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If then statement for a list of individuals
Good day! I am trying to reference one cell in my spreadsheet that has a drop down list of 30+ people in the list. I want to create another cell using the if then formula to say if person a, person, c, and person h are in the first cell, provide this name for their manager. I have 4 managers that I need to divide this…
Day of Week instead of short date
Hello, I would like to have a formula in place that automatically selects a day of week based on the date we paste in the "Bid Date" Column. When 3/26/18 is loaded into [Bid Date] Column it produces "Monday" in the [Day] Column, and so forth... Is this possible?
Dynamically update form data
Looking for help... I'd like to update the fields on a form dynamically. Example: Use the system-generated Creation Date to calculate a "Delivery Date" 2 weeks in the future and display it on the form. I know I can do this on the Smartsheet but I don't know how to display it while the user is entering information.
COUNTIFS Statement Help
I am trying to COUNTIFS but have been unsuccessful so far. I need to count the status of a project if it is a certain product. I keep getting #INCORRECT =COUNTIFS(Status3:Status51, "Green", Product:Product, "Rapid Test") Thanks.
Newbie Question - Reports Lookup into Sheet (relational database like)
First, I am sure this has been answered, but I could not find it. I have two smartsheets: Projects and PMs. The PMs sheet has basic info about the PM (Emp ID, Name, Email). The project sheet has all the projects we are working in the company with lots of project metrics. One being Margin %. I want to create, then run a…
Vlookup
I am updating information on to a sheet when I contact our customers AP dept either by email or Phone. The info I update includes Invoice- date- AP response. I want to use this data to link to another sheet that I am using to track open invoices via Vlookup. When I populate the sheet I have been inserting rows on top so…
How to add few texts/words on countif(s) formula
Hi, can someone help me on the correct formula that I should use? I wanted to get the number of projects based on their status however the countif formula that I am trying to use doesn't work in Smarsheet but works in Excel. Below is the formula I used in Excel that worked: =COUNTIFS(B3:B11,"*contract…
Moving Rows with a Formula
Hello, I have several Tasks. I want a formula that moves the whole row of a task, upon it's completion, to the bottom of the task list. Thank you for your help, Sohlbe
Formulas to durations or equivalent
I am building a production scheduler with a built in calculator where by the operator can adjust the labour allocation to test the duration output. My problem is Smartsheet won't allow durations to be edited by way of a formula. Also I am wanting the variables to be as follows: Completion Date - Constant (fixed) Variable…
Round Whole Dollars Up to Five Dollars
I have a column that takes a rate and decreases it by a discount percent: =[List Rate]@row * (1 - ([Client Discount]@row + [Selected Discount]@row)) For Example $ 300 less 15% discount = $ 255 $ 250 less 15% discount = $ 212.50 $ 90 less 15% discount = $ 76.50 I want to apply calculation that will result in rounding up to…

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Get a Countif on values in a multi-select column of cells
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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…

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