Restricting a form by amount entered on a monthly basis
I have a form that utilized for co workers to request use of our department credit card. Our card has a monthly limit of $2,500.00. Is there a way to create a form in smartsheets that would calculate per month the monetary limitation and include any other submissions total for that month and if anyone submitted a form with the estimated cost that would go over a the $2,500 limit an the current submission per month that it would auto send a decline email to the submitter?
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I hope you're well and safe!
Yes, but you have to add a so-called helper column that can sum the current month's values, and then you could have a workflow trigger if the amount goes over the limit sending an Alert.
Make sense?
Would 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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Thanks Andree! Is "helper column" a specific function/thing or are you advising to creating a column and entering in a formula to calculate? Also, how do I enter the formula to make it time sensitive? Meaning always adhering to the current/present month?
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Happy to help!
A helper column is a column used only to help a process.
Try something like this in the helper column. (update the column names to match yours)
=SUMIFS(Amount:Amount, [Created Date]:[Created Date], IFERROR(MONTH(@cell), 0) = MONTH(TODAY()))
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Thank you! I will try it out later this week and definitely let you know. Again thank you and have a great week.
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