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IMPORTDATA for CSV/TSV in Google Sheets - Cell-by-Cell Formula Trace

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Sample Data

This data represents daily sales figures with dates in column A and sales amounts in column B.

CellValue
A1Date
B1Sales
A22024-01-01
B2100
A32024-01-02
B3150
A42024-01-03
B4200
Formula Trace
=IMPORTDATA("https://example.com/sales.csv")
Step 1: IMPORTDATA("https://example.com/sales.csv")
Step 2: Place the fetched table starting at the formula cell
Cell Reference Map
  A          B
1 Date       Sales
2 2024-01-01 100
3 2024-01-02 150
4 2024-01-03 200
The formula imports data into cells A1 to B4 from the CSV file at the given URL.
Result
  A          B
1 Date       Sales
2 2024-01-01 100
3 2024-01-02 150
4 2024-01-03 200
The sheet shows the imported CSV data with headers and sales figures in two columns.
Sheet Trace Quiz - 3 Questions
Test your understanding
What does IMPORTDATA do with the URL provided?
ACreates a hyperlink to the URL
BSaves the URL as text in the cell
CFetches and inserts the CSV/TSV data into the sheet
DDeletes existing data in the sheet
Key Result
IMPORTDATA fetches CSV or TSV data from a URL and fills the sheet starting at the formula cell.