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IF/COUNT and IF/SUM/CHILDREN Formula Help

I have a sheet (See below). In the 'Sheet Needed' column I have a formula:

=IF(P@row = 1, COUNT([Sheet Created?]@row, IF(P@row = 0, SUM(CHILDREN()))))

This is working in the Child Rows, however I am not getting a total in the Parent Rows. What am I doing wrong? I know it is late at night and I am sure I am doing something sill and it may come to me first thing in the morning, but I thought I might ask the community to take a look too.

Thanks for your help!

Michelle Choate

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    Hello @Michelle Choate 2,

    Are you using your [P] column as a levels column, if so the following formula may be helpful?

    If I read correctly, I think you are looking to have 1 in [Sheet Needed] column, if [Sheet Created] is checked and if the row is a parent row, you would like to sum the children?

    =IF(P@row = 0, SUM(CHILDREN()), IF(P@row = 1, IF([Sheet Created?]@row = 1, 1, 0), " "))

    I hope that is helpful to you in someway,

    Protonsponge

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