Lookup the text of a predecessor by starting with the predecessor #?
Here is what I'm looking to do…
If I flag a task as being late, I want to look at its predecessors to find the blockage. What is the easiest way to do that?
I'm sure that I will need row numbers in this solution. Let's say I have that covered (I don't). Once I have that ready. I can look at the predecessor #, go to the corresponding row, and then look up or collect the text in the task column.
That sound right to you?
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Yes, you have the right idea! It sounds like you just have single predecessors for each task? In that case, it is easy.
I made a video (quickly) to answer your question!
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Yes, you have the right idea! It sounds like you just have single predecessors for each task? In that case, it is easy.
I made a video (quickly) to answer your question!
Darren Mullen, join the Smartsheet Guru Elite
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Thank you very much. I'm working on this presently.
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Great! I'm interested to hear how it turns out!
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Hello, again. This works just fine for one predecessor. Thank you. Now I'm trying to do it if there are as many as five predecessors…. Once I convert the predecessor cell to a text string…
I have to separate them to as many cells…
After that, I figure out an INDEX / MATCH…And then use JOIN to being the text back together.
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Cancel that. I figured it out!
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Glad to hear you figured out how to do this with multiple predecessors! Would you be happy to post your solution in a comment to help other users reviewing this thread?
Thanks,
Georgie
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