Formula for weighting tasks on a scale of 1-5

Robert Hawkey

I have a sheet that is a master list of all of my ongoing and upcoming projects. I have a multi-select column that has a list of tags for product type. I would like to have a column that looks at the product types and assigns a number to indicate complexity. For example:

Product Type 1 = 1 (simple)

Product Type 2 = 2 (moderate)

Product Type 3 = 3 (complex)

I would also like it to add them together if a given project falls into multiple categories. For example:

Project A = Product Type 2 & 3 = complexity 5

"5" would appear in a "Complexity" column, based on the tags in the "Product Type" column. Hopefully that makes sense! Any help would be appreciated.

Heather Duff

Hi Robert,

Here's what I'm thinking, assuming the multi-select column is titled "Product Type":

=(IF(CONTAINS("Product Type 1", [Product type]@row), 1, 0)) + (IF(CONTAINS("Product Type 2", [Product type]@row), 2, 0)) + (IF(CONTAINS("Product Type 3", [Product type]@row), 3, 0))

Let me know if it works!

Best,

Heather

Heather Duff

Hi Robert,

Here's what I'm thinking, assuming the multi-select column is titled "Product Type":

=(IF(CONTAINS("Product Type 1", [Product type]@row), 1, 0)) + (IF(CONTAINS("Product Type 2", [Product type]@row), 2, 0)) + (IF(CONTAINS("Product Type 3", [Product type]@row), 3, 0))

Let me know if it works!

Best,

Heather

Robert Hawkey

That worked! Thank you so much!

Heather Duff

Welcome! Happy to help.