is there any query syntax that woks like coalesce in google sheets?
if i have a source like pict below
the result i want is only getting id and time if status is true, but the time is only exist in one col either in check column or report column
so the result would be like this...
I tired this but doesn't work
=QUERY(A1:D4, "SELECT A, COALESCE(B, C) WHERE D = TRUE")
any ideas or workarounds? Thanks
try:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFERROR(SPLIT(FLATTEN(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(
ARRAY_CONSTRAIN(IF(D2:D=TRUE, {A2:A, IF(B2:C="",,"×"&B2:C), D2:D}, ), 9^9,
COLUMNS(A:C))),, 9^9)), "×")))
A very short one just for the special case of 2 columns where you know that only one of them is populated and they are dates:
=ArrayFormula(to_date(if(D2:D,B2:B+C2:C,)))
Maybe the simplest formula which behaves like coalesce would be
=iferror(if(D2,hlookup(9^9,B2:C2,1,true),))
It's just a pull-down formula but will pick up the first non-blank column from a range of columns containing numbers or dates. If the columns are all blank, it returns blank.
Add a column after Status call it Time (column E), whereas each formula follows this format (assuming your table starts at A3:E)
=if(A4="","",if(B4<>"",B4,C4))
Now query A3:E like so,
=query(A3:E,"Select A,E where D=TRUE")
You can take advantage of the either or situation and concatenate the 2 columns.
=filter({A2:A,concat(B2:B,C2:C)},D2:D)