Guardian Datastore Explorer

Google spreadsheet key (e.g. rvWgEEGK9xuUQBR1EFcxHWA ) or spreadsheet URL Sheet number* (optional):

* The number of the first sheet in a spreadsheet (which is used by default) is 0. To select thesecond sheet, add: 1; for the third sheet, add 2, and so on.

Alternatively, grab a sheet from the Guardian Data store:

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Go fish...

Now it's time to write your own query in two parts - the columns you want to select, and the conditions you want each returned result to satisfy. So for example, the following table show possible queries over the Guardian Datastore MPs' Expenses spreadsheet (key: rvWgEEGK9xuUQBR1EFcxHWA)
select inputwhere inputComments
* Display everything
B,C,I Display columns B, C and I
B,C,II=23083Display columns B, C and I for MPs claiming exactly 23083 in column 83
count(I)I=23083Count how many people claimed exactly 23083 in column I
B,C,II!=23083 order by Idisplay the people who did not claim exactly 23083 in column I and display them in increasing order of column I values
B,C,II!=23083 order by I descdisplay the people who did not claim exactly 23083 in column I and display them in decreasing order of column I values
B,C,D,E(C contains 'Joan' or C matches 'John')Select by name (case sensitive); 'matches' must match exactly, 'contains' is a free text search
*F<100000full details of everyone who claimed less than 100000 in column F
sum(I) Total claimed within column I
count(I) number of rows where there's a value in column I
count(I)where I>=0make sure we only count 'valid' rows.
sum(I)/count(I) Calculate the average amount claimed in column I
D,sum(I)I>=0 group by DFind out how much has been claimed by each party named in column D
D,sum(I)/count(I)I>=0 group by Dfor the total claimed by each party (column D), how much on average does each member of that party claim

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