Formula or function to use to record who modified a Status column

Antony Lower

Hello,
I have a sheet with a STATUS column where "Complete" is one of the drop down menu values. When a user selects Complete, I want to store the current date, and the user who made the change in two columns I added to the sheet "Status Last Changed By" and "Status Last Changed Date"

I used an automation to populate the date column (yay!), but I don't know what variable or function to put in the workflow to pull in the user name or email. I tried many things (it's =[Modified:Modified] in the screenshot here) based on articles here and ChatGpt, but none of them work.

Andrée Starå

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/139925/formula-or-function-to-use-to-record-who-modified-a-status-column

Hi,

I hope you're well and safe!

Please take a look at my post below, which outlines a method I have developed.

More info: 

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/68589/lock-or-store-date-value-solution-without-using-zapier

Would that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic day!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Smartsheet Expert Consultant & Partner / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Antony Lower

Hello Andrée

I'd read your post and it seemed like it required several sheets. I was hoping someone could point me to using a function or formular in the box in the screenshot. Also, when I read your post, others were asking you to supply more information or an example, so I didn't see all the detail to your workaound to evaluate it.