How can I join non-consecutive parent and child rows into a single name.
I've searched the community and can't seem to come up with an adequate answer. I've made myself a helper column, and I'd like to join or concat the parent with each of the child rows, but I keep coming up unparseable. Here's what I'd like to do.
I'd like to have "Start-Task 1" show up next to Task 1, and "Start-Task 2" show up next to Task 2. I'm going in circles trying to figure out how to join the parent with Task 2 with a delimiter in between.
Best Answer
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I got the following formula to work for me using the methodology outlined here: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2476826-combine-text-two-or-more-cells-simple-formula
=[Task Name]$1 + " - " + [Task Name]@row
Formula is in the "Completed Task Name" column.
[Task Name]$1 Having the $ before the row number makes the reference absolute and allows me to drag the formula down to the next row and still have it reference "Start" and not "Task 1"
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I got the following formula to work for me using the methodology outlined here: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2476826-combine-text-two-or-more-cells-simple-formula
=[Task Name]$1 + " - " + [Task Name]@row
Formula is in the "Completed Task Name" column.
[Task Name]$1 Having the $ before the row number makes the reference absolute and allows me to drag the formula down to the next row and still have it reference "Start" and not "Task 1"
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Fabulous! Thank you so much! It was driving me crazy, and I knew there had to be a simple way. Thanks, again!!
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Hi @acampy12
I hope you're well and safe!
To add to Summer's excellent advice/answer.
Here's another option that also can be converted to a column formula.
=PARENT([Task Name]@row) + " - " + [Task Name]@row
Did that work/help?
I hope that helps!
Be safe and have a fantastic week!
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This also worked! Thanks so much. I was going around in circles. This group is great. 😁
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Happy to help!
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Feel free to contact me for help with Smartsheet, integrations, general workflow advice, or anything else.
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