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Using Today formula in date field has limitations
Hi. I just wanted to find out if perhaps the =today() function does not work when using a sheet with begin and end dates and dependencies enabled. When I try to enter the function, it only shows the actual function statement and not today's date. However when I use this function on a sheet with only one due date column and…
Multi Formula/Sheet Help
Hi Been struggling with this for ages, I can get the two elements of this formula to work separately but not together - I hope the below makes sense! :) I am trying to get a formula to: A) Search a column on another sheet to see if a reference number is present The below works but gives me the total count…
If statements with multiple conditions
Hi, Hoping someone can help with a formula I am struggling to get to work for a specific scenario. I have a "phase column" in my project plan which looks at various parent rows for my project phases, i.e Discovery, Design, Build, Implement, Benefits realisation. The formula assesses the status of these phases, so I can…
Last Working Day of the Month
I have been wracking and wrecking my brain trying to figure out a formula that will go ahead and automatically display the date of the last work day of the month taking into account weekends and holidays that will automatically calculate based on today's date. Any ideas?
Adding time durations as actual numbers
Hello, We're trying to use Smartsheet to report on music details. It would be very useful to take the durations of music tracks (formatted either as mm:ss or h:mm:ss) and add them together together for a total duration. How would we attempt this?
Showing Errors in a formula
When working with a formula, some errors do happen and the formular doesn't work. Does smartsheet have a feature like excel which would show a part of formular that is missing something or has a problem? Also in excel, before you hit Enter in a formula, you could highlight part of an argument or formula and hit F9 to see…
Importing Excel Spreadsheet with embedded formulas
Does anyone know if you can import a Excel spreadsheet into SmartSheet with embedded formulas and formulas linked to other sheets in the same Excel file without having to re-create the formula within SmartSheet?
Why doesn't this SUMIFS working?
I get #unparseable. =SUMIFS(Effort Hrs:Efford Hrs,Assignee:Assignee,"Easton",Sprint Week:Sprint Week,"32") Effort Hrs = Hours worked Assignee = the person Sprint Week = the wee it is done
Using INDEX/MATCH to create sheet with subset of data from another sheet
I have a sheet that lists hundreds of inventory items. The sheet has columns with checkboxes indicating if a given item is included in a specific shipment type. I'd like to create a new sheet that populates a list of the inventory item numbers for every instance that checkbox is checked for a given row on the original…
Excel Formula Error
Hi All, I've referenced the forums for help and thought someone might help me with the "unparseable" error I am getting. We are trying to do complex formulas: =COUNT(IF(FREQUENCY([Listing Key]2:[Listing Key]20)>0,1)))) The "[Listing Key]2:[Listing Key]20" reflect the chosen cells to crunch the formula. Attached is a…

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I am currently using this formula and it works just fine. =IF(AND([90 Day Window 3]@row = "Ready", [60 Day Window 2]@row = "Ready", [30 Day Window 1]@row = "Ready"), "Ready", "Not Ready") But I am trying to add another part to it that has 2 things to referance to make true but does not work and Im sure its becuase or the…
Determining the # of days formula
Im trying to calculate the number of days for a project based on the budget dollars $14,256.90 with an average of $30.00 per hour per employee for 4 employees (resources) and 8 hours per day
Assignee reporting for all tasks during specific date ranges
I have been trying to create a report that shows all the tasks my team have on each week. I found some guidance in a community post about setting filters based on the start and end date. However I have found this doesn’t provide quite what I need so I was wondering if someone might be able to help me. Basically, I want to…

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