If Statement Help

S_Ko

Hi there,

It's been a while since I've used smartsheets and I"m dusting off some cobwebs.

I have a column in my data set that determines the Project Type of a topic (i.e Course, certification etc.) Based on the Project Type, we have an formula per type that helps us calculate an estimated timeline.

I'd like to create a column that has an formula that will provide an estimated # of hours based on the project type.

For Example: Project A is a Course that is expected to have 4 modules.

Our formula to provide an estimated timeframe is:

(# modules x 30 hours) + 120 hours (our logistics turn around) --> (4x30)+120= 240 hours of work estimated.

How can i string my IF statement together to gather this and run for all options (we have 4 course options)? Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks!

Sarah

Michael Culley

So you would want to do something like:

=IF([Project type]@row="Project A", (4 * 30)+120,IF([Project type]@row="Project B", (5 * 30)+120,0)

So on and so forth.

Does that about do the trick?

Jason Tarpinian

You can build it out as a nested IF formula, that would look like

=(IF([Project Type]@row = "Course", 4, IF([Project Type]@row = "Certification", 10, IF([Project Type]@row = "XYZ", 20...)))*30)+120

with as many variables as you have. Another way is you could have a lookup table to reference and then use INDEX/MATCH which would be cleaner, especially if your variable list could grow.

=INDEX([Hours Range], MATCH([Project Type]@row, [Project Type Range], 0)*30+120