IF Function and Checkboxes

harry@beyond

Hi, 

I am currently working on a project where I will have multiple check boxes on a row where each checkbox is going to of different values (true/false). I need a formula that will look over the checkboxes and only give me the value of the selected checkbox and then with this the value of that cell with be presented at the end of the row.

I hope this makes sense 

 

Andrée Starå

Hi Harry,

Try this.

=IF(A@row = 1; "A"; IF(B@row = 1; "B"; IF(C@row = 1; "C"; IF(D@row = 1; "D"; "None"))))

Please see the attached link/screenshot for more information.

https://cl.ly/1e9ca1

Depending on your country you’ll need to exchange the semi-colon to a comma in the above formula.

I hope this helps you!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant @ Get Done Consulting

Paul Newcome

This is when an @column would be nice. Just put a basic

 

=@column1

 

 into a function to pull from the cell in the first row of that particular column. Similar to an @cell.

 

Simply put your values in row 1. Then you could use a COLLECT function to look across the row and pull the value from the first row for the column of any box that's checked.

J. Craig Williams

Write up the enhancement request Paul.

Craig

Paul Newcome

I am fairly certain I already have. Haha. But I'll have to dig through my list to see for sure. I'll update when I either find I already have or submit a new one.

harry@beyond

Thank you guys very much, will put it all to the test now 

Andrée Starå

Happy to help!

Paul Newcome

And submitted. 

Paul Newcome

I just had another thought. It's something I have used before, so I know it would work for you as long as you are willing to lock down row 1.

 

For this example I will just use the column names of A, B, C, D, and E.

 

In row 1, replicate your column names. So in column A, row 1, you would type A. Do this on down the line.

 

In the column where you want to display the checkbox value, enter:

 

=JOIN(COLLECT(A1:E1, A@row:E@row, @cell = 1), " - ")

 

This will pull the value from row one for any boxes that are checked in the row the formula is in and put a dash in between if you have more than one. So if column A is checked, the formula will simply display A. If columns A and B are checked, you will see A - B.

 

Does this work for what you are trying to do?