Workaround for indenting in a cell

Monica Solar

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to write a formula that will indent the items in my Activity Name column based on the value in my Project Plan / WBS Hierarchy column.

For example, if the Project Plan / WBS Hierarchy column has a value of Milestone, indent the Activity Name cell two spaces.

I can get the formula to work if I use dashes or other characters, but not with spaces, does anyone have any suggestions?

Here is the formula I am using, without characters...just spaces...

=IF([Project Plan / WBS Hierarchy]@row = "Workstream", "" + [Activity Name]@row,

IF([Project Plan / WBS Hierarchy]@row = "Subfunction", " " + [Activity Name]@row,

IF([Project Plan / WBS Hierarchy]@row = "Milestone", " " + [Activity Name]@row,

IF([Project Plan / WBS Hierarchy]@row = "Task", " " + [Activity Name]@row,

IF([Project Plan / WBS Hierarchy]@row = "Sub Task", " " + [Activity Name]@row)))))

thanks!

Monica

Andrée Starå

Hi @Monica Solar

I hope you're well and safe!

Try something like this. (and continue the pattern to match what you need)

=IF([Project Plan / WBS Hierarchy]@row = "Workstream", UNICHAR(20) + UNICHAR(20) + UNICHAR(20) + [Activity Name]@row)

Did that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Monica Solar

Hi @Andrée Starå - almost but not quite, I get boxes instead of spaces

Andrée Starå

@Monica Solar

Strange! It looks ok on my side.

Can you share the exact formula you tested?

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Monica Solar

Hi @Andrée Starå Here it is: =IF([Project Plan / WBS Hierarchy]@row = "Workstream", UNICHAR(20) + UNICHAR(20) + UNICHAR(20) + [Activity Name]@row)

Activity Name column type is Text/Num

thanks!

Monica