IF CONTAINS Help!

Lisa B 2022
Lisa B 2022 ✭✭✭✭
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Good morning,

I want to return specific values in a cell based on a drop-down list (single values per column), for example, if Activity = Marketing, then return value 45. However I need multiple options in each column, so I need the formula to then look for another activity and return a different value based on that.

Effectively, can I use multiple criteria with multiple results?

So the single formula works fine =IF(CONTAINS("Advertising", Activity@row), 45, "")

But I then want to look for Operations and return a value of 30.

Anyone any suggestions?

Thanks!

Lisa

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  • Kaveri Vipat
    Kaveri Vipat ✭✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hi Lisa B 2022,

    You can try this formula for your condition-

    =IF(CONTAINS("Advertising", Activity@row), 45, IF(CONTAINS("Operations", Activity@row), 30, ""))

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    Thanks,

    Kaveri Vipat

    Senior Associate - Smartsheet Development, Ignatiuz Software

    2023 Core Product Certified

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