Access Cell History Modified Date in a formula?

Is it possible to access the stored date of cell's modification in a formula? I need to send email notification when a process is marked complete by a user.

I see that I can view the cell history, and there is clear documentation of the date something changed, but if I could access that data in a formula in a new cell to output whatever the last modified date was - that would be incredible.

Example: =LastModifiedDate([Column2]2) would give me the last modified date of column 2, row 2.

Please add a vote for this functionality so that I can send detailed email messages based on the date that a cell changed!

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J. Craig Williams

It isn't possible.

I would vote for this ability.

Craig

Shaine Greenwood

Hi Mike & Craig,

As Craig mentioned, there isn't a way to use cell history data in formulas but I've passed your feedback for this along to our Product team for further review.

Mike Wilday

Thank you. This would be extremely helpful.

Misha Starobin

Please creat this option. I really need to be able to access cell specific attributes, specifically modified date and modified by.

Thanks

Misha

Shaine Greenwood

Hi Misha—

I've got your vote down for this feature as well; thanks for your input!

Galliano Busletta

I vote for this as well

Shaine Greenwood

Hi Galliano,

We have a new method for receiving feedback so that we can make sure to get your feedback on how you'd use the feature. Check out this announcement for more information on the new process: https://community.smartsheet.com/announcement/new-way-submit-your-feature-requests

Cary Ortiz

Can that data be exported at all? IOW, is there any other way to get that data besides right clicking that cell and selecting to view that data?

Mike Wilday

The activity log provides access to some of that data but alas, my current subscription plan to Smartsheet does not include such functionality. See here for more information https://www.smartsheet.com/blog/New-Activity-Log

ker9

Add my vote, would love this ability.

CamCrichton

a year later - any sign of this feature?

JLC

Another vote. I think this would help with a functionality we're seeking - number of times a cell was modified. So, for example, when a new project is submitted with an end date, I'd like to be able to calculate how many times that date (cell) was modified.

jennifer.jessop44491

I also want to vote for this feature. It would be very helpful.

NGContent

Yes! Do this!

This would be very useful, for example, for capturing approvals in an editorial calendar. It may actually allow us to skip looking for a new calendaring system.

USER creates a row with the details of a social media post, web site article, etc.
MANAGER selects their name in the "Approved By" column indicating their approval.
The "Approval Date" column automatically populates with the time stamp of when the "Approved By" cell in its row was modified.