Issue with formula (Contains, If and or)

Question

Hi, I cannot seem to get this formula to work —

I want to flag any requests for rapid ads (ad request type contains "rapid" for two types of classifications (class type contains "mgr" or "sup").  This is what the formula looks like but it is not working properly so I know something is wrong… any help would be most appreciated?

=IF(CONTAINS([AD REQUEST TYPE]@row, "RAPID"), AND(OR(CONTAINS([CLASS TITLE]@row, "sup"),
CONTAINS([CLASS TITLE]@row, "mgr"))),"do not rapid post unless specialist capacity"," "

Kerry St. Thomas · Accepted Answer

There's an IF missing, the way you've written the formula.  It appears to be where the AND currently is -

… "RAPID", IF(OR(CONTAINS(…

The way the formula is currently written, it's only evaluating "RAPID" in the Ad Request Type as TRUE or FALSE.  More about the IF formula structure:

https://help.smartsheet.com/function/if

Davin Vo · Accepted Answer

Hello @DHR Temp Assignment Team

Just rearranging the formula a bit

You can try:

=IF(AND(CONTAINS("RAPID",[AD REQUEST TYPE]@row),OR(CONTAINS("sup",[CLASS TITLE]@row),CONTAINS("mgr",[CLASS TITLE]@row))),"do not rapid post unless specialist capacity","")

Output:

The above checks to see if AD REQUEST TYPE contains "Rapid" AND the Class Title contains either "Sup" or "Mgr". You can change the True Statement "Do not Rapid Post Unless Specialist Capacity" as needed, along with the false statement right after. As a reminder CONTAINS Syntax is (Search_For, Search_Within).

Hope that helps!