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How to use Formulas to change the value of Symbols and Check Boxes?
I'm kinda new to this. I'm a little familiar with how formulas worked in Microsoft Excel, but not a pro in the slightest. I only know basic stuff. How do you use a formula to change the value of symbols and check boxes and drop down menus? Also, I've been having trouble pulling the data from dates. I always get the…
A formula for totaling question
I have a sheet that is tracking issues. One column is a category (bug, feature req, UI issue, etc.). The selections are defined in a pull down and isn't free form. I want to create a widget for a dashboard that shows the total number of each category option. It appears I can't do it directly so I thought of building a…
Line Item Transfer to Another Sheet using Formula's
I'm working on a project and am hoping for some advice from the community of experts! I have a sheet that serves as an ongoing list of projects and information about those projects - once a decision is made to either fund the project or deny the project, I'd like that line item to appear in another sheet. My main sheet…
Report Builder, Using Include and Exclude on Same Column?
Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to get the Report Builder to filter both an include and an exclude in the same column -OR- get it to filter for an exact word or phrase. Example: Filter for a column is set to find all entries that contain the name "john" but that means that a bunch of listings that also contain…
Using Parent / Children functions to roll up dates
trying to add new columns to show some milestones end dates on the parent row. For example, if i have a summary parent row called "Project 1" and one of the child tasks called "SOW", i want to show the SOW date rolled up to the summary row in a new custom date column using formulas. Any idea how to do that? Not so sure how…
Date Formula
Hi I am trying to count the number of items that are for a particular month and year. eg: I would like to count the number of items submitted for the month of Jan 2018 the column I am wanting to pull the data from is a date column
Formula Needed for Drop Down
Hi, I am looking for a formula that will allow me to limit the options seen in a drop down based of what is selected from another drop down. For example, Column A would is a State Drop Down and Column B is a City Drop Down but only shows the cities that are in that state. Is this possible?
View formulas globally in a sheet
Both Google sheets and Excel have a shortcut (CTRL+~) that allows you to toggle a view that shows all the formulas in the sheet at once (that is, the cells change from displaying values to displaying the underlying formulas). I find this very helpful to: - Discover which columns I want to shade grey to indicate that they…
Using "@row" reference with ";" as the separator
Hi the community! I am using Smartsheet with French settings, meaning : * the decimal separator (for numeric values) is "," * the separator in formulas is ";" When I use the "@row" reference in a formula, then extend this formula and come back to it, the formula separator becomes ",". So if I modify the formula without…
Trying to get fancy with formulas - RYG with "AND" conditions
I'm trying to get a formula that will do the following: Give me a RYG result in a column, by looking at whether a project item has gotten close to the due date, compared to what the status is on that item. I want it to give a Red result if it is within a specific number of days of the due date and has less than 25%…

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Using JOIN/COLLECT and an OR?
I'm trying to write a formula using the JOIN and COLLECT options. However, I've hit a sticky point when I want to include an OR criterion on the COLLECT portion. My current formula (which works perfectly) is: =JOIN(COLLECT({Assets Range 1}, {Assets Range 2}, [Tool]@row, {Assets Range 3}, "Live"), ", ") However, I want to…
INDEX/COLLECT with both MATCH and CONTAINS criteria
I am looking for help with a cross-sheet INDEX/COLLECT formula. I need to MATCH in one criteria and CONTAINS in another criteria. I can get them working separately but I don't know how to combine into a working formula. Source Sheet: Destination Sheet: In the Attending School column in Destination Sheet, I'd like to…
Parent Color Symbol, Based on "Average" of Child Symbols
Okay, here I am again! On the Project I am working on, the Stakeholder wants parent rows for no reason other than to be able to expand and collapse the data. I nicely suggested that since the data would only be for 1 year (broken down in quarters and about 5 users listed each quarter), that since the data was not excessive…

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