Google Sheets


A collection of blog posts about how to use Google Sheets, either with a consumer Gmail account or with a business Google Workspace account.
 

 

How to Use Google Sheets as a Free RSS Reader

Google Sheets RSS ReaderGoogle Sheets can be used as a free RSS (and Atom) reader.

The Sheets IMPORTFEED function allows you to create a self-updating repository of blog & news article content that you can easily share with your social media followers.

In this post, we’ll explain how this works. We will also provide you with a link to a sample Google Sheet that you can copy and adapt to the RSS feeds that most interest you, your customers and your social media followers.

We’ll show you how to create Google Sheets formulas for one-click social sharing of blog posts and articles on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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Bitcoin vs Gold in Google Sheets

Updated: January 16, 2021

Bitcoin vs GoldGoogle Sheets, available as part of both consumer Gmail and organization-wide Google Workspace, allows users to easily create trend charts based on any source that can be connected to a Google Sheet.

The GOOGLEFINANCE function for Bitcoin was not working for a time, but seems to be working again now. You can “set and forget” the function—cells will auto-populate or auto-update at regular intervals.

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6 Business Data Sources To Feed Into Google Sheets

There are a variety of add-ons and built-in functions for seamlessly and automatically pulling business data into Google Sheets from external sources.

Once business data is in Sheets, it can be manipulated an analyzed in a number of ways.

Here are six functions and add-ons for importing information into Google Sheets. All six are free of charge.

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Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel: Moving Data Between The Two

Google Excel Spreadsheet Exchange DataLet’s begin with a distinction between Google Sheets & Microsoft Excel:

– Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application that is a part of Microsoft Office 365.

– Google Sheets a spreadsheet app that is available with free consumer Gmail and also with Google Workspace (formerly G Suite).

Some people use only one or the other. Other people use both.

If a Google user who does not have Excel installed receives an Excel spreadsheet via email, the user can preview the spreadsheet within Gmail and then convert the spreadsheet to Google Sheets.

There are several ways to move spreadsheets and spreadsheet data between Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel. Here are examples of Google Excel information exchange.

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GOOGLEFINANCE Function In Google Sheets

GOOGLEFINANCE Function ExamplesThe GOOGLEFINANCE function is part of Google Sheets. Google Sheets is available in both consumer Gmail and organization-wide Google Workspace. The function allows users to create trend charts and comparisons for any assets that have a valid Google Finance ticker symbol.

Here are several examples of how the GOOGLEFINANCE function can be used in Google Sheets to compare the performance of stocks and indexes against one another.

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Embed a “Live” Google Sheets Pricing Table in a Proposal Doc

Embed Spreadsheet Pricing Table in DocumentFor salespeople who regularly send out long form proposals that contain pricing tables, there has always been a conundrum.

That is, a pricing table within in a document can’t be dynamically updated as easily as a spreadsheet table. The word processing capabilities within a spreadsheet are limited.

Often, a proposal’s pricing table is revised several times before the final version of a proposal is sent to the prospect or customer. This can require manual effort. Either the new bottom line in the document table needs to be hand calculated when line items are changed — or the spreadsheet table must be re-copied/pasted a into the document.

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What is Google Sheets and How Does it Work?

Google Sheets ExplainedGoogle Sheets is one of the productivity applications that’s included with free consumer Gmail and with Google Workspace [for business].

It is a cloud based spreadsheet application. No desktop software is needed to create and edit spreadsheets. Spreadsheets are stored in the cloud, on a virtual drive called Google Drive.

Google Sheets can be used for everything from basic calculations to sophisticated data analysis.

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Google Analytics Reports in Google Sheets – Using Filters

Google Analytics ReportsOne of many benefits to using Google Workspace is that Google Workspace users with access to their organization’s Google Analytics account can easily share specific slices of Google Analytics data with their co-workers.

The Google Analytics Add-on for Google Sheets lets a Sheets user who has a Google Analytics login create a variety of comparative visualizations within Google Sheets.

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Publishing Pivot Table Charts to Your Website With Google Sheets

We used SurveyMonkey Audience to collect data about what CRM systems were deployed at organizations across the U.S. The main question we asked in the survey was “What is your organization’s primary CRM system?”

After the survey finished its run, SurveyMonkey provided us with a CSV file of the survey results from approximately 750 respondents. The first thing we did was to upload the CSV file to Google Drive and then open the file with Google Sheets. Once we had the data in Google Sheets, we were able to easily create pivot tables and associated charts.

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