Write spreadsheet formulas

Write spreadsheet formulas in Google Sheets — with the four heights of help laid out: do it now, make it easier for the next person to accept, work out the right move when you are stuck, and learn the pattern so it stops coming back.

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The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

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I need a set of formulas that turns daily sales rows into a clean weekly summary: compute week…
I need a set of formulas that turns daily sales rows into a clean weekly summary: compute week starting date, sum of sales, number of unique customers, and week-over-week growth. Put week start in column F, sales in G, customers in H, growth in I. Check formula accuracy before I share with the ops manager on Monday.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I give these formulas to the finance analyst, make them easy to audit: expose the…
Before I give these formulas to the finance analyst, make them easy to audit: expose the COUNTUNIQUE and SUMIF logic up top, replace any array formulas with explicit helper columns if it makes the steps clearer, and flag rows where a transaction date is outside the expected range.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I created an array formula to roll daily rows into weeks and the totals don’t match the pivot. Zach…

I just wrote a complex array formula and totals look wrong

I created an array formula to roll daily rows into weeks and the totals don’t match the pivot. Zach in finance will call it out in the review. I’m not sure whether the problem is my DATE boundary logic or an off-by-one in the array. What’s the quickest way to test and correct the formula so my totals align and I can explain the change to Zach?

Become — change the pattern

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Every month I re-create the same weekly-summary formulas from scratch because I’m afraid of hidden…

I repeatedly rework formulas under time pressure

Every month I re-create the same weekly-summary formulas from scratch because I’m afraid of hidden dependencies and prior mistakes. It costs me hours and makes me late. What habit or small process change will let me reuse correct formulas reliably across reports without reinventing them each cycle?

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