GoogleSheets - How to A-Z Sort Data Pulled by (Filter(Importrange

Question

Here is a link to my sheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/113PRiJKxz_fIPmIoPID5e2IzrZF9ZptslX06JbIatDE/edit?usp=sharing

I am currently attempting to sort data pulled from another sheet into the one linked above by using filter(importrange.

What I have is a list of websites(Col2) with associated data points pulled in different adjacent columns. I have pulled a list of websites into this sheet using filter(importrange.

I have then pulled all associated data points (13 per website) from the other sheet also using filter(importrange, but making the criteria based upon matching the website within this new sheet to websites within the original list.

The idea is to pull all websites and corresponding data points that meet a certain criteria, in this case all websites that contain the ad network "Content.ad".

I have achieved this but now I am wondering how I will be able to sort this data in the new sheet where the data is being filtered into.

I would like to have the ability to sort the list of websites AZ based upon the different data points, while having each column rearrange so that each data point remains with its associated website while being sorted.

For example if I want to sort the list from AZ by Traffic Volume, I would like all data points to sort according to the position of their associate website.

Apologies if I have explained this inadequately.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

In my experience, I have not found a clean way to sort data incoming directly in an imported range. I have always imported into one sheet, then created a second sheet in the workbook for display, and used the sort() or query() functions to sort that range. Below is a link to a quick sketch that illustrates this idea. Note the input and output tabs at bottom.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lzM1cGs2qxEz1QLjIM46nw7DJFnNce3ZufIIOpRp9_g/edit?usp=sharing

I hope this helps!