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Counting Checkboxes of all Parent rows in a sheet

LindseyC
LindseyC
edited 12/09/19 in Archived 2016 Posts

We have a sheet that has a multiple level hierarchy. One of the columns is a checkbox and I used the formula ="" + COUNTIF(CHILDREN(), 1) to count the number of checkboxes below each parent row. This created the number of checked box in the parent row. Is there then a way to count all the numbers in the parent rows (to get a total amount of checkboxes in all hierarchies in the sheet)? I have tried several formulas, but none have worked. Thanks in advance! 

 

P.S. The SUM formula alone does not work. 

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  • Lindsey

     

    Probably the easiest way to do this would be to create a Row at the top of your sheet that is parent to all rows below. You can then use =Sum(Children()).

     

    Christine

  • I have tried this and it comes up blank. (not an error, but a blank cell)

     

    Also, I have already have a hierarchy that is three levels so when adding an addition level, it hides the info in the last level. 

     

    Thank you! 

     

     

  • Atus Bartal
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    Lindsey,

    By using ""+  in the formula you create a text (I know, otherwise it would come up with an error message in the checkbox-type column), that's why you cannot sum the "numbers" in the parent rows. You could convert the text value to numeric format with the VALUE() formula, but only in a column with text/number format. I would make all these calculations in another column. 

    Atus

  • Hi Atus, 

     

    Thank you! I thought it was probably the ""+ causing the issue. I added a column, used the VALUE() formula, used the SUM() formula to add the total to the top of my sheet and then hid the additional column. It works show the information I needed. I very much appreciate your help! 

     

    Lindsey 

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