Hello, I am trying to generate a formula that would help with the following:
I have projects that have a weekly status statement box that PM's edit every week with new project information, below this cell is another cell that has the status statement updated date...we have a problem with PMs filling out the date so I would like the date cell to automatically change anytime someone makes an edit in the cell above for status update...any ideas?
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I would suggest replacing this cell with a Modified (by) column.
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Yes, that seems to be the way. Do you know why I would not be able to use the Modified by column, when I go to insert a new row, it will not allow me to select the modified by.
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I hope you're well and safe!
You could use a Workflow with the record a date feature for each time it changes.
Would 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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Thanks for the help @Andrée Starå ....I tried this layout in another sheet
If I have the modified by column, can I link that returned value into a cell within the same sheet (different row but same column as the details) If I try to link the cells it reads invalid column value
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To pull the date/timestamp into a text/number type column, try this...
=Modified1 + ""
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Happy to help!
To show the information in another cell that you can add +"" after the formula.
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Thank yall @Andrée Starå and @Paul Newcome
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Happy to help. 👍️
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You're more than welcome!
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