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Excel + Sheets
Revenue for one row
=G2*H2
Expected: 360
Failure check: If quantity or price can be text, test that row explicitly. Add a blank guard if an empty row must stay empty.
This free spreadsheet formula generator turns a plain-English calculation into an Excel or Google Sheets formula and explains the result. Choose the spreadsheet first, name the exact columns or ranges, include sample rows, and state what should happen for blanks or no matches. No account or card is required. Generated formulas can still be wrong: paste them into a copy of your sheet and compare the result with a known answer before using them on live data.
Name the columns involved, e.g. 'column C', 'column A'.
Paste this fictional fixture into A1:J11. Column J is the expected row revenue. Every example below names the answer it must produce, so you can detect a plausible-looking formula that is still wrong.
| Date | Order | Region | Rep | Status | Product | Qty | Unit price | Revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-02 | ORD-1001 | West | Ava | Paid | Pro | 3 | 120 | ava@example.com | 360 |
| 2026-08-03 | ORD-1002 | East | Ben | Pending | Starter | 5 | 40 | ben@example.com | 200 |
| 2026-08-05 | ORD-1003 | West | Ava | Paid | Starter | 2 | 40 | ava@example.com | 80 |
| 2026-08-07 | ORD-1004 | North | Cora | Refunded | Pro | 1 | 120 | cora@example.com | 120 |
| 2026-08-10 | ORD-1005 | West | Dev | Pending | Enterprise | 2 | 300 | dev@example.com | 600 |
| 2026-08-12 | ORD-1006 | East | Ben | Paid | Pro | 4 | 120 | ben@example.com | 480 |
| 2026-08-18 | ORD-1007 | West | Cora | Paid | Enterprise | 1 | 300 | cora@example.com | 300 |
| 2026-08-22 | ORD-1008 | South | Dev | Paid | Starter | 10 | 40 | dev@example.com | 400 |
| 2026-08-29 | ORD-1009 | West | Ava | Pending | Pro | 2 | 120 | ava@example.com | 240 |
| 2026-09-01 | ORD-1010 | West | Ben | Paid | Starter | 3 | 40 | ben@example.com | 120 |
These formulas use comma separators and the fixture above. If your locale uses semicolons, translate the separators after confirming how the spreadsheet handles decimals and array literals.
=G2*H2
Expected: 360
Failure check: If quantity or price can be text, test that row explicitly. Add a blank guard if an empty row must stay empty.
=SUMIFS($J$2:$J$11,$C$2:$C$11,"West",$E$2:$E$11,"Paid",$A$2:$A$11,">="&DATE(2026,8,1),$A$2:$A$11,"<"&DATE(2026,9,1))
Expected: 740
Failure check: The exclusive upper bound keeps 1 Sep out. Text that looks like a date will not behave like a real serial date.
=XLOOKUP("ORD-1006",$B$2:$B$11,$E$2:$E$11,"Not found")
Expected: Paid
Failure check: XLOOKUP returns the first duplicate. Test a duplicated order ID before treating the key as unique.
=COUNTIFS($E$2:$E$11,"Pending",$A$2:$A$11,"<"&DATE(2026,8,15))
Expected: 2
Failure check: A fixed date makes the result reproducible. TODAY() changes when the workbook recalculates.
=IF(J2="","",IF(J2>=300,"High","Standard"))
Expected: High for J2 = 360
Failure check: The blank test must come first. Confirm whether exactly 300 belongs in High or Standard.
=FILTER(A2:J11,(C2:C11="West")*(E2:E11="Pending"),"No matches")
Expected: ORD-1005 and ORD-1009
Failure check: FILTER spills. Clear cells below and to the right or Excel returns #SPILL!. In Sheets, wrap FILTER with IFNA for an empty result.
=SORT(UNIQUE(D2:D11))
Expected: Ava, Ben, Cora, Dev
Failure check: The fixture has no blanks. If yours does, filter blanks first. Hidden trailing spaces create false uniques.
=SUMPRODUCT(G2:G11,H2:H11)
Expected: 2,900
Failure check: All arrays must be the same size. Text and errors need an explicit policy; do not silently coerce dirty financial data.
=QUERY(A1:J11,"select C, sum(J) where E = 'Paid' group by C label sum(J) 'Paid revenue'",1)
Expected: East 480 · South 400 · West 860
Failure check: The final 1 is the header count. Wrong header inference or text-formatted revenue can corrupt the result.
=ARRAYFORMULA(IF(B2:B11="","",G2:G11*H2:H11))
Expected: 10 values; total 2,900
Failure check: The array needs empty cells below it. Bound the ranges; full-column array calculations can slow a large sheet.
Correct function names, parentheses, separators, quotes, ranges, and sheet names. A formula that does not parse is an immediate reject.
Use a fixture with a known answer. Compare every returned row or total, not only whether the cell shows a number.
Test blanks, duplicates, no match, text dates, errors, blocked spills, extra rows, and the real workbook locale.
Yes. Many core functions overlap, but syntax and behavior can differ. Google Sheets has QUERY and ARRAYFORMULA; Excel has LET and structured table references. FILTER empty-result handling also differs. Always choose the target spreadsheet.
Yes. Choose Explain a formula and paste the formula plus its headers. Remove confidential values first. Ask for each function, range, criterion, expected output, and failure modes.
Argument separators depend on locale and application settings. State your spreadsheet locale in the request. If the formula parses incorrectly, replace separators only after checking decimal and array-literal conventions.
Create a small fixture with a known answer, run the formula against it, and test at least five failures: blank, duplicate, no match, text-formatted number or date, and a blocked spill range. Then reconcile a sample of real rows manually.
You can, but dynamic-array, SUMPRODUCT, and array formulas over entire columns can make large workbooks slow. Prefer bounded ranges or Excel Tables when the data size is known.
Your request is sent to a third-party AI provider. Use headers, fictional sample rows, and range names instead of customer data, employee data, credentials, financial records, or a real workbook extract.