Formula to have a check box ticked when a date is reached

Mitch@Enmach

Hello Smartsheet Community,

Would anybody know how to write a formula to tick a check box once a date in another column is reached.

Many thanks in advance😊

Andrée Starå

Hi Mitch,

Try something like this.

This formula will tick the box if the date is today or earlier. Because the formula contains the TODAY function, the sheet will need to på activated for the formula to update.

Make sense?

=IF(DateColumn@row <= TODAY(); 1)

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

=IF(DateColumn@row <= TODAY(), 1)

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

Would that work?

I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Andrée Starå

Happy to help!

Apologies! I forgot to add the check for when it's blank.

Try this.

=IF(NOT(ISBLANK(DateColumn@row)); IF(DateColumn@row <= TODAY(); 1))

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

=IF(NOT(ISBLANK(DateColumn@row)), IF(DateColumn@row <= TODAY(), 1))

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

Did it work?

Andrée Starå

Hi Mitch,

Try something like this.

This formula will tick the box if the date is today or earlier. Because the formula contains the TODAY function, the sheet will need to på activated for the formula to update.

Make sense?

=IF(DateColumn@row <= TODAY(); 1)

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

=IF(DateColumn@row <= TODAY(), 1)

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

Would that work?

I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

✅Did my post help answer your question or solve your problem? Please help the Community by marking it as the accepted answer. It will make it easier for others to find a solution or help to answer! 

Mitch@Enmach

Hi Andrée,

Thanks very much for the input. The formula works perfectly, but it ticks any cells without a date. How could I overcome this ? If I fill the cell with text it goes INVALID and I cannot fill the cell with a date that is far in the future.

Thanks again.

Andrée Starå

Happy to help!

Apologies! I forgot to add the check for when it's blank.

Try this.

=IF(NOT(ISBLANK(DateColumn@row)); IF(DateColumn@row <= TODAY(); 1))

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

=IF(NOT(ISBLANK(DateColumn@row)), IF(DateColumn@row <= TODAY(), 1))

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

Did it work?

Mitch@Enmach

Yep that sure did it :).

I could probably benefit from learning some of this. You wouldn't have to bail me out all the time then.

Thanks very much again Andrée.

Andrée Starå

Excellent!

I'm always happy to help!

Have a fantastic week!