FORMULA & SQL / CLEANUP

List the different values, sorted.
Tested, not guessed.

The Excel and Google Sheets formula and the SQL query, each run on the rows below. Open this with your own data ↗

The example rows

Row	A: Region	B: Rep	C: Amount	D: Order Date	E: Status	F: Customer
2	North	Ana	1,200	2026-03-01	Paid	Jo Smith
3	South	Ben	450	2026-03-15	Open	Raj Patel
4	North	Cy	300	2026-04-02	Paid	Lee Wong
5	East	Ana	980.50	2026-04-20	Paid	Mia Ross
6	North	Ben	75	2026-05-05	Open	Jo Smith
7	West	Dee	1,640	2026-05-18	Paid	Sam Okoro

Excel

=SORT(UNIQUE(A2:A7))

The distinct values of the Region column (A2:A7), sorted.

Run on the example rows:

PostgreSQL

SELECT DISTINCT region
FROM sales
ORDER BY region

Run on the example rows:

Other databases

MySQL

SELECT DISTINCT region
FROM sales
ORDER BY region

SQL Server

SELECT DISTINCT region
FROM sales
ORDER BY region

SQLite

SELECT DISTINCT region
FROM sales
ORDER BY region

BigQuery

SELECT DISTINCT region
FROM sales
ORDER BY region

Snowflake

SELECT DISTINCT region
FROM sales
ORDER BY region

Paste your rows into the free tool and it writes this for your columns, then runs it on your data before you copy it. Open the tool ↗