Google Sheets | QUERY | Function | ORDER BY | Sort Data | Example | Spreadsheet | Tutorial

Use the Google Sheets QUERY function with ORDER BY clause to sort data. The default sort order is ascending. ORDER BY also assists to sort in descending order.
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How to Use QUERY in Google Sheets?
QUERY helps, among others, to extract specific or all data from a range:
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How to Use QUERY with WHERE clause and MATCHES operator in Google Sheets?
MATCHES operator assists to conduct an exact or a wildcard search:
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How to Use QUERY with WHERE clause and starts with or ends with operators in Google Sheets?
Use where clause and starts with, ends with or both the operators to get data based on one or more conditions:
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How to Use QUERY with WHERE clause in Google Sheets?
To conditionally extract data, use the QUERY function with its WHERE CLAUSE:
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How to Use XLOOKUP to Extract Multiple Values in Google Sheets?
XLOOKUP can return a single row or column with the search key:
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How to Use VLOOKUP in Google Sheets?
Use VLOOKUP to get a single value:
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How to Use IFS in Google Sheets?
IFS allow multiple logical expressions:
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How to Use IF in Google Sheets?
Use IF to compare one value with another:
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How to Use IF with AND in Google Sheets?
Use IF with AND to Use Multiple Logical Expressions in IF:
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How to Create a Pivot Table in Google Sheets?
Create a pivot table for calculation and in-depth data analysis:
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Which one to Use? A Pivot Table, or COUNTBLANK Function, to Count Blank Cells in Google Sheets:
Gives steps to use a pivot table or COUNTBLANK to count blank cells:
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Let's look at the syntax of the query function formula:
=QUERY(data, query, [headers])
The ORDER BY clause is a part of the query argument. Here's an example of the formula that uses this clause:
=QUERY(data, "select * order by A)
Here * means all. So, this formula selects all the columns in the data range and sorts the data in column A. By default, as said before, ORDER BY will sort in ascending order.
Take a look at this video tutorial, which gives the steps to use the QUERY function with the ORDER BY clause, with examples.