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RYG Balls connected to Whether Items are completed or not.
I am looking to connected RYG balls to whether certain items are complete or not? I am not sure of the best way to do this- if a checkbox would be the way to connect color change based on status of task, or if inputting a "completion date" would do the same thing? I tried a couple of different formulas from these forums…
How to use data from another sheet as selection criteria?
Hello, I am trying to build a Report or ANOTHER sheet where I pull data only for Rows from another sheet that have OrderNr=OrderNr from the other sheet. The ordernumbers change daily. I need to be able to refresh automatically on a daily basis. Any recommendations how I should approach this?
Cross sheet formula - help
With this new feature I'm hoping I can eliminate abut 10 columns from one sheet and create a sheet just for totals. Currently I have several columns just for counting the value of columns with checkboxes. Do I have to leave these in the same sheet? When I tried to do the values in a new sheet by referencing the main sheet…
Referencing sheets
I am trying to decide between one sheet vs multiple sheets. I currently have one sheet but it has over 50-60 columns and there are sets of data that will be used by different areas. I know I can filter what is needed (to a point) with reports but it still doesn't give me the end result I need. Here is the breakdown in a…
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.
Status Balls formula help
Hi, I am very new to this an am getting a bit frustrated. I have the following columns, Ship Date, Fabric Order Date, Fabric ETA, and Fabric Received or In Stock. The first 3 columns are date columns and the 3rd is a checkbox. I would like my status balls to due the following: If Fabric Order Date is blank, I would like a…
Alerts & Actions
I am trying to ultimately set up my sheet to automatically send out Update Request 3 days (or whatever I set) within the "Bid Date" loaded into the sheet. It would be ideal if this update request would be emailed to the contact in "Sales Rep" column and copy (cc) me in the emailed Update Request for all of them. I was told…
IF WITH 2 CRITERIA
I'm looking to make a formula that will do the following: search all instances in Column2 for "A" IF subsequent Column3 has a value of "YES"....if all "A"s = "YES" than return a value of "YES" otherwise "NO" I included an image that hopefully clarifies this a little more. in the image I show 3 "A"s in Column2, 2=YES and…
Formula using Sum and Countif not returning expected outcomes
Here's a version of the formula that works. However I need to include a second value and get an error when I try. I'm sure it's the formula syntax. Not sure if there is a better way to get the right outcome. I basically am trying to determine % Complete OR Not Applicable Working with just Pass as a value…
RYG Balls-can't figure out
I've looked and cannot solve a problem I had solved before... I have a checkbox to denote when a task is completed. I have a due date. My problem is that I want my RYG to be green if the box is checked (that seemed easy to do) and Yellow if the due date is within 7 days AND the the box is not checked and Red if the due…
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I am trying to get the percentile of responses that return "1-2" if the responded "4 Months" in
I am trying to get the percentile of responses that return "1-2" in a column if the response is "4 Months" in another column. =PERCENTILE(COLLECT({Preceptors}, {Preceptors}, ="1-2", {Survey Time}, "4 Months", 0.5)) or =PERCENTILE(COLLECT({Preceptors}, {Preceptors}, ="1-2", {Survey Time}, {Survey Time}, "4 Months", 0.5))…
COUNTIF where counting if cell contains "Super" but "Superstar"
I have a formula where I'm counting how many products are at a certain status and where they have a title of Super, Super & more or Super & Design (B&W) - but want to make it scalable. Is there a way to create a formula where I can tell it to count any cell where "Super" is the prefix? And secondarily, not count anything…
COUNTIFS with multiple OR dates
Im trying to use a formula that counts the number of projects where it fulfills certain criteria that then checks whether the startdate was after a beginning date range or the end date was before the end date range. (basically that work was performed within the date range). This is what I have: =COUNTIFS({Marcom Portfolio…