% Complete Based on Amount of Tasks, Not Time

Hi,

New to Smartsheet, and wondering if there is a way to have the % complete cell calculated by the number of 'child' tasks only, rather than basing it on the amount of time each task takes to complete.

For example, if I had 5 'child' tasks below 1 parent task, I want each one to be weighted equally at 20%, regardless of how long each child task takes to complete.

Thanks for the help!

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Earl Bennett

This may be a bit simplistic, but it may work for you or get a conversation started.

Task Started

=COUNTIF([% Complete]1:[% Complete]33, >0) / COUNT([% Complete]1:[% Complete]33)

Task Complete

=COUNTIF([% Complete]1:[% Complete]33, =1) / COUNT([% Complete]1:[% Complete]33)

see attached screenshot for reference.

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Earl Bennett

Alternatively, you could simply add two columns and identify if the line is a task and if that task is complete.

Identify if task row

=IF(COUNT(CHILDREN([Task Name]3)) = 0, 1, 0)

Is the task complete

=IF([% Complete]5 = 1, 1, 0)

Sum the number of Tasks on parent row

=SUM(CHILDREN())

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