Excel formulas don't always translate to Sheets. Get formulas written for Google Sheets — QUERY, ARRAYFORMULA, and the right syntax the first time.
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Describe what you need in the question box above — the Google Sheets tab is preselected and the example is editable.
Submit and get a Sheets-native formula (QUERY, ARRAYFORMULA, FILTER where they fit) with an explanation.
Paste it into your sheet — syntax is already adapted for Google Sheets, not Excel.
Most formulas transfer between Excel and Sheets untouched — SUM, IF, VLOOKUP all work the same. But the differences cluster exactly where they hurt: array behavior, locale separators, and a set of powerful Sheets-only functions (QUERY, ARRAYFORMULA, IMPORTRANGE, GOOGLEFINANCE) with no Excel equivalent. An Excel-trained formula pasted into Sheets fails in confusing ways.
This page preselects the Google Sheets tab, so every formula is generated against Sheets' actual function set and syntax rules — including your locale's argument separators. No more translating Excel answers from forums into something Sheets accepts.
QUERY is Sheets' superpower: =QUERY(A1:D1000, "select A, avg(B) where C='Completed' group by A", 1) filters, aggregates, and groups in one readable line using a SQL-like mini-language. The equivalent in Excel needs FILTER plus aggregation plus manual grouping — or a pivot table.
The catch is the query string: column references become letters (A, B, C — not the header names), text values need single quotes inside the double-quoted string, and dates need the date'2026-01-01' literal format. QUERY's error messages are famously unhelpful, so the generator's explanation of each clause is doing real work — it tells you what to tweak when the query misbehaves.
In Excel 365, =A2:A100+B2:B100 just spills. In Sheets, the same formula in one cell computes one row — you need =ARRAYFORMULA(A2:A100+B2:B100) to fill the column, or drag the fill handle like it's 2003. ARRAYFORMULA also can't be nested inside some functions, and it breaks inside others (notably QUERY and some IMPORT functions).
The generator knows these rules: it wraps ranges in ARRAYFORMULA where Sheets requires it, warns when a function resists wrapping, and suggests the drag-fill alternative when that's genuinely simpler. Describe "for every row" in your words and the Sheets-correct structure comes out.
IMPORTRANGE pulls live data from another spreadsheet: =IMPORTRANGE("spreadsheet_url", "Sheet1!A:D"). It's the backbone of multi-sheet reporting in Sheets — and it has two quirks the generator handles: the first run in any destination shows a #REF! until you click "Allow access," and the source range must be shared with the viewer's account or the import silently fails.
Combined with QUERY, IMPORTRANGE becomes a lightweight data pipeline: =QUERY(IMPORTRANGE(...), "select ...") aggregates another team's sheet without copy-paste. The generator writes the nested form correctly — quotes inside quotes is where hand-written versions usually die — and reminds you about the access grant.
In many European and Latin American locales, Sheets uses semicolons as argument separators and commas as decimal points: =IF(A1>10; "big"; "small") instead of =IF(A1>10, "big", "small"). Paste a comma-separated formula from an English tutorial and Sheets throws a parse error that looks like nonsense.
The generator adapts separators to the Sheets locale convention in its explanations, and — more usefully — teaches the pattern: functions are the same, only the punctuation changes. Once you see it, every English-language formula answer becomes translatable in your head.
Three usual causes: locale separators (semicolons vs commas), Excel-only functions (XLOOKUP exists in Sheets now, but older Excel functions like AGGREGATE may not), and array syntax differences. The generator's Sheets tab produces native Sheets syntax so you skip the translation step.
A function that runs SQL-like queries against a range: =QUERY(A1:D100, "select A, sum(B) group by A", 1). It filters, sorts, and aggregates in one formula. Column letters (A, B) replace header names inside the query string, and text values need single quotes.
First use in a destination sheet always needs a one-time 'Allow access' click on the #REF! cell. If it persists after allowing, the source spreadsheet isn't shared with your account — IMPORTRANGE can't bypass sharing permissions.
When you want one formula to compute across a whole column without dragging the fill handle: =ARRAYFORMULA(A2:A100*2). Some functions (like SUM) aggregate without it; others need the wrapper. The generator adds it where Sheets requires it and says so in the explanation.