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Store cell data on specific date
Hello,
I'm needing some help in figuring out if it's possible for smartsheet to pull data to a cell on a specified date. For example I need to hire 5 people for a building opening on 12/1/2018, but they need to be hired 8 weeks prior.
What I want to do is have one cell that takes the hired count cell and pull the info on 10/6/2018 (8 weeks prior). This way I can go back later and easily see how many of the 5 people were hired on time.
Thank you
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Can you explain what you mean by "Pull the info?"
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Yes, I attached an example here of what my smartsheet is doing. So column 4 is filled weekly by another person based on what they've managed to hire. I'm looking for a way to automatically fill column 5 with the data in column 4 on the date listed in column 6.
Thank you
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=IF(today() >= [column6]6, [Column4]6)
That should do the trick for you. You'll need to put that in column 5. ON the date of 8/11/18 you will get the number that is in Column 4 You can drag the formula down into subsequent rows. You can test it by changing the Fill positions by date to something in the past.
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If I understand correctly then every time I open the sheet past the date in column 6 it will continue to populate column 5? The problem is the other editors of the page will continue to update column 4 over time every week, but I want the value in column 5 to stay locked to what it was on the date in column 6.
Thanks
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You can't hardcode the data from a formula. As far as integrated options, there aren't many. You could set up a Notification or Reminder to be sent to you based on the date in column 6 and then you could manually record the data on that date.
The only way to automate it would be to use a third party tool like Zapier. I don't have much experience with it but you can contact J. Craig Williams who has a ton of experience. Zapier does cost extra depending on how its used and how much.
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Here is a link to learn more about Reminders and Alerts in Smartsheets.
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