Is there a CONTAINS alternative for Contact formatted cells?
Goal: Count the number of times a name is mentioned.
Assigned to is multiple contact column
Name is a contact column
=COUNTIFS({P & A - Assignments List | Assigned To}, CONTAINS([Name]@row, @cell))
Is there a CONTAINS alternative for Contact formatted cells?
Best Answer
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Yes, you are looking for the HAS() function.
HAS Function | Smartsheet Learning Center
=COUNTIFS({P & A - Assignments List | Assigned To}, HAS(@cell, [Name]@row))
Answers
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Yes, you are looking for the HAS() function.
=COUNTIFS({P & A - Assignments List | Assigned To}, HAS(@cell, [Name]@row))
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The HAS function works for contact type data when you are looking for an exact match. If you are looking for a partial match (such as just last name or something like that), you would use the FIND function.
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