Saving original cell value in another cell
I have a cell that holds a target date (Target Go-Live Date) and another cell that I want to hold the original date entered in the target date cell. This way if the Target Go-Live Date is changed, the other cell (Original Target Date) has that date saved in it. My thought was to only set Original Target Date = Target Go-Live Date when Original Target Date is blank. My formula is this:
=IF([Original Target Go-Live]1 = "", [Original Target Go-Live]1 = [Target Go-live Date]1)
This gives a circular reference though. Is there any way to carry out the action I want using formulas?
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I am not sure that there is a way to accomplish this. If you use a formula it will copy the data from the first column. When that column changes it will change as well. A third party tool like Zapier might be an option... it can replicate some date stamping activity but I haven't personally played with it. J. Craig Williams could probably speak more on the topic.
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The Zap described here:
http://ronin-global.com/2016/12/11/smartsheet-fixed-date-upon-completion/
has been adapted to do other 'toggle related' functions.
It can not be done in Smartsheet with the existing functionality.
Craig
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