Question regarding automatic date for parent row if all children have a date

This is what I have so far, but it populates the date if one out of (how many children) is filled in. IF(COUNTIFS(CHILDREN(), ISDATE(@cell)) > 0, MIN(CHILDREN()), "") I would like it to return the last date only if all the children have a date in their respective row. Thank you

David L. Reed

Finance Transformation / SOX Advisor

Zeevo Group LLC

701 Fifth Avenue; Floor 42, Seattle, WA 98104 USA

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  • Sam M.
    Sam M. ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited 03/16/21 Answer ✓

    Hi dlreed13,

    I did some testing, and this might work.



    In the cell that is green I have this formula:

    =IF(COUNTIFS(CHILDREN(), ISDATE(@cell)) = COUNT(CHILDREN(Description@row)), MIN(CHILDREN()), "")

     

    It checks if the amount of dates existing in the children is equal to the quantity of the children in the phase 1 section, then if it is equal it will display the minimum date, if you want the latest date you can use max().

    Hope it helps,

    Sam

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  • Sam M.
    Sam M. ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited 03/16/21 Answer ✓

    Hi dlreed13,

    I did some testing, and this might work.



    In the cell that is green I have this formula:

    =IF(COUNTIFS(CHILDREN(), ISDATE(@cell)) = COUNT(CHILDREN(Description@row)), MIN(CHILDREN()), "")

     

    It checks if the amount of dates existing in the children is equal to the quantity of the children in the phase 1 section, then if it is equal it will display the minimum date, if you want the latest date you can use max().

    Hope it helps,

    Sam

  • dlreed13
    dlreed13 ✭✭✭
    edited 03/16/21

    @Sam M. That worked!!!!! Thank you very much. This pulled up the first date in the children, and I decided I would like to see the date everything was finished, so I changed the last part to MAX(CHILDREN()). Again, Thank you so much Sam

    David Reed

    David L. Reed

    Finance Transformation / SOX Advisor

    Zeevo Group LLC

    701 Fifth Avenue; Floor 42, Seattle, WA 98104 USA

    Mobile: +1 253 250 5259

    [email protected]zeevogroup.com

  • Sam M.
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