Notification when on a character (like a comma) is added to a cell

Dave H

Our teams are managing portfolios of projects, often associated to multiple Opportunity ID's (tagged from Salesforce) in a unique field. The Opportunities are sometimes combined in a free text field and separated by commas.

I'd like to be notified when this cell changes and includes a comma.

Is this possible?

Andrée Starå

@Dave H

Glad we got it working!

Here's the formula for everyone else.

=IF(CONTAINS(",", [Created Projects]@row), 1)

I'd recommend changing the column to a checkbox type and then use that to trigger the Alert.

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Paul Newcome

You will need to leverage a helper checkbox column with the following formula...

=CONTAINS(",", [Column Name]@row)

Then you would set up an alert to trigger when [Column Name] changes to any value with a condition of the helper box being checked.

Andrée Starå

Hi @Dave H

I hope you're well and safe!

Yes, it's possible.

Can you describe your process in more detail and maybe share the sheet(s)/copies of the sheet(s) or some screenshots? (Delete/replace any confidential/sensitive information before sharing) That would make it easier to help. (share too, andree@workbold.com)

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Andrée Starå

@Dave H

Glad we got it working!

Here's the formula for everyone else.

=IF(CONTAINS(",", [Created Projects]@row), 1)

I'd recommend changing the column to a checkbox type and then use that to trigger the Alert.

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Dave H

@Andrée Starå @Paul Newcome

Thank you both so much for your help! This solved my problem!

-Dave

Andrée Starå

@Dave H

Excellent!

You're more than welcome!

Paul Newcome

@Dave H Happy to help. 👍️

@Andrée Starå Since the CONTAINS function outputs a true/false value, it can actually be used as a stand-alone (without nesting it in an IF function).

Andrée Starå

@Paul Newcome

Yes, but I usually use an IF structure because it's more flexible, and the OP's column was not a checkbox column.

Paul Newcome

Ah. Didn't realize it wasn't a checkbox column.