Turn Cell Formula into Column Formula

Hello everyone!


I am at the beginning of making some operations sheets for my job and will need to rely on column formulas


I have successfully input a formula in a cell and it works! When I drag the formula down, it works. However, when I try to convert it to a column formula I get the error saying that the syntax is not correct.

Here is my cell formula:

=IF(Subcontractor1 = "Sub 1", INDEX({Sub 1 Test Contractor Status}, MATCH([Project ID]@row, {Sub 1 Test Project ID}, 0)), IF(Subcontractor2 = "Sub 2", INDEX({Sub 2 Test Contractor Status}, MATCH([Project ID]@row, {Sub 2 Test Project ID}, 0))))


Here is the error I get back:



Thanks so much!

Answers

  • Andrée Starå
    Andrée Starå ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    Hi @mmeellaanniie

    I hope you're well and safe!

    • You can't use a direct cell reference in a Column Formula. You'll have to use the @row feature or reference the Sheet Summary (#).

    Yours should look something like this.(for the Subcontractor2, you'll need to reference another column or a field in the Sheet Summary)

    =IF(Subcontractor@row = "Sub 1", INDEX({Sub 1 Test Contractor Status}, MATCH([Project ID]@row, {Sub 1 Test Project ID}, 0)), IF(Subcontractor2 = "Sub 2", INDEX({Sub 2 Test Contractor Status}, MATCH([Project ID]@row, {Sub 2 Test Project ID}, 0))))

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