Lock in a date once once a criteria has been reached
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I am trying to work on a formula where once a status has changed to "Completed" then it will give the capture of the date in a completed date cell. But when the next year rolls around the status will change to Pending, but I need the capture date to stay as is until it reaches Completed again....not sure if that make sense or not :-)
Thanks in advance.
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@Cathy Fraser a record date automation should do the trick with the criteria being with the status changes to completed.
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Thanks Darren, but are you able to advise how to create a "Record Date" this is not something that I have heard of before, thanks
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I think I may have found it
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I think I may have found it, but this would work great for a new sheet, but I already have dates that I need to lock in as the sheet has been up and running for about 18 months....
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I hope you're well and safe!
Do you have the information in the current sheet(s) of when somebody completed it? You can look in the Activity Log or right-click each cell and check the Cell History.
Would that work/help?
I hope that helps!
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