Formula to return parent row for current week

Sldollman

Hi community,

I'm attempting to find a formula that will return the parent row where the end date is equal to the current week. 

I have created a helper column that calculates the current week number.  Now the question is what to do with it to get the result I want.

Any ideas on formulas to use? I'm leaning toward Index/Match, but I'm just not skilled enough to figure out how to make it work. 

In the example screenshot, if today was week 49, my formula would return "Initiation" for the result. 

Any help is greatly appreciated.  Thank you!

Andrée Starå

Hi,

Try something like this.

=INDEX([Task Name]:[Task Name]; MATCH(WEEKNUMBER(TODAY()); [Weeknumber Helper]:[Weeknumber Helper]; 0))

The same version but with the below changes for your and others convenience.

=INDEX([Task Name]:[Task Name], MATCH(WEEKNUMBER(TODAY()), [Weeknumber Helper]:[Weeknumber Helper], 0))

Depending on your country you’ll need to exchange the comma to a period and the semi-colon to a comma.

Did it work?

I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic day!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

Sldollman

That worked perfectly!  Thank you so much!  I was close, but just wasn't quite there. 

Sldollman

I need to now figure out how to account for tasks that span multiple weeks -- meaning the end date may NOT be in the current week, but is the current task.... 

Andrée Starå

Excellent!

Happy to help!

Sldollman

Andree, 

Any ideas on how to account for tasks that span multiple weeks? (see screenshot below). 

My "weeknumber" helper checks END date to set the week number (which we then use Index/Match to identify the Task Name for the current week -- thanks to your help). 

This works great when it is a 1 week task, but when it spans multiple weeks, it returns no match for the example below since the end date is in the future (even though this task is in process currently). 

We only have a few tasks that span multiple weeks, but I'm now not sure how to manage those.

Any help is greatly appreciated.  

Thanks!

Andrée Starå

Did you get it working or do you still need help?

Have a fantastic day!

Best,

Andrée