# Tutorial - QUERY: "The most powerful function" in Google Sheets (part 1)

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**Created:** [June 7, 2020, 9:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tutorial-query-the-most-powerful-function-in-google-sheets-part-1/10432 "2020-06-07T09:16:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tutorial-query-the-most-powerful-function-in-google-sheets-part-1/10432/22 "2020-06-21T23:52:25Z")

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Thanks Nadir, you can check out part 2 here as well.

> [@Tutorial - QUERY: “The most powerful function” in Google Sheets (part 2)](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tutorial-query-the-most-powerful-function-in-google-sheets-part-2/10849):
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> If you have not read part 1, below is the direct link so you can have a read at what QUERY is, and how it can help your case, whether it be building Glide apps or make your normal day work easier. 
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> > **6/Dynamically sort your data using ORDER BY**
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> > An ORDER BY claused can be used to dynamically sort your data after being queried, and you can change the column that is used to sort with just a letter. By default, the ORDER BY sorts ascendingly, and it can grab the data type in the column automatically.…

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