Can I auto-populate a value from the parent row to the children row?

Sylvia Kay

Hi

I am building a product planning tool. I will have Initiatives, Epics, and User Stories, each will have a identifier Initiative: e.g. I-123, Epic: e.g. E-123, User Story: e.g. US-123.

I would like to create two columns,

• column 1: auto-populates the Initiative number to all Epics and User Stories below it
• column 2: auto-populates the Epic number to all User Stories below it

What is the best column formula I can use?

Thank you, Sylvia !

Darren Mullen

@Sylvia Kay Yes, look up about the PARENT() function. This video might help:

https://youtu.be/8GhBTDUOKkY

Andrée Starå

Hi @Sylvia Kay

I hope you're well and safe!

To add to Darren's excellent advice/answer.

Here's more information about the PARENT function.

https://help.smartsheet.com/function/parent

I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic week & Happy New Year!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Sylvia Kay

Hi Andree and Darren, thank you so much for your responses, this is exactly what I needed.

Andrée Starå

@Sylvia Kay

Excellent!

Happy to help!

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