Hierarchy Question

Reggie Andaya

Reggie Andaya ✭✭✭✭

07/31/22 in Smartsheet Basics

So I'm trying to distinguish the the differences. Is this example below correct or am I off?

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che.rabajante ✭✭✭✭✭✭

07/31/22 Answer ✓

Hello @Reggie Andaya
Hierarchy
Parent
Children
Ancestors
Descendants

Hope this helps.

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che.rabajante ✭✭✭✭✭✭

07/31/22 Answer ✓

Hello @Reggie Andaya
Hierarchy
Parent
Children
Ancestors
Descendants

Hope this helps.

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Neil Watson ✭✭✭✭✭✭

07/31/22

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Reggie Andaya ✭✭✭✭

07/31/22

Thank you for clarifying 😁

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Reggie Andaya ✭✭✭✭

07/31/22

@Neil Watson
So I'm having an issue withe formula below. I'm learning formulas so please bear with me😄.
Just to test, I'm trying to count the number of parents in the primary column below.
=SUM(PARENTS()) **This results in 0
=COUNT(PARENTS([Task Name]1) **This results in #UNPARESABLE

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Neil Watson ✭✭✭✭✭✭

07/31/22

@Reggie Andaya the formula is PARENT https://help.smartsheet.com/function/parent

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