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How to importrange and filter between two lines of text

I am trying to importrange specific text from a column, so for example I want the filter between cell A2 "Name" and Cell A9 "Rye". That way if I add a row, it will automatically update. The point is to break down the column A into Multiple Column by category (Whiskey, Rye, Gin, Tequila) That way I can make a dynamic drop down that pulls everything from the columns.

Thanks everyone!

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Solution

  • paste this in A1 cell and drag it to the right

    =ARRAYFORMULA(IFERROR(TRANSPOSE(SPLIT(INDEX(SPLIT(JOIN(CHAR(10), IF(
 IMPORTRANGE("1MTk7LIxsbUDvQWQ2ABjuk60oCOPdCOytmJ1MxJdtE9s", 
             "'Liquor Master Pricing'!A2:A"&COUNTA(
 IMPORTRANGE("1MTk7LIxsbUDvQWQ2ABjuk60oCOPdCOytmJ1MxJdtE9s",
             "'Liquor Master Pricing'!A2:A"))+COUNTIF(IF(
 IMPORTRANGE("1MTk7LIxsbUDvQWQ2ABjuk60oCOPdCOytmJ1MxJdtE9s", 
             "'Liquor Master Pricing'!A2:A"&COUNTA(
 IMPORTRANGE("1MTk7LIxsbUDvQWQ2ABjuk60oCOPdCOytmJ1MxJdtE9s",
             "'Liquor Master Pricing'!A2:A")))<>"",
 IMPORTRANGE("1MTk7LIxsbUDvQWQ2ABjuk60oCOPdCOytmJ1MxJdtE9s",
             "'Liquor Master Pricing'!A2:A"), "♥"), "♥"))<>"",
 IMPORTRANGE("1MTk7LIxsbUDvQWQ2ABjuk60oCOPdCOytmJ1MxJdtE9s",
             "'Liquor Master Pricing'!A2:A"), "♥")), "♥"), , COLUMN()), CHAR(10))), ))

    note: using IMPORTRANGE can get very slow. to speed up things its recommended to import data =IMPORTRANGE("1MTk7LIxsbUDvQWQ2ABjuk60oCOPdCOytmJ1MxJdtE9s", "'Liquor Master Pricing'!A2:A") on a separate sheet and then reference ranges from there for this formula