Nested IF Statement Inquiry

sarah.deneault

Hi team, I am having difficulty with nested IF Statements. As part of our project tracking, each phase has a particular value. In order to use dashboards and report on these values (since charts can only use numeric values), I need to create a value for each of the phases below. I have inserted a column directly next to the phase column which i will hide from view on the sheet. Each value is what I would like returned when the phases status is updated.

• Planning/Analysis - 1
• Design - 2
• Development - 3
• Deployment - 4
• Wrap Up - 5

Each time I type the formula inside the column, it returns an UNPARSEABLE.

=IF([Current Phase]@row = "Planning/Analysis", "1", IF([Current Phase]@row="Design", "2", IF([Current Phase]@row="Development", "3", IF([Current Phase]@row="Deployment", "4", "5")))))

Can someone assist? I cannot seem to find the error here and do not want this to be a manual thing each time the phase is updated within the sheet.

Thank you!

Sarah

Andrée Starå

Hi @sarah.deneault

I hope you're well and safe!

Try something like this.

=IF([Current Phase]@row = "Planning/Analysis", 1, IF([Current Phase]@row="Design", 2, IF([Current Phase]@row="Development", 3, IF([Current Phase]@row="Deployment", 4, 5)

Did 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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Andrée Starå

Hi @sarah.deneault

I hope you're well and safe!

Try something like this.

=IF([Current Phase]@row = "Planning/Analysis", 1, IF([Current Phase]@row="Design", 2, IF([Current Phase]@row="Development", 3, IF([Current Phase]@row="Deployment", 4, 5)

Did 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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sarah.deneault

Hi Andree,

Thank you for the prompt support here!

Yes, removing the "" and the extra ))) seemed to work. I appreciate the help :) Have a great day as well.

Warm regards,

Sarah

Andrée Starå

@sarah.deneault

Excellent!

You're more than welcome!

The main issue was the " " and when you have them surrounding numbers, they are read as text by Smartsheet.

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