Change status of a child row based on parent row

Amber Eakin

Hello, all! Is there a way to change all the statuses for child rows based on a parent row?

Let's say I have a project to grow an orchard (parent row). It would have subtasks, like buying saplings, procuring fertilizer, and creating a watering schedule (child rows). If I have to scrap the orchard project, I'd mark it as N/A, which means its child rows would also be N/A.

Can Smartsheet do this, or do I need to manually update these rows?

I appreciate your help!

Andrée Starå

Hi @Amber Eakin

I hope you're well and safe!

I assume that the Children rows can have different manually set values already.

You could add a so-called helper column where you'd check the Parent row, and if it's N/A, it will populate the helper with a Checkbox or N/A or something else. You'd then use that to trigger a Workflow with the Change Cell Action that would change the values of the Children rows to N/A.

Make sense?

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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Andrée Starå

Hi @Amber Eakin

I hope you're well and safe!

I assume that the Children rows can have different manually set values already.

You could add a so-called helper column where you'd check the Parent row, and if it's N/A, it will populate the helper with a Checkbox or N/A or something else. You'd then use that to trigger a Workflow with the Change Cell Action that would change the values of the Children rows to N/A.

Make sense?

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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Amber Eakin

Thanks, @Andrée Starå ! That works beautifully.

Andrée Starå

@Amber Eakin

Excellent!

Happy to help!

jeff_li528

Hi @Andrée Starå,

How would I go about changing the cell values in a different row with an automation? As far as I can tell, workflows only allow me to change cell values in the row that triggers an automation.