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for my spreadsheet, I use one per story or setting. I share the same sheet for a setting because I need to track characters across stories.

I have one tab for characters, where record name, race, gender, age, role, description and what story they were introduced in.

I have a tab for graphs, where I can see I've got too many white people again. I find it's easy to get into a rut, so having something to remind me to mix it up helps. That's not something everybody needs, but its easy to track and easy to check.

I also have a timeline tab, where I have columns for Economics, science, Politics, War and characters.
This way, from the characters birthdate to the present, I can see what else was happening in the world that might have influenced them.