Nested IF(OR statements column formula

Hello smartsheet Community!

I'm trying to have a status column update based on three approval columns. There's several reasons why a row would be green ("Yes"), yellow ("Hold"), or red ("No"), so I'm trying to use nested IF(OR statements. It's possible I'm overcomplicating this and there's an easier way, any help is greatly appreciated!!

=IF(OR([A Approval Decision]@row = "Approved ",

[B Approval Decision]@row = "Approved ",

[A Approval Decision]@row = "Approved by

Email", [Review]@row = "Duplicate,

Approved"), "Yes", IF(OR([A Approval Decision]@row = "Declined",

IF([B Approval Decision]@row = "Declined",

IF([Review]@row = "Declined"), "No", IF(OR([A Approval Decision]@row = "Submitted",

"Hold", IF([Bs Approval Decision]@row = "Submitted ",

"Hold", IF([Review]@row =

"Submitted", "Hold", IF([Review]@row = "New"),

"Hold")))))))))

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Paul Newcome

You don't need the extra IF statements inside of the OR statements.

The reason the green is working is because you have

IF(OR(..., ..., ..., ..., ...)

The other two you have

IF(OR(IF(..., IF(..., IF(...

Try getting rid of the IFs inside of the ORs.

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Paul Newcome

Are you getting an error message, an unexpected output, or are you just looking to see if there is a different way to write the formula?

Pajfish

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/420816#Comment_420816

@Paul Newcome The green/yes status is working, but all others have "#INCORRECT ARGUMENT SET"

Paul Newcome

You don't need the extra IF statements inside of the OR statements.

The reason the green is working is because you have

IF(OR(..., ..., ..., ..., ...)

The other two you have

IF(OR(IF(..., IF(..., IF(...

Try getting rid of the IFs inside of the ORs.

Pajfish

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/420886#Comment_420886

Ooooh yes, and once I started looking at that I realized I was including "Hold" too many times too, I must have forgot to remove when I added OR. Updated to the below and all is working, thank you @Paul Newcome !

=IF(OR([A Approval Decision]@row = "Approved ", [B Approval Decision]@row = "Approved ", [A Approval Decision]@row = "Approved by Email", [Review]@row = "Duplicate, Approved"), "Yes", IF(OR([A Approval Decision]@row = "Declined", [B Approval Decision]@row = "Declined", [Review]@row = "Declined"), "No", IF(OR([A Approval Decision]@row = "Submitted", [Bs Approval Decision]@row = "Submitted ", [Review]@row = "Submitted", "Hold", [Review]@row = "New"), "Hold")))

Paul Newcome

Happy to help. 👍️

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