How to Calculate the Total Distance and Time for a List of Addresses in Google Sheets

The short answer: Google Sheets has no built-in function for driving distance, so the total distance and time for a list of addresses has to come from Google Maps through an add-on. Which one depends on your list. If the addresses are the stops of one trip, RouteTally gives you the distance and time of … Read more

How to Build a Minimum-Cost Employee Schedule in Google Sheets

Building a weekly staff schedule by hand means juggling coverage requirements, days-off rules, and headcount constraints all at once. Most managers either overstaff to be safe or spend hours trial-and-erroring their way to something workable. There’s a better approach: let the math find the minimum staffing level automatically. This tutorial uses SolveSheet to solve a … Read more