Formula to enter a date based on the value and activity date of another column

MarianneD617

Hi all,

If Column A has a check mark, is it possible to enter a date in Column B to show the date column A was checked?

Thanks

Sing C

Hi @MarianneD617,

You can create an automation on your sheet with the following details:

Just choose the name of your date column (Date Closed) in your action block at the bottom where it says "Record a date".

I hope this helps!

Regards,

@Sing C

Andrée Starå

Hi @MarianneD617

I hope you're well and safe!

To add to Sing's excellent advice/answer.

If you'd like to have the time, you could use the method I developed below.

More info: 

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/68589/lock-or-store-date-value-solution-without-using-zapier

Would that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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MarianneD617

That helps moving forward.

Is there a way to pull in a past date or will the workflow only update the cells based on new activity?

For cells already checked, I'd like to pull in the date the check was entered in the cell. Is that possible?

Thanks

Sing C

@MarianneD617 @Marianna I don't believe it is possible to do it retrospectively - not through an automation. One option, depending on how many rows you have is to manually populate the Closed Date based on the date that Checkbox was set by viewing the cell history of the checkbox column for each row.

Select the cell and right-click, then choose 'View Cell history' from the menu and you get this:

You can then manually populate the date from the details here.

Thanks,

@Sing C

Andrée Starå

@MarianneD617

Happy to help!

My method could be modified to store multiple values in different columns.

Would that work?

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MarianneD617

Thank you!

Andrée Starå

@MarianneD617

Excellent!

Happy to help!

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