Formula Help Needed: To populate unlimited level of children row with Parent data
With reference to the following screenshot, we want to Populate the EP Number for all children under Level 1, regardless of the number of hierarchy with the EP No at Level 1.
At this moment, with =IF(COUNT(CHILDREN()) > 0, [EP No]@row, PARENT([EP No]@row)), row 4 onwards are empty.
What formula can I use to populate the EP Number column, so that if it is Level 1, it will reflect the EP No at row, if it's more than Level 2, it should reflect the EP No as stated in Level 1?
In the screenshot above, all the rows under Executive should reflect ABC.
Any assistance would be appreciated. Thank you.
Vivien Chong
Modern Work Management Consultant @ 57Network Consultancy Sdn Bhd
Connect with us: 57network.com
Answers
-
Hi @Vivien Chong,
You should be able to use a formula like this in your Ep No column and only need to input the Ep Number once to have it populate all children of that task:
=IF(ISBLANK(PARENT([Ep No]@row)), [Ep Number]@row, PARENT([Ep No]@row))
Sample:
Hope this helps, but if you've any problems/questions then let us know.
-
Hi @Nick Korna thanks for your prompt reply.
I realised I have missed out the 1st row... and it became like this. 😅
Do you have any idea how we can refine this formula?
Appreciate your help. Thanks.
Vivien Chong
Modern Work Management Consultant @ 57Network Consultancy Sdn Bhd
Connect with us: 57network.com
-
@Vivien Chong, if you've still got the level column then yes, we can amend the formula slightly to get round this.
If you call your "testing 1" type task level 0, then:
=IF(Level@row <= 1, [Ep Number]@row, PARENT([Ep No]@row))
Sample:
Obviously if your level number system is slightly different then you will need to amend the number in the formula but hopefully this gives you the gist of what to do - let me know if there are any other issues. 🙂
Help Article Resources
Categories
- All Categories
- 14 Welcome to the Community
- Customer Resources
- 66.7K Get Help
- 436 Global Discussions
- 152 Industry Talk
- 497 Announcements
- 5.3K Ideas & Feature Requests
- 85 Brandfolder
- 155 Just for fun
- 77 Community Job Board
- 508 Show & Tell
- 34 Member Spotlight
- 2 SmartStories
- 308 Events
- 37 Webinars
- 7.3K Forum Archives
Check out the Formula Handbook template!
Trending in Formulas and Functions
- I'm trying to create a SUMIF formula that looks at the salesperson name in a column and adds up or totals their $ sales in another column. To ultimately show in Dashboard of Totals Sales by Salesperso…
- Good day Smartsheet Team, Getting an unparseable error on this formula: =IF($Name@row <> "",(SUMIFS({Expense}, {Period},1, {Type}, OR(@cell = "RES602782", @cell = "RES602497")),"") Trying to pull in a…
- I have a sheet that compiles all the responses from a form. The sheet has multiple start and end date columns, but only one start and one end date cell is NOT blank depending on the activity selected …