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COUNTIF for dates equal to current month or current week
I'm attempting to create a metric that counts the number of installs in the current month (and also another for those in the current week). I have tried the following: =COUNTIF({Master Range 1}, =MONTH(TODAY())) =COUNTIF({Master Range 1}, =WEEKNUMBER(TODAY())) I've also tried using SUMIF instead of COUNTIF. All return "0"…
How to count number of cells in a range
Hello, I have two questions about counting the number of cells in a range? How do I count all cells in a range, whether or not they have a value in them? COUNTM seems to exclude blanks. Can I do they same for a list that is not a range? Thanks, Suzanne
Calendar Header
Hello there, I am trying to create a calendar view that shows holidays for 4 different locations around the globe. I've populated the grid with all of the holidays for each location and they are showing just fine on the calendar. But i would like to show regular hours when each location is not on holiday. Ideally i would…
Project Management: Automating Timelines Across Multiple Projects/Sheets
Before I go into specifics, maybe the simplest form of my question is: can I somehow mimic the functionality of LiquidPlanner's "Smart Schedules" in Smartsheet? (Just to clarify, my company doesn't have LiquidPlanner nor does it plan to, it's just the only product I've heard of that has this functionality out of the box.)…
COUNTIFS with Cross-sheet references
I'm trying to get a count of rows between two dates AND where we have the status as one of three choices. I've tried using the OR logic embedded in the COUNTIFS formula, but I couldn't get that working. Instead, I created a helper column next to status called 'Concluded' to evaluate whether or not the ticket's current…
Returning Max Date from Another Sheet with Conditions
Hello, I am trying to gather the max date from a row on another sheet if that row has a matching cell to one on the current sheet. Below is a screenshot of the current sheet. I am trying to fill the Last Action Date cell if the Originating WO# cell matches the one on the other sheet. Other sheet: I would like the formula…
SUMIFS with multiple criteria in multiple columns
Hi - I'm trying to create a formula that will sum the amount of hours in one column when it meets a certain criteria (type of hours) from another column, but only if they were accrued after a certain date (a third column). No matter what I try I either get an error. Here is the formula I have so far (which is wrong -…
SUMIFS with criterion referencing 2 date cells
Dear Forum, i would like a SUMIFS formula to be able to count hours in my timesheet on certain dates. All my hours and dates sit in one sheet, id like a second sheet to then count hours in certain dates. As i understand it, SUMIFS needs:' 'Andi Hawes Timesheet Range 2' as the range i want to sum up in a nother sheet Andi…
Conditionally changing cells
Hi, I'm looking to see if there is any formula(or anything else) I could use to change a cell to a specific pre-defined value, if a different cell is CHANGED TO a certain value. I know that the changed to functionality is available through automation, however the action options in automation do not offer cell changing…
Turning symbols into a percentage
I have a parent row where I would like to show the % of ticked answers for all the children rows . I can see that the tick is formatted as 'YES' but i can not work out the formula to change the yes into a number to get the %?

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