"=IF" statement not generating correct response all of the time

Christy Beville

Hi Everyone!

I am trying to get my status column to change based upon what the number is the [% Complete) column is. Here is what I would like the desired results to be:

0= "Not Started"; 100="Complete"; and anything else from 1-99 would be "In Progress"

Here is the formula that I have tried, but it's not catching that 100% should be "Complete".  

=IF([% Complete]@row = 100, "Complete", IF([% Complete]@row = 0, "Not Started", "In Progress"))

Here is screenshot of the error.

Paul Newcome

You are very close. Smartsheet reads percentages as a decimal. so 100% = 1, 50% = 0.5, etc. All we need to do is adjust accordingly.

=IF([% Complete]@row = 1, "Complete", IF([% Complete]@row = 0, "Not Started", "In Progress"))

Paul Newcome

You are very close. Smartsheet reads percentages as a decimal. so 100% = 1, 50% = 0.5, etc. All we need to do is adjust accordingly.

=IF([% Complete]@row = 1, "Complete", IF([% Complete]@row = 0, "Not Started", "In Progress"))

Christy Beville

OMG, I wish I had asked sooner, I spent 3 days trying to figure this out on my own. Thank you soooo much!!!

Paul Newcome

Happy to help! 👍️

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