I have a very typical requirement to sort columns in the cross table. I have col1,col2,col3 columns. when col2=col3 it should display first
.
Please let me know whether it can be achieved in Spotfire directly or through scripting.
I do not know of any straight forward way of defining a sort order like this, but in the past I have padded column values with a leading space so they come first when sorted.
Something like this should work
<[COL1] NEST [COL2] NEST CASE WHEN [COL2]=[COL3] THEN Concatenate(" ",[COL3]) ELSE [COL3] END AS [COL3]>
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I'm trying to clear the entire cell if it doesn't contain a given keyword.
I've managed to do this for one column:
Table.ReplaceValue(#"PrevStep",each [#"My Column"], each if Text.PositionOf([#"My Column"],"keyword")>-1 then [#"My Column"] else null,Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"My Column"})
The problem is I need to iterate/repeat that step for a number of columns... the number of columns may vary and column names also may be different every time. I can have all those column names put into a list but I'm not able to use it.
The solution I'm looking for may look like this
for each ColNam in MyColumnsList
Table.ReplaceValue(#"PrevStep",each [#"ColNam"], each if Text.PositionOf([#"ColNam"],"keyword")>-1 then [#"ColNam"] else null,Replacer.ReplaceValue,MyColumnsList)
next
but this is not the VBA code but Power Query M - and of course the problem is with #PrevStep as I would see it like a recursions... again... do not know how to process.
Is the path I follow correct or should it be done some other way
Thanks
Andrew
Unpivot your columns to turn all the columns into two columns. Apply your replacement to the single value column then pivot it back into the original format
I am currently re-educating myself on Google sheets and I was wondering if there was a way to sort a set of numbers by string to deal with tiebreakers (i.e. a win/loss/tie record)
Using the SORT function, I was able to sort things correctly based on wins, but I want to be able to adjust it even further. Currently I have something like this...
3-0-0
1-4-0
1-3-0
1-2-0
1-1-0
when I want to have something like this, where the values with the lowest loss record goes on top instead...
3-0-0
1-1-0
1-2-0
1-3-0
1-4-0
Is there another function or a workaround possible to achieve something like this?
=SORT(A1:A5,INDEX(SPLIT(A1:A5,"-"),,1),0,INDEX(SPLIT(A1:A5,"-"),,2),1)
SPLIT(A1:A5,"-") by -
INDEX(SPLIT(A1:A5,"-"),,1) get first column of the split array
INDEX(SPLIT(A1:A5,"-"),,2) get second column
=SORT(A1:A5,col1,0,col2,1) Sort A1:A5 in descending order based on column1 and ascending order based on column 2
While in "human language" something like 3-0-0 could be called "a set of numbers" in "spreadsheet language" it's a text value.
To be able to use the built-in sorting functions in Google Sheets, you should split the values into columns, and guess what, there is a built-in function for that:
Select the column
Click on Data > Split text to columns
Select custom separarator and set -
There are a more options, like using a formulas and scripts.
Sample formula
=ArrayFormula(QUERY(
{A1:A5,REGEXEXTRACT(A1:A5,"-(\d{1,})-")},
"select Col1 order by Col2",0)
)
The above formula use a regular expression to extract the numbers between -, then use QUERY to sorth the values in A1:A5 in ascending order by using these values.
I'd like to use ArrayFormula to populate a column in spreadsheet, but when I Sort A->Z in a filter view, the ArrayFormula column vanishes. In some cases, the column includes a #REF! error about the range, and in some cases the column is just blank after the Sort. The following is a simplified version of what I'm trying to do (in my actual application, I'm doing a Vlookup to another sheet):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XbqqedOjuSKuE-ZLIHNw59-r01EsNMpx7YVqOoxSOR4/edit?usp=sharing
The column 3 header uses an ArrayFormula to copy from column 1. If you go to the Filter 1 filter view, you'll note that column 3 is blank except for an error. This happens after I try to Sort Z->A on column 2. In my more complicated use-case, involving a Vlookup, after a Sort the column disappears entirely (leaving no #REF! error). Before sorting in both cases, everything is fine.
How do I make ArrayFormula values persist in filter views after sorting?
Thanks for your help!
I'm guessing that, because your references are normal (relative, not anchored/absolute), the range A2:A10 after sorting down turns into something absurd, like A7:A4, depending on actual sorted values.
Also, if you hover with your mouse on the #REF error, what does it tell you?
Anyway, try using absolute references in your formula:
=arrayformula({"Column 3"; A$2:A$10})
Edit
Fascinating. It's the first time I see this type of error. Taking it at face value, it seems that it's a limitation of Google Spreadsheets - you cannot use ARRAYFORMULAS spanning multiple rows inside sorted filter views, because, like I sort of guessed, it messes up the ARRAYFORMULA's range (as indicated by the fact that the formula is now in C4 instead of C1).
But that gives you also the solution: do not include the cell with the arrayformula in the filter view. Instead of making your filter view's target range A1:C20, make it A1:B20. Then the arrayformula in C1 will be untouched by the filter and will indeed continue to work.
I have found a solution for my usecase, in your case, it could be:
=arrayformula(if(row(C:C)=1;"Column 3";A:A))
But you'll need to consider the whole columns in your formulas.
Example
Have you tried A2:A?
If you don't put an ending row, means the end of the column.
It worked for me.
Cheers
Can someone please direct me to a detailed explanation (link) of the Gnumeric sort function? The Gnumeric manual is abbreviated and has no examples. I haven't been able to find any appropriate info through the search engines and even Stackoverflow only has half a dozen questions on it which don't suit.
My problem is:
I have a table with rows of dates, names, and columns of data. (pretty straightforward stuff).
I want to sort ALL columns by the NAME column.
That is: keep each row intact for data but move them in the table up or down so that the order is alphabetic by name.
I can do this easily with Libercalc but prefer the feel and simplicity of Gnumeric, yet I have never been able to understand from the drop-down sort menu how to get this done. I can sort any column fine by itself, but can't seem to lock the other data in the row to be taken with it.
This is such a frequent function I'm surprised it's not made clearer in the drop-down menu. That is: Order by column x
The only way one can sort with Gnumeric, apparently, is to move the key column (i.e. in my case the NAME column) to be the left-most column (column A) in the table, and then sort, subsequently moving the columns back into their required format (date and time in first column) as I want it. This seems very clumsy to me and I wondered if there was an easier way of ordering a table in any format (e.g. just as it is imported from the csv file) by simply selecting the column to sort wherever it is in the table, as can be done in LiberCalc?
1) You need to select ALL the columns you want to sort:
menu > data > sort
2) Keep the column with the NAMEs to be sorted, and remove the rest of the columns in:
sort specification
Right now, I am using a filtering scheme which only looks at the data of the 5 or 6 most common entries in the 'Clinic' field. But, there are a handful of other possibilities which might account for a few rows each. They are too inconsequential to include on their own (I am using pie charts and bar charts), but I would like these rows to be accounted for. For this reason, I would like to create an "Other" category which groups these entries together. What is the best way of doing this? I know I can create a calculated column that groups everything aside from the top 5 or 6 in an other category, but I thought there might be a way to keep working with the original column and achieve the same result.
Unfortunately not. In 6.5.x you will have to write a case statement that will specify everything that is not most common to other.
In 7.0.x you can go to insert binned column. Add the bottom you can use values to create a bin. Add the values you want to the bin and call them "Other". Of course if you look at the column created like this, it is a case statement. But it is a whole lot faster than writing it yourself.
Following phiver I came out with this solution in Spotfire 6.5.2:
Add a calculated column
With something like this:
If(DenseRank(Count([Formation]) OVER ([Formation]),"desc")<10, DenseRank(Count([Formation]) OVER ([Formation]),"desc") & " " & [Formation], "10 Other")
Hope that helps.