Auto populate a date field when selecting a weekday

John Kelly

When I select Monday from a droplist column named WEEKDAY, I want next Mondays date to auto populate in date column named Date.

Same for each day of the week. Is this possible?

Samuel Mueller

@John Kelly see if this fixes that until the date comes through

=iferror([Day Picked]@row +7 + ([Next Weekday]@row - Weekday([Day Picked]@row)),"")

of if your formula is different put that in the iferror

=Iferror( your current formula , "")

Samuel Mueller

@John Kelly To accomplish this you would need some helper columns

Need one column to determine what date of the week you are picking by value(say its called "Next Weekday") =if(dropdown@row="Sunday",1, if(dropdown@row="Monday", 2, if(etc.......

Need a second column to identify what day you picked the dropdown (say it's called Day Picked), here you would use an automation to record a date when any value in drop down is changed (Like when you pick Monday).

Then in your future date column you would have a formula something like:

=[Day Picked]@row +7 + ([Next Weekday]@row - Weekday([Day Picked]@row))

See if that gets you the desired outcome.

John Kelly

Thanks Samuel, that got me most of the way. One issue I am finding is that while I am waiting on the automation to record a date, I am getting #INVALID DATA TYPE appearing in the future date column. It clears itself when the record a date automation comes through. Any idea how to prevent this from happening?

Samuel Mueller

@John Kelly see if this fixes that until the date comes through

=iferror([Day Picked]@row +7 + ([Next Weekday]@row - Weekday([Day Picked]@row)),"")

of if your formula is different put that in the iferror

=Iferror( your current formula , "")

John Kelly

Thanks for the quick response Samuel. Yes that fixed it for me.

Appreciate the help.

Samuel Mueller

happy to help!