Concatenating cells from a different sheet matching certain constrain

Hi,

I'd need to add a list of the latest projects to a dashboard,

the list could be some columns like CUSTOMER + COUNTRY + CITY and the constrain its in another cell called WEEK, at the same time adding (=WEEKNUMBER([Received Date]@row))


what i expect is something like:

customer1 france paris 15

customer2 spain madrid 15

customer3 belgium antwerpen 15


Thanks!

Alberto

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  • Heather Duff
    Heather Duff ✭✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hi @AlbertoCL ,

    Have you considered adding a helper column to your source sheet, then creating a report? Your helper column (which could be hidden) could have a column formula that creates that concatenated string:

    =Customer@row + " " + Country@row + " " + City@row + " " + WEEKNUMBER(Date@row)

    Then you could create a report that only contains the helper column, and share that report on the dash. If you want to filter the report to show only certain customers, or only a specific date range, it would be easy to add the filter to the report.


    Hope this helps!


    Best,

    Heather

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  • Heather Duff
    Heather Duff ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    Hi @AlbertoCL ,

    Have you considered adding a helper column to your source sheet, then creating a report? Your helper column (which could be hidden) could have a column formula that creates that concatenated string:

    =Customer@row + " " + Country@row + " " + City@row + " " + WEEKNUMBER(Date@row)

    Then you could create a report that only contains the helper column, and share that report on the dash. If you want to filter the report to show only certain customers, or only a specific date range, it would be easy to add the filter to the report.


    Hope this helps!


    Best,

    Heather

  • iT HELPS INDEED!

    not finished yet, thou:-)

    i have created and hide the helper column but i cant add it to the report the way i want (i only need those matching my latest week) how can i filter it?

    Thanks!

    Alberto

  • I finally created a report and then added it to the dashboard but for filtering (the only thing left:-)) i cant find filtering by LATEST or highest number as i dont want to need to update the filter number (i.e filter by week 15) and i'd rather not populate it myself,

    Thanks!

    Alberto

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