Is there a way to have a formula for the whole column?

Hi Smartsheet,

I am utilizing Smartsheet for employee information and have found a way to generate documents. I want to be able to title the document "Effective Date - Employee Name - Change Reason." I've looked up resources since the title of generating documents can only hold one column.

Other Smartsheet resources told me to create a column in my Smartsheet with a formula and then use that as the title. I was able to create what I need in one cell with the formula:

=[Effective Date]1 + " - " + [Employee Name]1 + " - " + [Change Reason]1.

Is there a way to have that formula be the standard for the whole column?

Thank you for your help. If you have any questions, let me know!

Thank you,

Christian Ong

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Ryan Sides

Hey Christian, sure thing. Right click on the cell with your formula and click Convert to Column Formula.

Andrée Starå

Hi @Christian Ong

I hope you're well and safe!

To add to Ryan's excellent advice/answer.

Try something like this. (You'll have to change the row references to @row because otherwise, it won't work in a column formula)

=[Effective Date]@row + " - " + [Employee Name]@row + " - " + [Change Reason]@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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Christian Ong

HI Andrée,

Thank you for the quick answer. With your formula, I was able to get it to work. Thank you!

Andrée Starå

@Christian Ong

Excellent!

Happy to help!

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