Import Data from Another Sheet

Import Data from Another Sheet

If you have more than one sheet in the same Google Sheets file, you can easily reference or copy data from one sheet to another. To do this, you need to use the following formula:

=SheetName!CellRange

where SheetName is the name of the sheet that contains the data you want to import, and CellRange is the range of cells that you want to reference. For example, if you want to import the data from cell A1 in Sheet1, you can use the formula:

=Sheet1!A1

You can also use this formula to reference a range of cells, such as:

=Sheet1!A1:B10

This will import the data from cells A1 to B10 in Sheet1.

Note: If the sheet name contains spaces or other non-alphanumeric symbols, you need to enclose it in single quotes, like this:

=‘Sheet Name’!CellRange

Import Data from Another Document

Sometimes, you may want to import data from another Google Sheets document that is not in the same file as your current sheet. To do this, you need to use the IMPORTRANGE function, which has the following syntax:

=IMPORTRANGE(“URL”, “CellRange”)

where URL is the web address of the document that contains the data you want to import, and CellRange is the range of cells that you want to reference. For example, if you want to import the data from cells A1 to B10 in Sheet1 of another document, you can use the formula:

=IMPORTRANGE(“https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/URL/to/spreadsheet/edit”, “Sheet1!A1:B10”)

Note: The first time you use this function, you need to allow access to the other document by clicking on the cell with the #REF! error and then clicking on “Allow Access”.

Pull Data Based on Criteria

If you want to import data from another sheet or document that meets certain conditions, you can use the QUERY function, which allows you to perform SQL-like queries on your data. The QUERY function has the following syntax:

=QUERY(Data, “Query”, Headers)

where Data is the range of cells that contains the data you want to query, Query is a string that specifies the query you want to perform, and Headers is an optional argument that indicates how many rows are headers in your data. For example, if you want to pull data from Sheet1 that has “Mavs” in column A, you can use the formula:

=QUERY(Sheet1!A1:C11, “select * where A=‘Mavs’”, 1)

This will return all the rows from Sheet1 where column A has “Mavs”. The 1 at the end indicates that there is one row of headers in Sheet1.

You can also use the QUERY function to pull data from another document by combining it with the IMPORTRANGE function. For example, if you want to pull data from another document that has “Mavs” in column A, you can use the formula:

=QUERY(IMPORTRANGE(“https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/URL/to/spreadsheet/edit”, “Sheet1!A1:C11”), “select * where Col1=‘Mavs’”, 1)

This will return all the rows from Sheet1 of another document where column A has “Mavs”. The Col1 notation is used because the QUERY function does not recognize the column names from another document.

Conclusion

In this article, I have shown you how to get data from other Google Sheets using different methods. You can use these techniques to import and analyze your data more effectively. I hope you found this article helpful and informative. If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to leave a comment below. Thank you for reading!