Find a row according to a column value
Extract first row of a sheet where a certain column has a specific value, such as a number, a text, empty value, etc.
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In detail
What it does and what it's for
This integration allows you to automate the extraction of data from a Google Sheets spreadsheet based on the value of a specific column. You can set up rules to trigger the automation only when certain conditions are met, such as when a column contains a specific value, is empty, or does not contain a specific value. Additionally, you can limit the search to a specific sheet or apply it to all sheets in the document.
When this action is executed, you will obtain the data from the row that matches the established criteria, facilitating the management and analysis of information in your spreadsheets without the need for manual intervention. This functionality is particularly useful for tasks such as searching for specific records, updating data, or generating reports based on particular conditions.
- You can limit the search of the rows to a specific sheet or to all of them.
- If no row matches, this step still answers: the Row found tag is set to no and the task carries on. To stop the task in that case, add the rule “Row found = yes” on the next step. If your task predates this change, that rule is already in place — we added it so the task would keep behaving as before.
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When executed, this operation delivers the following data, which can be used in the same automatic task.
Tags
- Row found {{found}}
- Column A {{column_a}}
- Column B {{column_b}}
- Column C {{column_c}}
- Column D {{column_d}}
- Column E {{column_e}}
- Column F {{column_f}}
- Column G {{column_g}}
- Column H {{column_h}}
- Column I {{column_i}}
- Column J {{column_j}}
- Column K {{column_k}}
- Column L {{column_l}}
- Column M {{column_m}}
- Column N {{column_n}}
- Column O {{column_o}}
- Column P {{column_p}}
- Column Q {{column_q}}
- Column R {{column_r}}
- Column S {{column_s}}
- Column T {{column_t}}
- Column U {{column_u}}
- Column V {{column_v}}
- Column W {{column_w}}
- Column X {{column_x}}
- Column Y {{column_y}}
- Column Z {{column_z}}
- Number of Row {{row}}
- Sheet name {{sheet}}
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