBdXuNGVx_JtoOSEc/edit#gid=1728510345
Link to copy of data tab (simplified)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rL0ufamiMfC6qZhalsPw9s0SuKuBdXuNGVx_JtoOSEc/edit#gid=2033321539
AI: Since this is more a regular expression logic update, I can contribute:
Try:
'^(mimz|mi[n-z]|m[j-z]|[n-r]|sa[a-m]|san[a-d]).*'
Just keep in mind that the range above needs to differ by the first character. If not, then pull the common characters out. For mimz-mitz:
'^mi(mz|[n-s]|t[a-z]).*'
Not saying there isn't an easier way -- this just helps you update this particular way in the future. |
H: Create a contact from web
How can I create contact in web.whatsapp.com? I would like how to do it exactly from web, not mobile. It seems this option is not included.
I have tried to enter phone or name directly and "enter" it but it only lists existing users or nothing at all.
AI: Short answer
At this time is not possible.
Explanation
I searched for this some time ago and just did it again.
The Web UI doesn't include any hint about how to do this.
The Official Web FAQ doesn't include a topic about this. |
H: Why doesn't my product review on Amazon show all photos?
I wrote a review to a product I bought last week, and just posted a review yesterday. The thing is I uploaded like 8 or 9 photos of my item, and only 3 appear on my review. (This is the same in a mobile or desktop browser.)
Why is that happening? How can I get all of my photos to appear?
I am providing screen shots of my screen so you can better understand.
AI: Apparently it started showing all the pictures I don't know what happened...
I didn't change anything. |
H: Reenable unfurling (expanding) of media and attachments in Slack
In Slack (at least in their Mac app)1, you can click on the x button on the left side of an inline media (unfurled attachment) and close it.
When you do so, Slack shows a dialog and asks you if "Are you sure you wish to remove this attachment from the message?" and there is an checkbox that gives you the option to "Disable future attachments from this website?".
I checked that box an permanently disabled expansion of media from a certain domain. But now I want them back, but cannot find a way to do so.
So basically, I want to re-enable expansion of inline media for URLs from a domain I disabled through that dialog.
1 It is not a native client problem. The same story holds for the web client or the Mac or iOS clients. I actually tried them all.
AI: You will find the list of blacklisted links in the Admin Settings > Attachments tab. |
H: Query date in Google Sheets in format >date
I have this query
=QUERY(
'Monitor'!$A$4:$AB,
"select * WHERE " & IF(C2="Yes","A=1 ",IF(C2="No","A=0 ","(A=0 OR A=1) ")) &
"AND " & IF(ISBLANK(C3),,"D="&C3&" ") & "AND "& IF(ISBLANK(C4),"B IS NOT NULL ",
"B="&C4&" ") & "AND " & IF(ISBLANK(C5),"F IS NOT NULL ","F> "&C5&" ")
)
The last part refers to dates where
C5 = Date in format YYYY/MM/DD
F = Column with dates in same format
I want to get only the rows where the date is larger than that of cell C5.
I don't get an error back, I just get an empty range. I've checked if the other filters could be the reason but they're not.
Couldn't find answer here and do not want to use FILTER.
Any ideas?
AI: Worked like this
=QUERY('Monitor'!$A$4:$AB,
"select * WHERE " & IF(C2="Yes","A=1 ",IF(C2="No","A=0 ","(A=0 OR A=1) ")) &
"AND " & IF(ISBLANK(C3),,"D="&C3&" ") & "AND "& IF(ISBLANK(C4),"B IS NOT NULL ",
"B="&C4&" ") & "AND " & IF(ISBLANK(C5),"F IS NOT NULL ","F> date'"&
TEXT(C5,"yyyy-MM-dd")&"' ")) |
H: How to calculate total of a column per group?
How can I generate the Total column from the below screenshot?
As you can probably see, it's a total of all of the Quantity values for a given Order number. From which I can derive Proportion, and that part's nice and simple once Total is filled.
I think there's probably a simple solution but I can't my head around it.
AI: Please try:
=sumif(A:A,A2,B:B)
in C2 and copy down to suit. |
H: How to filter range and return only specific columns?
This is what I have tried just yet:
=QUERY(FILTER(Recherche!A4:O1002), "select Col1, Col15, Col2, Col3, Col4")
based on this format
=QUERY(FILTER(B:D,D:D>=2),"select Col2, Col1")
What I get is the following error:
Error Can query string to parse for Parameter 2 function QUERY:
NO_COLUMN: Col15
AI: The solution:
=QUERY(Recherche!A4:O1002, "select A, O, B, C, D") |
H: How can I remove the labels Social, Promotions, Updates, Forums in Gmail's compose window?
I would like to remove the labels "Social", "Promotions", "Updates", and "Forums", from the Gmail compose window.
AI: They're not labels per se, but inbox categories. They're put into your labels list as a convenience, so that moving messages into or out of a category is easier. Moving a message into or out of a category informs Gmail how to categorize similar messages in the future.
You can turn them on or off in Settings > Inbox > Categories.
Unfortunately, you can't remove them from the labels list. Probably because even though you may not be using/showing them, Gmail still uses them. (This is true even when using an alternative Inbox option, like "Priority Inbox".
All messages are automatically labeled for the first 5 categories even if you don't show the categories in your inbox.
So, short of some possible HTML/CSS trickery in your local browser, you cannot remove these categories from the labels list. At least they're sorted to the bottom. |
H: How to make hundreds of URLs clickable in Google Docs
I am migrating documents to Google Docs that contain many URLs. If I hit Enter after each one, the link becomes clickable. But I'm looking for a way to convert all URLs (text starting with http:// or https://) to be clickable.
Is there a macro, add-on or script I could run?
AI: I did some research on using Google Apps Scripts and I came up with this script that works for my needs. I hope it's useful for someone else too.
function onOpen() {
DocumentApp.getUi().createAddonMenu()
.addItem('Make URLs Clickable', 'makeUrlsClickable')
.addToUi();
}
function makeUrlsClickable() {
var urlRegex = 'http[s]?:\/\/[^ ]+';
var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getBody();
var urlElement = body.findText(urlRegex);
while (urlElement != null) {
var urlText = urlElement.getElement().asText();
var startOffset = urlElement.getStartOffset();
var endOffset = urlElement.getEndOffsetInclusive();
urlText.setLinkUrl(startOffset, endOffset, getOnlyUrl(urlText.getText()));
urlElement = body.findText(urlRegex, urlElement);
}
}
function getOnlyUrl(text) {
var startOffset = text.indexOf('http');
var endOffset = text.indexOf(' ', startOffset);
if (endOffset === -1) {
endOffset = text.length;
}
return text.substring(startOffset, endOffset);
} |
H: Google sheets custom function for testing if a Google Document is shared with me
I'm trying to find out if a Google document is shared with me before I open it. I collect student work via a google form and I want to add a function to the responses spreadsheet that tells me 'if' the document is shared with me. Is this possible?
I've tried the following, but I couldn't get it to work. Plus, if it does work, it only tells me 'if' it has editors, not if the document has me as an editor.
function isShared(){
var editors = DriveApp.getFileById().getEditors()
if(editors.length > 0){
return true
}
return false
}
Target Document
demo
Document ID's are in column G and I'd like "true" or "false" displayed in column H.
AI: Short answer
DriveApp can't be used in a custom function because it requires authorization to access files1, so run the script from the script editor or from a custom menu.
If a file isn't shared with you, getFileById will return an error, so it's not necessary to check any other file property.
By one side, Google Apps Script has execution time limit of 6 minutes. If you has many file IDs it could be possible that you should run the script by subsets.
1: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/sheets/functions#using_apps_script_services
Explanation
From https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/drive/drive-app#getfilebyidid
getFileById(id)
Gets the file with the given ID. Throws a scripting exception if the
file does not exist or the user does not have permission to access it.
Code
Run myFunction from the Script Editor or by using a custom menu.
function myFunction(){
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Period6');
var range = sheet.getRange('G2:G20'); //Gets the file's ID range
var output = SHAREDWITHME(range.getValues()); //Checks each value on the selected range
//Sets the results to the right of the selected range
range.offset(0, 1).setValues(output);
}
/**
* Check files IDs are from files shared with me
*
* @param {A1:A5} input The range with file IDs.
* @return TRUE or FALSE
*
*/
function SHAREDWITHME(input) {
if (input.map) { // Test whether input is an array.
return input.map(SHAREDWITHME) // Recurse over array if so.
} else {
try {
var file = DriveApp.getFileById(input);
return 'TRUE'
} catch(e) {
return 'FALSE';
}
}
} |
H: Can Google Sheets use date data validation to make one column greater than another?
I would like my target completion column to have a date that is greater than my start column. Excel supports a date validation option but I do not see this in Google Sheets.
Is it there and I just don't know how to use it?
I saw this question: Restrict the valid values in one cell, based on the value in another cells
but I can't see how to get it to apply to the same row in the other column. Obviously I don't want a new rule on each cell.
AI: Short answer
Yes, Google Sheets can.
Instructions
Optional. Select the range to apply the data validation
Right click on the selected range or click on Data > Validation...
Optional. Write/edit the range to apply the data validation
Click on Criteria and select Date
Set the rule options including a formula using the top left cell reference, i.e. =A1
Click on the Save button. |
H: Make Facebook use 24h format instead of AM/PM
Facebook always shows me hours as AM and PM (12-hour clock).
When creating Facebook events it is cumbersome, and on several occasions I have scheduled a lunch for 12AM.
How to make Facebook use the 24 hours format, while still keeping the interface in English?
AI: A solution is to change Facebook's language to British English:
Settings > Language > Which language do you want to use Facebook in?
Select English (UK) and now you can now create events using the 24 hours format: |
H: I cannot make text white in Google Sheets
I am trying to make text white in a Google Sheets. I select the text, changed its color to white:
... and when I click in another cell or press Enter to validate, it goes back to the base color:
Although this is not blocking, it is certainly more readable to have white text in cells with a background color, so I would love to find how to do this...
In case this wasn't clear, what I am trying to do is to have complete control over the colors of the text used within cells - for example, having two (or more) colors cohabit in one cell, the way text editors "normally" function when dealing with text colors:
(screenshot of Apple Numbers)
AI: Select the text
On the Google Sheets toolbar, click on the text color button
Click on white
NOTE: To be able to apply different colors different parts of the cell content, the value data type should be text. You could coerce the value data type as text by prepending a single quote/apostrophe '
Example: |
H: How can I create an anchor link in a Google Docs document?
Let's take the following example document:
How can I create an anchor link for the heading "How to boost sales" to share this document position with another user?
AI: You can create a bookmark.
Place the cursor where you want to link to, and select Insert → Bookmark from the menu.
Click the Link item in the popup menu:
The browser location bar now shows the URL to the bookmark, which you can forward to other users (that have access to the document, of course). |
H: Evaluate date inside a query
I am attempting to perform a query in Google Sheets, and one of the things I need to match is a date. I have seen other posts on this topic, but I am not having success. The advice that isn't working for me involves this phrase: (Col4=date '"&TEXT(A14,"yyyy-mm-dd")&"'
Here is the whole formula:
ARRAYFORMULA(IMPORTRANGE(
"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wyewpz0j_IiKK8ESOapX5L4AedjvHccLZOOKS2tZGUA/",
"UsuallyAnotherSpreadsheetFile!B2:K")),"Select Col4, sum(Col8), sum(Col9) where
(Col4=date '"&TEXT(A14,"yyyy-mm-dd")&"' AND (Col3='" & $F$1 & "') AND (Col1 = '" &
ClientInfo!$H$1 & "') group by Col4")
I get the error: Unable to parse query string for Function QUERY parameter 2:
PARSE_ERROR: Encountered "group" at line 1, column 124. Was expecting one of: "and" ... "or" ... ")" ...
I will share my sheet here. Please see if you are able to get it to match the date based on what is in A14 on the sheet called Paste.
AI: The error message is due to a missing closing parenthesis before the first AND.
Once solving this, you will get as result the following
sum sum
10/12/2016 296.1 2.5
To avoid the headers, before the last " add
label sum(Col8) '', sum(Col9) ''
the final formula is
=QUERY(ARRAYFORMULA(IMPORTRANGE(
"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wyewpz0j_IiKK8ESOapX5L4AedjvHccLZOOKS2tZGUA/",
"UsuallyAnotherSpreadsheetFile!B2:K")),"Select Col4, sum(Col8), sum(Col9) where
(Col4=date '"&TEXT(A14,"yyyy-mm-dd")&"') AND (Col3='" & $F$1 & "') AND
(Col1 = '" & ClientInfo!$H$1 & "') group by Col4 label sum(Col8) '', sum(Col9) ''") |
H: Google Query language
My goal is to select (count a number of rows with data) based on a condition. My query looks so basic but it does not work.
=query(A:B,"select count(B) where (A = '44')",)
My result is "count" as you can see on enclosed link.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JDY5AsKDrK-LNBHDN5JLwVuqhNgwga95a9V6w-ODKpo/edit#gid=0
AI: Formula
=query(A:B,"select count(B) where (A = 44)",)
Explanation
As the values on column A are numbers, QUERY set the column data type as number. Enclosing a number between single quotes/apostrophes makes it to be a string, so comparing a string to a number returns FALSE.
To remove the header try
=query(A:B,"select count(B) where (A = 44) label count(B) ''",) |
H: How can I share only one page of a Google Docs document?
Example:
I have a document that I use together with my team. There is one page I want to share with one of our clients but only this page. He should not be able to see the other pages of the document.
AI: I'm afraid that's not possible. You need separate documents.
With Sheets, you could have one (public) sheet pulling in data from a different (private) sheet, but such a thing isn't possible with Docs. |
H: ARRAYFORMULA() won't iterate over range
I'm trying to get all rows of data into a sheet where column headers match. Please have a look at this sample sheet. I need to achieve this dynamically so I'm using ARRAYFORMULA().
Source data
+----+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
+----+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 | ID101 | ID999 | ID102 | ID103 | ID104 | ID105 | ID106 | ID107 | ID108 |
| 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
+----+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
Formula input
+---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
+---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 | ID101 | ID102 | ID103 | ID104 | ID105 | ID106 | ID107 | ID108 |
+---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
Expected result
+----+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
+----+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 1 | ID101 | ID102 | ID103 | ID104 | ID105 | ID106 | ID107 | ID108 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
+----+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
Please consider the following formula in Sheet1!A2:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IF(LEN(A1:1),FILTER(Data!$A$2:$AAA,Data!$A1:1=G1),))
The problem with this formula is G1 in the second FILTER() parameter, which appears to be an absolute reference.
I've tried G1:1 but that doesn't seem to trigger an iteration by ARRAYFORMULA(), which I find hard to understand, since ARRAYFORMULA(G1:1) would trigger an expansion by itself.
Been on this for hours without any luck, so really grateful for help.
AI: Formula
=ArrayFormula(HLOOKUP(A1:H1,Data!A:I,ROW(Data!A2:A),FALSE))
Explanation
Not all the Google Sheets formulas "iterate" when they are nested inside ArrayFormula by the other hand, FILTER is similar to ArrayFormula as it returns an array of values.
Instead use nest ROW inside HLOOKUP, as it's shown on the formula section of this answer. |
H: Google Finance / Spreadsheets
I have been trying to get Net Assets and 1 Week Return for SPY on Google Spreadsheets but keep ending up with #N/A.
I have been following the information from this sheet but have yet to figure out what I am doing wrong: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093281?hl=en
My Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kuAhDjzZT845s0tfAMM8s85ZUkONKF_7qlAX2JKW4yA/edit?usp=sharing
Have the codes for Google Finance stopped working or am I writing the codes wrong?
AI: The following formula works fine:
=googlefinance("spy", "price")
There are some attributes that are not available for some stocks, this could the the case for SPY. |
H: Google Sheets Query group by multiple
My sheet is here, and we are looking on the sheet called "Paste".
I would like a query that finds and sums the total dollar amounts when the same customer receives the same service code more than once, on the same date. As you can see on sheet UsuallyAnotherSpreadsheetFile, the customer Brown, Misses /e received a service coded 0123G 0124G more than once on 2016-10-12. There are other dates where the overlap occurs, and I've colored them for easy visual reference.
As an example, taking the original data of:
Brown, Misses /e Bumbler, Brandi 0123G 0124G 2016-10-12 9:00 AM 10:15 AM 118.44 148.05 1.25
Brown, Misses /e Bumbler, Brandi 0123G 0124G 2016-10-12 12:30 PM 1:15 PM 118.44 88.83 0.75
Brown, Misses /e Bumbler, Brandi 0123G 0124G 2016-10-12 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 118.44 59.22 0.50
I want to show result(date, billing code, total charge, total units):
2016-10-12 0123G 0124G 296.10 2.50
I wish I could say something like this (but it doesn't work) ... see cell B3:
=QUERY(ARRAYFORMULA(IMPORTRANGE(
"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wyewpz0j_IiKK8ESOapX5L4AedjvHccLZOOKS2tZGUA/",
"UsuallyAnotherSpreadsheetFile!B2:K")),
"Select Col4, Col3, sum(Col8), sum(Col9) where (Col1 = '" & ClientInfo!$H$1 & "')
***group by Col4 and Col3*** label sum(Col8) '', sum(Col9) ''")
So, it would appear that I'm not allowed to group by two conditions. I'm not really a programmer, so I am just reaching out for someone more experienced to help out.
AI: Replace and by ,.
Final formula:
=QUERY(ARRAYFORMULA(IMPORTRANGE(
"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wyewpz0j_IiKK8ESOapX5L4AedjvHccLZOOKS2tZGUA/",
"UsuallyAnotherSpreadsheetFile!B2:K")),"Select Col4, Col3, sum(Col8), sum(Col9)
where (Col1 = '" & ClientInfo!$H$1 & "') group by Col4, Col3 label sum(Col8) '',
sum(Col9) ''") |
H: Conditional branching in Google Forms (checkbox)
I'm creating a google form and I've stumbled across this issue: I have a checkbox with options, say: A, B and C; so that it's possible for a respondent to choose more than 1 answer. And I have the SAME set of questions to ask about each option, that is if a respondent chooses "A" option only, they should see questions only about "A", and if they choose "A" and "C", they should be given a set of questions about "A" and then (the same set of questions) about "C".
As I understand this, showing particular sheets for each option would work here great, but it's not possible for a checkbox.
AI: Short answer
Google Forms doesn't have the workflow controls that you are looking for.
Explanation
Google Forms has a way to set the next question page to be shown, but this only works for dropdown and multiple choice (radio button) questions.
See also
"Go to section based on answer" checkbox
Show questions based on answers |
H: How can I import a column from one sheet into another sheet of the same Google Sheets spreadsheet?
I don't look for ImportRange because I want to stay within the same Google Sheets spreadsheet. Instead, I want to import a column from one sheet into a column of another sheet within the same spreadsheet.
AI: One way to do this is with ArrayFormula. If the sheet you want to import from is named Sheet1 and you want to select the entirety of column A, you can do the following:
=ArrayFormula('Sheet1'!A:A)
You can see an example of this in action here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kJraNDzrLF8-W_BxbL8pU6e_QuoMqFcl_sgyzT14L2Y/edit?usp=sharing
In general, you can use the form [SheetName]![Range] to pull in data from another sheet from within the same spreadsheet. In this case, ArrayFormula is needed to expand the entire range instead of just importing the first cell in the range. |
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