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QUERY and array formulas return partial results

QUERY and array formulas return only the first result or fail to expand, and the error messages do not explain why.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 27 September 2024 · last reported 12 May 2025

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

People using QUERY, FILTER, MAP or array formulas to build lists often find that only the first item comes back, or the result refuses to expand and reports a size limit.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

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