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Best way to report a top of funnel of requests metric
Hello, We are using Smartsheet as an intake form of new projects. What I need to do is do a COUNT of all the projects that came in for this week and also by product type, and region request. However, the only way I can think of doing this is to pull a report that looks at the created date and 7 days back, but I know you…
#REF in Predecessors
What do these errors mean in my Predecessor columns and the Edit Predecessor set-up window? I can't figure out what to do with them. I searched the Help Center and they say that #REF means "The formula references a cell which does not exist, possibly due to a row/column deletion." but this is not in a formula so I can't…
Check Box and Conditional Formatting
Hello, was hoping to get some advice ... i have a long drawn out conditional formatting expression that will turn a row a certain color once it is all met .. at that point i want a box to automatically be checked to indicate that the expression has been meet and something is ready to send .. i was looking into if formulas…
=NETDAYS([Expected Finish Launch Date]48, [Planned Finish Launch Date]48) returns 1 when date is the
Using formula as follows should return with a 0 if the dates are the same. Why is it returning a 1 instead? A similar formula if used in Excel will return a 0, so I would assume Smartsheets would do the same. Am I missing something in the formula? Thanks, Lawrence
Nested Multiple IF
I have a formula I am trying to work out using multiple dropdown menu options that add different formula instances. I am trying to use multiple IF statements, but I am getting an unparsable error. Here is the formula, the dropdowns are 4 options LVL2 RBH, LVL2 OOH, LVL4 RBH, and LVL4 OOH. Note - IF I use only the first IF…
VLOOKUP returning wrong value - solved
I had the following post ready to go, but figured out the problem. I'll still post to help anyone else. Essentially, when the VLOOKUP final parameter is left to default (true), Smartsheet thinks that "Low" is close enough to "High" to return the value for "High". When I change the final parameter to false, it returns the…
IFS Formula with Past Due, Not Completed
Hi, Hoping I can get some assistance on a formula for to give me a count if the following is met: Count the # where: Type column is "Task" or "Sub-Task", Task Status column is "Not Started" or "In Progress" and End Date column is Today or In the Past I would like to not add any additional columns. Thanks!
Accounts Receivable formulas for SmartSheet
Good morning, I am seeking formulas to help setup my accounts receivables SmartSheet based on the Status Stage from my project management sheet. Is there a formula for extracting from my "Invoiced" stage the cell history date from that cell. This is the date the status of that cell turned to "Invoiced". Then I will like a…

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Are You Able to Join Two Columns into a Data Shuttle Dynamic Dropdown?
Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone here can help me out with a challenge I'm facing in Smartsheet's Data Shuttle. I've been trying to use expressions to combine two columns into a single dynamic dropdown column in a target sheet, without changing the source sheet. For example, I want to combine Num and Name into a format like…
Converting email addresses with hyphenated First and/or Last Names
I am trying to convert email addresses into a Name field with the employee's First and Last Name, capitalizing the first character of each part of the name and keeping the hyphen in any part of the name that has one. I started with hyphenated first names so taking shmoe_joe-bob@company.com and converting it into Joe-Bob…
How to count a field which has a certain character in it.
I have a field with the date formatted as 09/30/2024. I would like to summarize that field with the count of lines containing 09 and 2024 (so basically by the month and year). I am attempting just for the month and can not get it to work. =COUNTIFS([Next Renewal Date]:[Next Renewal Date], CONTAINS("09") But I would also…

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