IFERROR and number / currency as value_if_error

Danielle Arteaga

I have the following columns in my worksheet:

In the "Bookings" column, I have the following formula:

=IFERROR(INDEX({Bookings Table Total Bookings}, MATCH(pfid@row, {Bookings Table PF}, 0)), "")

In my "Adjusted Bookings" column, I have the following formula:

=[sbe_allocation]@row * Bookings@row

However, as you can see, I get the #INVALID OPERATION message when the value_if_error returns a blank. I tried modifying the formula as follows:

=IFERROR(INDEX({Bookings Table Total Bookings}, MATCH(pfid@row, {Bookings Table PF}, 0)), "$0")

but Smartsheet treats the "$0" as text rather than a currency value. So, then I tried to enter the value_if_error as "0," but Smartsheet also treats this as text, and the #INVALID OPERATION error does not resolve.

Is there a workaround here? Like an "ISNUMBER" wrapper for the value_if_error?

Danielle Arteaga

Thanks, Andrée. I reverted back to leaving the cell blank for my value_if_error and putting the Adjusted bookings total into this formula:

=IF(ISBLANK(Bookings@row), "", ([sbe_allocation]@row * Bookings@row))

That seemed to work, and it's better for me to have the blanks than 0s in those cells so I can distinguish products that genuinely have $0 in bookings versus products for which we are missing bookings data.

Thanks as always for the help!

Andrée Starå

Hi @Danielle Arteaga

Try removing the ”” around the 0 so it looks something like below.

=IFERROR(INDEX({Bookings Table Total Bookings}, MATCH(pfid@row, {Bookings Table PF}, 0)), 0)

Did that work?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Danielle Arteaga

Thanks, Andrée. I reverted back to leaving the cell blank for my value_if_error and putting the Adjusted bookings total into this formula:

=IF(ISBLANK(Bookings@row), "", ([sbe_allocation]@row * Bookings@row))

That seemed to work, and it's better for me to have the blanks than 0s in those cells so I can distinguish products that genuinely have $0 in bookings versus products for which we are missing bookings data.

Thanks as always for the help!

Andrée Starå

@Danielle Arteaga

Excellent!

You're more than welcome!

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