Automated workflow not working - Status change

LaKo

Dear Smartsheet community,

I am trying to implement a simple automated workflow, which should work in the following way:

If I put to a cell in column "Progress" the value 100%, respective cell in column "Status" should automatically change to "Done".

What happens:

1.     When I run the workflow, it changes every cell in column "Status" to "Done", does not matter whether the value in column "Progress" is 100% or any other number

2.     Everytime I update the cells, I have to trigger the workflow manually, otherwise nothing happens

Am I making something wrong?

Thank you

Wrong Status.png

Workflow setup.png

Andrée Starå

Hi @LaKo

I hope you're well and safe!

It looks correct, but if you're using the Run Now feature, it will run for all rows, and that's probably why it's not working as expected when you're testing it.

Make sense?

I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic week & Happy New Year!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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LaKo

Hello Andrée,

many thanks for your answer.

Unfortunately it does not solve my issue.

If I don not run the "Run now" feature, nothing happens. If I insert a new 100% progress nothing happens. Even if I wait a few minutes.

And why do I get Done in column "Status", if the progress is not 100% (e.g.20%, 30%)?

Many thanks

Ladislav Kohut

Paul Newcome

What are the column properties for the Progress column?

LaKo

The column properties for column "Progress" are Column Type: Text/Number.

DKazatsky

@LaKo Is there a reason this needs to be a workflow? If not, you could use a Column Formula.

Something like this: =IF(Progress@row = 0, "Not Started", IF(Progress@row < 1, "In Progress", IF(Progress@row = 1, "Done")))

Using whatever values you would prefer. This will make the changes in real time also, whereas a workflow has a lag.

Hope this helps.

Dave

LaKo

Hello Dave,

many thanks for your answer.

With a formula I can also do it easily, I was only wondering why it is not working with the automated workflow.

Not sure in which case should I be using formulas and in which case the automated workflows.

Have a nice day

Ladislav