google-sheetsfilterfunction

How to combine Filter and IF-Statements in Google Spreadsheet


Problem I have two sheets.

So what I want to do is

  1. type in a String in 'Sheet 1'!$B$2, have the formular look for that value in Sheet 2, and return all three columns.
  2. If 'Sheet 1'!$B$2 is empty, I would like to show all columns and rows of Sheet

Here is what I tried: =IF(isblank($B$2), 'Sheet 2'!A16, FILTER('Sheet 2'!A16:A$1000, 'Sheet 2'!$C16:$C$1000=$B$1)) This works does the trick for Nr. 1, but not for Nr. 2. It only shows the first row obviously.

If I pull the formular down the rows, Nr. 2 works, but Nr. 1 does not. The error it gives me is REF - Array Result was not expanded, because it would override data in F16. F16 is the column, the formular is in.

Here is a sample sheet.

Can anyone advice?


Solution

  • For your case formula will look like this:

    =IF(isblank($B$1), ARRAYFORMULA(Sheet2!A16:D1000), 
    FILTER(Sheet2!A16:A$1000, Sheet2!$C16:$C$1000=$B$1))