Can you use 2 joins in the same formula

Bruce Johnson

IF Type = Project join Type+ID+"-"+PMO Project Name

If Type = Request join Type+ID+"-"+Request Name

I've tried this a couple of ways - if I select Request - it comes up as Request1000-RequestName

If I select Request then it blanks out. instead of Project1000-ProjectName

Formula

=IF(Type@row = "Rqst", JOIN(Type@row + [Rqst ID]@row + "-" + [Request Name]@row, IF(Type@row = "Proj", JOIN(Type@row + [Rqst ID]@row + "-" + [PMO Project Name]@row))))

ultimately I want to put in if(ands( for various conditions but can't get this basic formula to work. thanks so much for your help.

L_123

=IF(Type@row = "Rqst", Type@row + [Rqst ID]@row + "-" + [Request Name]@row, IF(Type@row = "Proj", Type@row + [Rqst ID]@row + "-" + [PMO Project Name]@row

was just trying to give you a poke in the right direction as you were very close.

Never put closing parenthesis at the end of your function in smartsheet, it does it automatically so you won't miscount, and it stands out when you have missed closing parenthesis earlier in your equation.

Bruce Johnson

Hi L@123 - thanks for the nudge - I need that sometimes - your guidance worked and is much appreciated!

L_123

couple issues going on here. you have some parenthesis wrong, but i'll slide by that to the more pressing part,

join is for making a range concatenate, not individual values.

given the column names are repeated in the cells

=Join(A@row:D@row, ", ")

would give

a, b, c, d

if you just wish to concatenate you can simply add text values

=A@row + ", " + B@row + "," + C@row + ", " + D@row

would result in the same thing

a, b, c, d

Bruce Johnson

Thank you for the reply - what will allow me to do what I want to do? the exercise isn't to make the formula that I provided correct . I do know how to join A+B+C columns the exercise is to make if project is selected then I want the name to be project+ID+"-"+-projectname of Request is selected want the name to be request+ID+"-"+requestname

project and request is a drop down

the project name is in its own column

request name is it's own column.

so there needs to be a condition before -concatenation of the fields

so when project is selected then the outcome I want is project12345-projectname

When a request is selected the outcome would be request12346-requestname

so on and so forth

thanks you

L_123

=IF(Type@row = "Rqst", Type@row + [Rqst ID]@row + "-" + [Request Name]@row, IF(Type@row = "Proj", Type@row + [Rqst ID]@row + "-" + [PMO Project Name]@row

was just trying to give you a poke in the right direction as you were very close.

Never put closing parenthesis at the end of your function in smartsheet, it does it automatically so you won't miscount, and it stands out when you have missed closing parenthesis earlier in your equation.

Bruce Johnson

Hi L@123 - thanks for the nudge - I need that sometimes - your guidance worked and is much appreciated!