How to auto update field value in a summary sheet?

Thinh Huynh

Hi,

I am using a formula to caculate the "Elapsed days" in the red circle of the Summary sheet as shown below , and display this value in a Dashboard.

The problem is that this value "Elapsed days" is not auto updated daily in the dashboard as i expected.

What I have done is refresh the sheet then save it. After this, the dashboard showed the correct value as i expected.

Can you help to make the update automatically?

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

Andrée Starå

Hi @Thinh Huynh

The TODAY function needs to be updated by activating the sheet(s) each day.

At the moment, there isn't a native feature that automates this. There are a couple of workarounds.

• 3rd party service, Zapier or similar
• Automatic update request to update a value in the sheet daily
• Copy row automation (untested, but it might work)
• + more that I don't recall at the moment

Would any of those options work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Andrée Starå

Hi @Thinh Huynh

The TODAY function needs to be updated by activating the sheet(s) each day.

At the moment, there isn't a native feature that automates this. There are a couple of workarounds.

• 3rd party service, Zapier or similar
• Automatic update request to update a value in the sheet daily
• Copy row automation (untested, but it might work)
• + more that I don't recall at the moment

Would any of those options work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Thinh Huynh

Hi @Andrée Starå 

I created a new Automatic update request to update "Elapsed days" value in the sheet daily, and the dashboard updated the "Elapsed days" as I expected

Thank you.

Andrée Starå

@Thinh Huynh

Excellent!

You're more than welcome!