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Convert Text to a "Sum"
I am in the bowels of Smartsheet lessons and trying to figure out which formula can assist with the following:
If a column has 3 dropdown options - Apple, Orange, Banana - I would like to run a formula so a total can be realized from the number of times Apple appears, Orange appears, and so on so it can report to a dashboard.
If favorite fruit Apple is chosen 8 times I need it to feed 8 to the dashboard by realizing that "Apple" is in that column 8 times, etc.
I understand I may have to add another "feeder" sheet to then feed to the dashboard.
Is this as simple as I think it should be? I am having trouble finding this solution. Thanks!
Answers
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Could you maybe do something like =COUNTIF(datarange:datarange, CONTAINS("Apple", @cell))? with the datarange being the column and "Apple" could be subbed by a more flexible cell of whatever value you are want.
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You can put these metric calculations in the sheet summary that can be linked to the dashboard
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