Check Box Based on Another Cell Containing Certain Text
Good afternoon Smartsheet!
Looking for assistance to making this work.
Let's say I have a check box column for "Contains Potatoes"
I need this box to automatically check if the column for "Entree Sides" contains the word "Potato".
Thanks!
Best Answer
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I hope you're well and safe!
Try something like this.
=CONTAINS("Potato", [Entree Sides]@row)
Did that 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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Answers
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I hope you're well and safe!
Try something like this.
=CONTAINS("Potato", [Entree Sides]@row)
Did that work/help?
I hope that helps!
Be safe and have a fantastic weekend!
Best,
Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD
✅Did my post(s) help or answer your question or solve your problem? Please help the Community by marking it as the accepted answer/helpful. It will make it easier for others to find a solution or help to answer!
SMARTSHEET EXPERT CONSULTANT & PARTNER
Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD
W: www.workbold.com | E:andree@workbold.com | P: +46 (0) - 72 - 510 99 35
Feel free to contact me for help with Smartsheet, integrations, general workflow advice, or anything else.
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@Andrée LaRivière ... perfect. I knew I was way over thinking it!
Thank you, and have a great weekend!
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SMARTSHEET EXPERT CONSULTANT & PARTNER
Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD
W: www.workbold.com | E:andree@workbold.com | P: +46 (0) - 72 - 510 99 35
Feel free to contact me for help with Smartsheet, integrations, general workflow advice, or anything else.
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@Andrée Starå@Andrée Starå Expanding on this... how would you adjust your formula if the tick box column wasn't limited to potatoes and you wanted to tick a box if, say, carrots or beets were also Entree Sides?
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I was thinking something like...
=IF(OR(CONTAINS("potato", "carrot", "beet"), [Entree Sides]@row]), 1)
...but can't get this to work.
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Hi! If I want to create a single checkbox column next to a multi checkbox column that will automatically checkmark if the multi checkbox column has "new" check marked, how do I do that?
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Try something like this:
=IF(HAS([Multi Checkbox]@row, "New"), 1, 0)
Cheers,
Genevieve
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