Help with a join formula to view two columns in calendar view

cmc

Hello!

I have several projects with many rows of information per project on one master sheet. I use conditional formatting to seperate/identify projects by colour. That colour coding applies to both grid and calendar view nicely. BUT I would like to combine a project code and task name in calendar view so I do not have to type the project code in every row of project. (attached is a sample).  Am I making this too complicated?! Is there no join formula that can join the project code + the task name and show both in calendar view?  Thanks!

 

Alejandra

Hello,

You can accomplish this by using the JOIN function. If you would like both the code and task name to appear in calendar view, you'll want to insert the formula in the Primary Column since each bar in the calendar will display the text from the Primary Column. You're formula would look something like this:

=JOIN(Code@row:[Task name]@row, " - ")

If needed, more information on JOIN and @row can be found in our help articles: 

• JOIN: https://help.smartsheet.com/function/join
• @row: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2476491-create-efficient-formulas-with-at-cell

Also the JOIN function combines a range of cells. Because of this, the columns containing the code and the task name must be next to each other.