Collect formula for child rows

Dhoke

I am trying to return the sum of "in process" items under each parent row in the following sheet but can't come up with the right formula/syntax to work. I got a formula to correctly return teh number of child rows but now need the number of items "in process" per parent row and the following formula gives me UNPARSEABLE error. I thought a COLLECT formula would work but I can't figure it out.

COUNTIF(DESCENADANTS(report status@row), "In Progress"))

Paul Newcome

@Dhoke When you are referencing a column name that has spaces, numbers, and/or special characters, the column name has to be wrapped in [square brackets].

=COUNTIF(DESCENADANTS([Report Status]@row), "In Progress")

Andrée Starå

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/108946/collect-formula-for-child-rows

Hi,

I hope you're well and safe!

Try something like this.

=COUNTIFS(CHILDREN([Report Status]@row), "In Progress")

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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Paul Newcome

@Dhoke When you are referencing a column name that has spaces, numbers, and/or special characters, the column name has to be wrapped in [square brackets].

=COUNTIF(DESCENADANTS([Report Status]@row), "In Progress")

Dhoke

thanks! worked great. what if i need to count number in the parent row as well?

Paul Newcome

I'm not sure I follow. What do you mean?

Andrée Starå

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/391544#Comment_391544

Excellent!

Happy to help!

Which value do you want to count additionally?

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