It is important to understand the following:
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IMPORT functions are evaluated server-side and the results are sent back to the client.
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QUERY functions are evaluated client-side only.
Example one:
The formula below uses the IMPORT.MYSUBLOG function (server-side) to retrieve information from the general_logbook, and then it orders the results by using the QUERY function (client-side):
=QUERY(
"SELECT start_time, message, created_by, area1, logtype, logtype2, last_modification, modified_by FROM ? ORDER BY logtype2",
FILTER(IMPORT.MYSUBLOG(
"general_logbook",
"start_time, message, created_by, area1, logtype, logtype2, last_modification, modified_by"),
"logtype=?", "General"))
Example two:
The formula below adds a summary bar chart that displays Shift Task repeating section information. The
IMPORT.LOGREPEAT function (server-side) retrieves information from the repeating section, and then the QUERY function groups the data by TaskStatus so that the BARCHART function can display a count of entries per status.
=BARCHART(QUERY(
"SELECT TaskStatus as Status, COUNT(TaskStatus) as [Num Tasks] FROM ? GROUP BY TaskStatus",
FILTER(IMPORT.LOGREPEAT("handover_logbook", "TaskStatus"),
"status=?",
"Open for Approval")))
