Set up automated workflow to copy child rows to another sheet?

mconne17101921

I have a sheet set up with parent rows for each month. I want to copy the child rows underneath the "July" parent row to another sheet using an automated workflow. What condition do I set if I want the rows under "July" to copy to the other sheet on the first of every month?

Ben Goldblatt

Hi @mconne17101921,

You would still need to use a "helper" column but if you don't want to use a date column for the helper, you could use a nested IF statement to populate a month number based off of the name of the month listed in the "Date Begin" column:

=IF([Date Begin]@row = "January", 1, IF([Date Begin]@row = "February", 2, IF([Date Begin]@row = "March", 3, IF([Date Begin]@row = "April", 4, IF([Date Begin]@row = "May", 5, IF([Date Begin]@row = "June", 6, IF([Date Begin]@row = "July", 7, IF([Date Begin]@row = "August", 8, IF([Date Begin]@row = "September", 9, IF([Date Begin]@row = "October", 10, IF([Date Begin]@row = "November", 11, IF([Date Begin]@row = "December", 12))))))))))))

You could also manually enter a number to correspond to the month. Once you have the numbers in place, the checkbox formula could reference the month number listed on the row. If the month number matches the month number of today's date, the box will check.

=IF(MONTH(TODAY()) = [Month Number]@row, 1)

The "Month Number" column could be hidden once your numbers are in there if you don't want the helper column to be visible in the sheet. I hope that helps!

Ben

sravya.gupta127326

Hi - You could have a new field created to show parent (=parent(primary task column name)) and use that in your conditions to match July. This will work if you have just children rows at July and no further rows.

mconne17101921

Thanks for your response. We have a parent row for each month of the year, so I'd like the automation to happen every month, copying over all of that month's child rows. Could we do something with the "Date Begin" column?

Stefan

Hi,

should be possible with one automation having condition paths for every month.

In your workflow click on the first + below the trigger section and add another condition...

Hope this helps

Stefan

Andrée Starå

Hi @mconne17101921

Another option could be to add a so-called helper column (checkbox) that checks if the month is the current month, and then that would trigger the copy row automation.

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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mconne17101921

Hi @Andrée Starå!

I like your idea, but I'm wondering if there's a way to create a formula that checks the helper checkbox if the month is current month without have to add another helper column that has the date column type? I found the formula below on a different discussion, which works if I were to add another helper column that says "6/1/20" for each row that has "June" in the "Date Begin" column (for example). It would be nice to have a formula like the one below that works with just the name of the month instead an actual date (to keep the sheet as an evergreen template to use year after year).

=IF(AND(MONTH([Date Column]@row) = MONTH(TODAY()), YEAR([Date Column]@row) = YEAR(TODAY())), 1)

Do you know if that's possible?

Thanks!

Megan

Ben Goldblatt

Hi @mconne17101921,

You would still need to use a "helper" column but if you don't want to use a date column for the helper, you could use a nested IF statement to populate a month number based off of the name of the month listed in the "Date Begin" column:

=IF([Date Begin]@row = "January", 1, IF([Date Begin]@row = "February", 2, IF([Date Begin]@row = "March", 3, IF([Date Begin]@row = "April", 4, IF([Date Begin]@row = "May", 5, IF([Date Begin]@row = "June", 6, IF([Date Begin]@row = "July", 7, IF([Date Begin]@row = "August", 8, IF([Date Begin]@row = "September", 9, IF([Date Begin]@row = "October", 10, IF([Date Begin]@row = "November", 11, IF([Date Begin]@row = "December", 12))))))))))))

You could also manually enter a number to correspond to the month. Once you have the numbers in place, the checkbox formula could reference the month number listed on the row. If the month number matches the month number of today's date, the box will check.

=IF(MONTH(TODAY()) = [Month Number]@row, 1)

The "Month Number" column could be hidden once your numbers are in there if you don't want the helper column to be visible in the sheet. I hope that helps!

Ben

Andrée Starå

Hi @mconne17101921

Try something like this.

=IF(MONTH([Date Column]@row) = MONTH(TODAY()), 1)

Would that work?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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