Reshape data from wide to long
Turn a grid with months across the top into a list with one row per item and month, using TOCOL, SEQUENCE and INDEX.
In this lesson
- Wide: one column per month (or quarter, or year).
=TOCOL(B2:D5)stacks a grid in one column, row by row.- A No. column,
=SEQUENCE(12), numbers the rows.
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Delete repeated rows from a merged list, and choose which columns decide what counts as a duplicate.
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