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formula to distinguish decimal versus percentage (i.e. 1 versus 100%)
I have a report that combines many sheets. Sometimes the values entered as 1 rather than 100% (or .75 rather than 75%). The report is an input into Tempus (Smartsheet partner) and it makes a difference to their application.
Is there a way to determine that a value is NOT a percentage? Or require entry of a percentage, or some similar way to prevent non percentages in a column?
Thank you
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Hi,
If they are expected to select milestone percentages only like %25,50,75 and 100 then I would suggest changing the column type to dropdown and use "restrict to dropdowns values only" feature.
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This is one of the challenges of smartsheets. Smartsheet columns that are formatted with %'s are actually decimal numbers. Mehmet's solution above will guarantee you get actual percentage text, rather than formatted decimal points.
