Both Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel support a built-in mechanism called data validation rules. Data validation rules allow you to constrain the values that can be entered into a worksheet cell. You can define one or more data validation rules for your worksheet. Typically, you define a separate data validation rule for each column in your worksheet where you
need to constrain user entered values. When you create an AppSheet application from a worksheet having data validation rules, AppSheet will automatically detect these data validation rules and apply them to your AppSheet application. This ensures that data values entered through your AppSheet application conform to the same rules as data values entered directly into your worksheet. The drop-downs that AppSheet automatically creates from worksheet data validation rules have one
significant limitation. AppSheet does not automatically detect changes you make to your worksheet data validation rules. Instead, each time you change a worksheet data validation rule, you must manually regenerate the corresponding AppSheet table. When you do the regenerate, AppSheet will detect the worksheet data validation rule change and update the AppSheet application to match. Define a Google Sheets data validation ruleYou can define a data validation rule in Google Sheets in two ways.
When you have a lot of allowed values, we recommend the second approach. The first approach, manually typing the allowed values, imposes a limit of 256 characters for the entire list. You can follow the steps listed below to define a data validation rule for your Google worksheet. We refer to the original worksheet containing your application data as the DataSheet. We refer to the new worksheet contained the allowed values as the EnumSheet.
Define a Microsoft Excel data validation ruleYou can specify enum values in another sheet when working with Excel worksheets. However, one additional step is required to do this. You must use the Excel Define Name feature to name the enum values contained in the other worksheet. Do this as follows:
Was this helpful? How can we improve it? How do you see what Formulas are using a cell in Excel?In your Excel worksheet, go to the Formulas tab > Formula Auditing group and click the Show Formulas button. Microsoft Excel displays formulas in cells instead of their results right away. To get the calculated values back, click the Show Formulas button again to toggle it off.
How can you display the Formulas within the cells instead of the cell results on your spreadsheet?Showing formulas in the cells makes it easy to find cells that contain formulas, or to check for errors. With a quick key combination you can see formulas instead of formula results in a worksheet. To show formulas in all cells press CTRL+` (that little mark is the grave accent mark key).
Which of the following provides a convenient way to monitor results in different parts of a large worksheet or in a multi sheet workbook?The Watch Window makes it convenient to inspect, audit, or confirm formula calculations and results in large worksheets. By using the Watch Window, you don't need to repeatedly scroll or go to different parts of your worksheet.
How do I follow a formula in Excel to another sheet?Select the cell with the formula you want to copy. + C. Click the cell where you want to paste the formula. If that cell is on another worksheet, go to that worksheet and click the cell you want.
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