I want to count the number of times a contact appears in a column, how do I do that?

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So, I started with =COUNTIF(Name:Name), FIND("John Smith", @cell) > 0) this produced #unparseable. My ultimate goal is to have a dashboard that will display a pie chart with total number of leads per person. Thanks for any help!

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  • Brent Wilson
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    @Ddyer

    The COUNTIF function is all you need

    =COUNTIF([Name]:[Name], "John Smith")

    So you don't have to keep retyping the formula

    =COUNTIF([Name]:[Name], [Name]@row)

    But really the PIE chart functionally will do this without any formula. Just point it at the name and it will do that out of the box

    Brent C. Wilson, P.Eng, PMP, Prince2

    Facilityy Professional Services Inc.

    http://www.facilityy.com

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  • Brent Wilson
    Brent Wilson ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Ddyer

    The COUNTIF function is all you need

    =COUNTIF([Name]:[Name], "John Smith")

    So you don't have to keep retyping the formula

    =COUNTIF([Name]:[Name], [Name]@row)

    But really the PIE chart functionally will do this without any formula. Just point it at the name and it will do that out of the box

    Brent C. Wilson, P.Eng, PMP, Prince2

    Facilityy Professional Services Inc.

    http://www.facilityy.com

  • Ddyer
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    @Brent Wilson perfect! Worked great. Thank you!

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