Top 5 Productivity hacks in Google Sheets
Use Gemini for faster in-Sheet research and analysis
Gemini in Sheets saves lot of time, especially with the dedicated side panel as a research partner right where you are already working. You can reference other documents in your drive, allowing you to pull in reliable information without ever leaving the spreadsheet. Analyse, Summarize and explore data within the spreadsheet side panel using natural language prompts.
Conquer Big Data with Connected Sheets
Handle large datasets. Directly analyze billions of rows of data from bigquery or Looker right within your sheets.
Use Sheets to power reporting and no-code apps
For richer visualization, Google Sheets and Looker studio allow users to create dynamic reports that update in real-time so that everyone in your team has access to the latest data. Appsheet is another great tool that uses it to create custom apps to view visual outputs of production or status tracking.
Staying in sync with IMPORTRANGE
The importrange function in Google Sheets maintains data consistency across multiple spreadsheets. It allows import of specific ranges of data from one spreadsheet to another, ensuring everyone is working with the most up-to-date information. This eliminates the need for manual updates and ultimately reduces the risk of errors.
Stay in control of your data with Version history and Conditional Notifications
Keeping track of changes in a shared spreadsheet can be a challenge, especially in a team environment. That’s where Version History comes in — with just a quick glance, you can see who has viewed or edited the spreadsheet, the specific changes they’ve made, and the timestamps associated with them. And now you can also use Conditional notifications based on rules that you can set, like when a status changes. These are simple yet powerful tools.