Google-sheets – Making a chart in Google Sheets

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First time poster and currently getting familiar with Google Spreadsheet with using some books and information on the net. However, I couldn't put into words what I was trying to do so I found this site.

I am trying to make a simple chart in Google Spreadsheet of whom attended work without me having to fill in who came everyday. I want to use Google App Script or VBA or anything where I can eliminate

Here is a data table I am using, in a nutshell
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id     name     date
001    John     2020/01/01
002    Mark     2020/01/01
003    Brad     2020/01/01
001    John     2020/01/02
002    Mark     2020/01/02
001    John     2020/01/03
002    Mark     2020/01/03
003    Brad     2020/01/03

Here is what I want to make

      2020/01/01    2020/01/02    2020/01/03
John     ◯             ◯             ◯
Mark     ◯             ◯             ◯
Brad     ◯                           ◯

Best Answer

Select your data and create a pivot table

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