I am looking to use an Index match to concatenate a persons roles

Mathew Palter

I have a sheet to track workers roles however, some people are listed multiple times as they have multiple roles because depending on the project their role is different. I was wondering if there was a way to use an Index(match( to either concat all of their roles in 1 formula without the use of a helper column. My current formula can only produce the first role in the list =IFERROR(INDEX(Role$3:Role$72, MATCH([Worker Name]@row, Name$3:Name$72, 0)), "-")

Ex

John PM

Tina Engineer

John Engineer

For John I would only be able to pull PM as it comes first on the list. I would like to have it show for John PM,Engineer

Kelly Moore

Hey @Mathew Palter

The formula below will work assuming your data is arranged as I illustrated. If your data is different, please provide a screenshot.

Name Role

John PM

Tina Engineer

John Engineer

=Name@row + " " + JOIN(COLLECT(Role:Role, Name:Name, Name@row), ", ")

If you must designate absolute row numbers, edit the formula accordingly. Often with the COLLECT formula you can add criteria that would exclude unwanted rows so that you can make the formula a column formula.

Will this work for you?

Kelly

Kelly Moore

Hey @Mathew Palter

The formula below will work assuming your data is arranged as I illustrated. If your data is different, please provide a screenshot.

Name Role

John PM

Tina Engineer

John Engineer

=Name@row + " " + JOIN(COLLECT(Role:Role, Name:Name, Name@row), ", ")

If you must designate absolute row numbers, edit the formula accordingly. Often with the COLLECT formula you can add criteria that would exclude unwanted rows so that you can make the formula a column formula.

Will this work for you?

Kelly

Mathew Palter

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/388831#Comment_388831

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/388831#Comment_388831

Thank you for the help! I found a way to add a Distinct and it works perfectly!

Kelly Moore

@Mathew Palter

Great! I'm glad you got the formula working to fit your purpose