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changing email address in contact list (web formular)
Hi everybody, I use a contact list in a web formular. Unfortunately, it is not possible to write a new email address into the drop down list which is not yet included in the list. It simply disappears after writing it + Enter. Is there a way to do so? greetings Joerg
Need to calculate an Expiration date
I have a sheet that I have included the current inspection date. I need to calculate two expiration dates. One column @ 90 days post the inspection date and one column @ 365 days post the inspection date. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Nicole
Count projects that will complete in the current month - parent rows only
I have a sheet that houses all projects within one department. Many of the projects have child rows that I don't want to include in my count formula. I have a Hierarchy column that reflects "0" in the parent rows - those are the only rows I want to count if the date of completion is in the current month. Help? Thank you!
Return Most Recent Date and Other Column Value or Only Flow Most Recent Entry into Sheet per Account
I need to be able to return the most recent value for the Created Date column and the corresponding Discussed column text. Currently, I am using an IF, COUNT, MAX, CHILDREN formula that I found on the community to return a MAX date within a grouping of rows but I can't figure out how to also return the Discussed value that…
Checkbox populated another column with date
Hello I have a checkbox column that I want when checked to copy the shipped date form one column (Shipped Date) to another column (Customer requested date). Is this possible with a formula?
Countif referencing another sheet not working
I have a column in another sheet called Ranking (Text/Number field). It contains numbers from 1-200. Using this formula it's returning a value of 0 which is not accurate from the column I selected. Is there something I'm missing? =COUNTIF({Ranking}, >100) I even tried to complete the formula in the sheet directly and it's…
Trying to do logic if first character is a number, IF(ISNUMBER(LEFT... seems to always result in FAL
I want to do some logic based on whether an entry starts with a number. I assumed `=IF(ISNUMBER(LEFT([Primary Column]1)), "Number", "No Number")` would have worked, but it seems to always return FALSE. What am I missing? (Also, does this forum not support tables or code formatting?) | Primary Column | Formula | Result |…
Email automation based on time.
We cannot set automated reminders after minutes. Our need: Send email if row has not been modified within 30 minutes of created. We also can't calculate in minutes with a formula? Just seems like a huge oversight.
Prevent Formula Overriding
Hi there! I have a column set up to indicate Task Progress (can choose from dropdown: Not Yet Started, In Progress, Nearing Completion, etc.) but also would like it to automatically mark "Complete" if another column (checkbox formatting) has a marked checkbox. The issue I'm having is that the formula erases if someone…
Flagging task if not updated
Hi, I have a sheet that tracks a group of teams' weekly KPI's. Each week on a Thursday, the different team members need to access their sheet, update the date that their KPI's relate to and enter the KPI's for each line. Each team has a separate sheet that rolls up into a "AT RISK" task tracking report for me. I have to…

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Parent and child rows
Hello, I need assistance with managing parent and child rows in Smartsheet. How can I display a milestone as completed once all of its child rows are marked as 100% complete? For example, if I complete all the rows under Milestone 5, how can I set Milestone 5 to show 100%? Thank you in advance for your help.
text to columns
Hello. I'm looking to split out the following string to provide just the supervisor name and I've yet to figure out the formula.. thoughts on how I do that in a helper column? Thanks Supervisor | Approved by Little, Paul on 12/4/23 @ 11:42 AM |
Was there a change to how the "Modified" filter works
Hello - I am running into a weird filtering issue that I have not had before. We have a new sheet that gets updated each day. Today we imported data into a sheet and I have separate reports based on when the sheet was "modified" However not all the data is showing up.

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