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Re: Default a value in dropdown list??
You can, in essence. If you are using a form to populate the dropdown list you can put that value in a hidden field, and then change it after the form is submitted.
If you're talking about when you add a new row - right from in smartsheet? Maybe not. When I create my templates for new projects in our project sheet I have the template rows already set at my default value before copying them into my sheet. So it kind of depends on how you are using them.
Mike Wilday
Re: SUCCESSORS Testing
@Paul Newcome - This thread and its comments are outstanding, thank you! Like @Vivien Chong, I am using this principle to identify my Next Assignee ("Assigned to" field). Since we all appear to be blocked when it comes to referencing data where more than one Successor exists, is there a way to call out this risk via error text? I envision an amendment to my existing formula that identifies when a comma exists in the Successor field to say "Multiple", I just don't know where to start. Here's my formula...
=IF(Successor@row <> "", JOIN(COLLECT([Assigned To]:[Assigned To], Row:Row, HAS(Successor@row, @cell)), CHAR(10)))
Re: Pie Chart Same Data / Legend even if Amount is Zero?
Hi @Jaimy Tully,
Unfortunately there's no setting to keep zeros on the charts.
There is a workaround that involves having a value of .001 for the items, so that when they drop to 0 (or 0.001 instead), they still appear on the chart as a zero because there is a value but not enough to round up to a value of 1.
@Paul Newcome and others have provided this answer on other posts. Here's one of them, so you can see the workaround in action. Thanks Paul!
Ray Lindstrom
How to make a User Group a Dropdown List
We have created user groups for different departments and have several forms with a column of users. How do we make the drop-down on the sheet pull from a specific user group? Right now we have to manually add/remove names from each sheets' drop down list which defeats the purpose of building user groups.
John M Lee
Re: Send as an attachment PDF not refreshing
Hi @Val W
I hope you're well and safe!
Please have a look at my post below with a method I developed to update the sheet(s) daily.
More info:
Did that work/help?
I hope that helps!
Be safe, and have a fantastic week!
Best,
Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD
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Andrée Starå
Re: How can I reference a date from another sheet when writing a SUMIFS formula?
Hey!
In your Existing Ticket Tracker Sheet, my suggestion is to set it up with a buddy column called "Ticket Closed", if possible, because it will make writing the formula on the new master a little easier/future proofs it a bit, if you ever want to count other durations - ie quarters, months, etc. If you cannot, scroll below.
The Ticket Closed Column is a checkbox. It will be a Column Formula with this formula (see below).
=IF([Date Closed]@row <> "", true)
In your new Master Sheet, assuming you added the Ticket Closed Column. You can write your formula to say "Count if the "ticket closed column" is checked and it happened TODAY"
=COUNTIFS({Existing Ticket Tracker Sheet: Ticket Closed Colum}, true, {Existing Ticket Tracker Sheet: Date Closed}, TODAY())
If you want it between certain dates you and duration and just adjust the back end of the formula instead of saying "today"
Alternative Option: If you could not add the extra column, in the new sheet - use this. It will count how many tickets were closed using the date column.
=COUNTIF({Existing Ticket Tracker Sheet: Date Closed}, TODAY())
Let me know if this is what you were looking for! Thanks!
Julia Bennfors
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Distancing from a toxic family member. Emotional abuse is hard to identify when you are going through it. You want to believe that, its just their personality and they really dont mean to be that way. It took several years after the distancing for me to realize that this person made choices to behave the way they did. Removing the close connection enabled me to minimze the negative interactions and I was able to focus on more positive relationships. In more recent years, I've rekindled a little of the closeness with this person... but only with clear boundaries of respect and positive intent. Life is good!
Marlei
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Going on vacations by myself! Now I love just spending quality time with my own company around the world, however, I can't ignore that I have also met some wonderful beings in this journey 🙌
Marcela
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I was terrified the first time I was an announcer for a roller derby event. Normally I would never have been asked but volunteers were low that day so I stepped in. Public speaking and explaining a confusing sport to a group of 400 people was a bit much but got through it and I have picked up the microphone quite a few times since.
Amanda Jeske
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Fear and scared of Height.

