Lesson 6


Linking Spreadsheet Data


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1. What is linking in a spreadsheet?  (Spreadsheet-āϤ Linking āĻ•ি?)
Answer: Linking in a spreadsheet means connecting data from one cell, sheet, or file to another, so that changes in the source data automatically reflect in the linked data.

(Spreadsheet-āϤ Linking āĻŽাāύে āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻāϟা āĻ•োāώ, āĻļ্āĻŦীāϤ āĻŦা āĻĢাāχāϞ⧰ āĻĄেāϟা āφāύāϟোāϤ āϏংāϝোāĻ— āϕ⧰া, āϝাā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻŽূāϞ āĻĄেāϟা āϏāϞāύি āĻš’āϞে āϞিংāĻ• āϕ⧰া āĻĄেāϟাāϟোāĻ“ āϏāϞāύি āĻšā§Ÿ।)

2. What is the use of linking data in spreadsheets? (Spreadsheet-āϤ āĻĄেāϟা Linking-ā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻ•ি?)
Answer:
  • Automatically updates linked data when the source data changes.
  • Reduces the need for manual data entry.
  • Helps in creating dynamic reports.
    ( - āĻŽূāϞ āĻĄেāϟা āϏāϞāύি āĻš’āϞে āϞিংāĻ• āϕ⧰া āĻĄেāϟা āϏ্āĻŦ⧟ংāĻ•্ā§°ি⧟āĻ­াā§ąে āφāĻĒāĻĄেāϟ āĻšā§Ÿ।
  • āĻšাāϤেāĻĻি āĻĄেāϟা āĻ­ā§°োā§ąাā§° āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύ āĻš্ā§°াāϏ āϕ⧰ে।
  • āĻĄা⧟āύেāĻŽিāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āϤৈ⧟াā§° āϕ⧰াāϤ āϏāĻšা⧟ āϕ⧰ে।)
3. How can we link data between two sheets in the same spreadsheet? (āĻāĻ•েāϟা Spreadsheet-ā§° āĻĻুāϟা āĻļ্āĻŦীāϤ⧰ āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻĄেāϟা āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϞিংāĻ• āϕ⧰িāĻŦ?)
Answer:
  • Select the cell where you want to display the linked data.
  • Type = and go to the other sheet.
  • Click on the desired cell and press Enter.
    ( - āĻĄেāϟা āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāĻŦāϞāĻ—ী⧟া āĻ•োāώāϟো āύিā§°্āĻŦাāϚāύ āϕ⧰āĻ•।
  • = āϟাāχāĻĒ āϕ⧰āĻ• āφ⧰ু āφāύ āĻļ্āĻŦীāϤāϟোāϤ āϝাāĻ“āĻ•।
  • āĻĒ্⧰⧟োāϜāύী⧟ āĻ•োāώāϟো āĻ•্āϞিāĻ• āϕ⧰ি Enter āϟিāĻĒāĻ•।)
4. What is the difference between relative and absolute referencing in linking? (Linking-āϤ Relative āφ⧰ু Absolute Referencing-ā§° āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝ āĻ•ি?)
Answer:
  • Relative Referencing: Changes when copied to another cell.
  • Absolute Referencing: Remains fixed, uses $ symbol (e.g., $A$1).
    ( - Relative Referencing: āφāύ āĻ•োāώāϞৈ āĻ•āĻĒি āϕ⧰িāϞে āϏ্āĻĨাāύ āϏāϞāύি āĻšā§Ÿ।
  • Absolute Referencing: āϏ্āĻĨিā§° āĻĨাāĻ•ে, $ āϚিāĻš্āύ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻšā§Ÿ (āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ: $A$1)।)
5. How can we link data from an external spreadsheet file? (āĻŦাāĻšিā§°ā§° Spreadsheet āĻĢাāχāϞ⧰ āĻĄেāϟা āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϞিংāĻ• āϕ⧰িāĻŦ?)
Answer:
  • Go to Sheet → Link to External Data.
  • Browse and select the file.
  • Choose the range of data to link.
  • Click OK.
    ( - Sheet → Link to External Data āϤ āϝাāĻ“āĻ•।
  • āĻĢাāχāϞāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻŦাāĻ›āύি āϕ⧰āĻ•।
  • āϞিংāĻ• āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞāĻ—ী⧟া āĻĄেāϟাā§° āϏীāĻŽা āύিā§°্āĻŦাāϚāύ āϕ⧰āĻ•।
  • OK āĻ•্āϞিāĻ• āϕ⧰āĻ•।)
6. What is the benefit of linking external data? (āĻŦাāĻšিā§°ā§° āĻĄেāϟা Linking-ā§° āϏুāĻŦিāϧা āĻ•ি?)
Answer:
  • Automatically updates data from external sources.
  • Avoids manual data entry.
  • Ensures data consistency.
    ( - āĻŦাāĻšিā§°ā§° āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻĄেāϟা āϏ্āĻŦ⧟ংāĻ•্ā§°ি⧟āĻ­াā§ąে āφāĻĒāĻĄেāϟ āĻšā§Ÿ।
  • āĻšাāϤেāĻĻি āĻĄেāϟা āĻ­ā§°োā§ąাā§° āĻ•াāĻŽ āĻš্ā§°াāϏ āϕ⧰ে।
  • āĻĄেāϟাā§° āϏ্āĻĨিā§°āϤা āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āϕ⧰ে।)
7. How can we unlink data in Calc? (Calc-āϤ āϞিংāĻ• āϕ⧰া āĻĄেāϟা āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āφঁāϤ⧰াāĻŦ?)
Answer:
  • Go to Edit → Links to External Files.
  • Select the link.
  • Click Break Link.
    ( - Edit → Links to External Files āϤ āϝাāĻ“āĻ•।
  • āϞিংāĻ•āϟো āĻŦাāĻ›āύি āϕ⧰āĻ•।
  • Break Link āĻ•্āϞিāĻ• āϕ⧰āĻ•।)
8. What is a dynamic link in a spreadsheet? (Spreadsheet-āϤ Dynamic Link āĻ•ি?)
Answer: A dynamic link automatically updates the linked data whenever the source data changes.
(Dynamic Link-āĻ āĻŽূāϞ āĻĄেāϟা āϏāϞāύি āĻš’āϞে āϞিংāĻ• āϕ⧰া āĻĄেāϟা āϏ্āĻŦ⧟ংāĻ•্ā§°ি⧟āĻ­াā§ąে āφāĻĒāĻĄেāϟ āϕ⧰ে।)

9. How can we use the Consolidate option in Calc? (Calc-āϤ Consolidate āĻŦিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰িāĻŦ?)
Answer:
  • Go to Data → Consolidate.
  • Select the source data range.
  • Choose the function (Sum, Average, etc.).
  • Click OK.
    ( - Data → Consolidate āϤ āϝাāĻ“āĻ•।
  • āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ āĻĄেāϟাā§° āϏীāĻŽা āύিā§°্āĻŦাāϚāύ āϕ⧰āĻ•।
  • āĻ•াāĻŽ (Sum, Average, āφāĻĻিā§° āĻĒā§°া) āĻŦাāĻ›āύি āϕ⧰āĻ•।
  • OK āĻ•্āϞিāĻ• āϕ⧰āĻ•।)
10. What is the difference between Consolidate and Linking? (Consolidate āφ⧰ু Linking-ā§° āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝ āĻ•ি?)
Answer:
  • Consolidate: Combines data from multiple ranges into one.
  • Linking: Creates a reference to another data source.
    ( - Consolidate: āĻāĻ•াāϧিāĻ• āĻĄেāϟা āϏীāĻŽা āĻāĻ•āϤ্ā§°িāϤ āϕ⧰ে।
  • Linking: āφāύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ⧰ āĻĄেāϟা ā§°েāĻĢাā§°েāύ্āϏ āϏৃāώ্āϟি āϕ⧰ে।)

11. What is the use of the Data → Validity option? (Data → Validity āĻŦিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻ•ি?)
Answer: The Validity option allows users to set validation rules to control the type of data entered in a cell.
(Data → Validity āĻŦিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒে āĻ•োāώāϤ āύিā§°্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĄেāϟা āĻ­ā§°াāĻŦāϞৈ āύি⧟āύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖ āĻĻি⧟ে।)

12. How can we protect a linked sheet in Calc? (Calc-āϤ āϞিংāĻ• āϕ⧰া āĻļ্āĻŦীāϤ āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϏংā§°āĻ•্āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ?)
Answer:
  • Go to Tools → Protect Sheet.
  • Set a password.
  • Click OK.
    ( - Tools → Protect Sheet āϤ āϝাāĻ“āĻ•।
  • āĻĒাāĻ›ā§ąā§°্āĻĄ āĻĻি⧟āĻ•।
  • OK āĻ•্āϞিāĻ• āϕ⧰āĻ•।)
13. How can we refresh linked data in Calc? (Calc-āϤ āϞিংāĻ• āϕ⧰া āĻĄেāϟা āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ ā§°িāĻĢ্ā§°েāĻ› āϕ⧰িāĻŦ?)
Answer:
  • Go to Edit → Links to External Files.
  • Select the link.
  • Click Update.
    ( - Edit → Links to External Files āϤ āϝাāĻ“āĻ•।
  • āϞিংāĻ•āϟো āύিā§°্āĻŦাāϚāύ āϕ⧰āĻ•।
  • Update āĻ•্āϞিāĻ• āϕ⧰āĻ•।)
14. What is the use of named ranges in linking? (Linking-āϤ Named Range-ā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻ•ি?)
Answer: Named ranges simplify linking by allowing users to refer to a range by name instead of cell references.
(Named Range-āĻ āĻ•োāώ⧰ āĻ িāĻ•āύাā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤে āύাāĻŽ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ি āĻĄেāϟা āϞিংāĻ• āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻšা⧟ āϕ⧰ে।)

15. How can we import data from a CSV file into Calc? (Calc-āϤ CSV āĻĢাāχāϞ⧰ āĻĄেāϟা āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āφāĻŽāĻĻাāύি āϕ⧰িāĻŦ?)
Answer:
  • Go to File → Open.
  • Select the CSV file.
  • Choose the delimiter and format settings.
  • Click OK.
    ( - File → Open āϤ āϝাāĻ“āĻ•।
  • CSV āĻĢাāχāϞāϟো āĻŦাāĻ›āύি āϕ⧰āĻ•।
  • Delimiter āφ⧰ু Format āύিā§°্āĻŦাāϚāύ āϕ⧰āĻ•।
  • OK āĻ•্āϞিāĻ• āϕ⧰āĻ•।)



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