The ability to auto sort in Google Sheets is useful when handling large sets of data, it allows us to find or display information quickly and in a structured manner.
This can also be achieved by selecting the Data option from the top menu bar followed by Sort range which will then present two quick options to order the range A-Z or Z-A. Click Advanced range sorting options:
For this demonstration a dataset has been created displaying three shoes with a variety of sizes. We will arrange this data to view the shoes and their sizes by ascending order (A-Z).
Please ensure that you leave adequate room for the new data to populate
=SORT(RANGE,First Column, is_ascending)
Multiple Columns:
=SORT(RANGE,First Column, is_ascending, Secondary Column, is_ascending)
Formula Breakdown:
=SORT(
RANGE: This is range of data you wish to organize
First Column: Columns within your range are called from left to right starting with the number 1, the column specified first will be the first one to be ordered.
Is_ascending: This value is set via a true/false value and applicable to the first defined column, if true - the sorted data will be in an ascending order, if false - the data will be sorted in a descending order.
Secondary Column: This column will be sorted after column 1
Is_ascending: This value is set via a true/false value and is applicable to the secondary specified column, if true - sorted data will be in an ascending order, if false - data will be sorted in a descending order.
In this example we are going to include all of the data in the range and organize both columns by ascending order. In this example “Item Name” is the first column organized followed by “Size”.
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