Capture metric each day and add to new row

I have a number of Harvey ball metrics (count of red, yellow, green tasks) and things that change every day. I haven't really seen any way to capture and store these each day at a particular time (or hourly, weekly, monthly). Anyone have a good solution for it?


Example of metrics I'm collecting on-the-fly from Control Center summary sheets... would love to be able to graph the health over time.. day by day.

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  • L_123
    L_123 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    The only way currently to convert a cell with a formula to a static cell is the copy/move workflows. You can set up a sheet to receive these, create a column that forces a change every day in the rows you want transferred even if there isn't a change in the data (example would be a =today() formula dragged down) and use that as criteria for the workflow.

    Then base your charts off the historical data sheet.

Answers

  • L_123
    L_123 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    The only way currently to convert a cell with a formula to a static cell is the copy/move workflows. You can set up a sheet to receive these, create a column that forces a change every day in the rows you want transferred even if there isn't a change in the data (example would be a =today() formula dragged down) and use that as criteria for the workflow.

    Then base your charts off the historical data sheet.

  • Ezra
    Ezra ✭✭✭

    I had completely forgotten about that workflow! Thanks!

    Built the sheet that captures the data each day, made a couple reports to look at different ranges of time... and added some sample data to make sure it displays what I need.. perfect :)


  • L_123
    L_123 ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    NP Glad it worked for you.

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