Sign in to join the conversation:
Does anyone know if you can import a Excel spreadsheet into SmartSheet with embedded formulas and formulas linked to other sheets in the same Excel file without having to re-create the formula within SmartSheet?
Hi,
Unfortunately, you can only import one tab on the Excel spreadsheet each time.
I hope this helps you!
Best,
Andrée Starå - Workflow Consultant @ Get Done
Hi Andrea,
Thank you for your response. That is what I gathered and I just wanted to make sure nothing has changed. The other question I do have is when I import any Excel sheet with existing formulas already created they do not import. I have to re-create each formula for each cell after I import into SmartSheet. Is there a way around this issue without having to re-create each formula once the data is imported into SmartSheet? Thanking you in advance.
Happy to help!
The formulas should get imported (if you choose to), but it might be that there's an issue at the moment. I'd recommend contacting the Smartsheet Support Team also.
Some Excel formulas don't have matches and don't import (at least, last time I checked).
In Excel, you can turn off formula calculation that allows you to edit them. I used to replace "=" with "!=" and then import that way, as it is no longer a formula, just text.
Craig
From my research, I understand there isn't a way to keep formulas when exporting from Smartsheet into an Excel document. I have a total of 50 columns with formulas and would think there was a quicker way to grab the formulas. So far, I've appended a "!" which turns the formula into text which does export. However, I'm not…
I currently have 14 sheets with the following columns: Batch # and Reviewer I use an Index Distinct formula to acquire the unique batch numbers from all 14 sheets and put them into 14 columns on the 'metrics' sheet. I then use another index distinct to get a list of all the unique batch numbers into one 'Unique Batch…
Hello, I am looking for formula help where I want to return the earliest date in a range for different workstreams groups on a project. The source sheet is formatted as a date field, and the formula used below is returning a 0 no matter what I do. Any suggestions? =MIN(COLLECT({Project Plan - start date}, {Project Plan…
