Automation of moving data in the same sheet

Emmaintheoffice

Hello!

Does anyone know how to make an automation of moving data from one column to another within the same sheet? Or have same problem as me?

Thanks in advance.

Heath Hilton

Emmaintheoffice,

I have tried and tried but have never found a way to get automation to take the value of 'cell 1' and use it to set the value of 'cell 2'.

You COULD go through a crazy in-depth process of qualifiers and stuff to make it "look" like it was doing it but I have not gotten it to work though.

What you might be able to do would be to have a second sheet in the background that has formulas and automation set up that (kind of) accomplish what you are wanting and then have the first sheet reference those new cells.

Let me know if this sounds like it would be worth looking into and I can guide you a bit.

Andrée Starå

Hi @Emmaintheoffice

I hope you're well and safe!

Please have a look at my post below with a method I developed.

More info: 

Lock or Store Date/Value Solution without using Zapier

Andrée Starå

May 24, 2020

Hi all,

I hope you're well and safe!

I've developed a solution that lets you store the date or value.

You'd use the copy-row automation and a VLOOKUP or combination of INDEX/MATCH to make it work.

We'd trigger the copy-row to another sheet and get the created date/other value and then use the VLOOKUP/INDEX/MATCH to get it back to the main sheet in another so-called helper column. As long as you have a unique id/value that we can use, it will work.

Also, this opens up more options with auto-numbering and similar.

Depending on other workflows, you could reuse one sheet for multiple workflows.

I hope that helps!

Let me know if you have any questions!

Stay safe and have a fantastic day!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Would that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic week & Happy New Year!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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