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How do I set up a workflow to notify someone if a predecessor task has been completed?
I am currently trying to develop a project plan sheet, and I am wanting to be able to notify someone when the predecessor task was completed so they know they can start working. For example if John has to do a Data Source Identification and validation but he can't do it till Mark has converted and cleaned up the data I…
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VLOOKUP on the if false of another VLOOKUP
I have a worksheet that I want to reference 5 reference sheets that contain staff members. Because of the large scale of staff members. We split them up by region. I want to create a column formula that will look up a "District ID" and return the "User" If they exist in one of the 5 reference sheets. This is my current…
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Multi dropdown on report
Hi, I'm trying to do a report which shows things from a multi drop down list; in this case, quarters. The projects can run over multiple quarters and I want them to be showing in each of the quarter. I have created grouping with the quarters too but it won't show the data when in multi dropdown, only when it is a single…
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Using a range of checkboxes for an IF statement
Hi, I have a column of checkboxes, and next to them are cells with just regular text. I want the text to be referenced in another sheet only if the checkbox is checked: I can get it to work for just one value fine with =IF({checkbox reference}, {personal goal reference}), however this is just one pair of cells and I would…
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Iterative Functionality (circular reference) in smartsheet.
I'm currently trying to find a way to do a simple iterative count using the automation tools in smartsheet. Simple iteration is one of the most basic tools in computer based problem solving, so it seems like a good feature to have built into automation tools. The specific situation is that I want to track how long a card…
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Is it possible to query the URL's of sheets to table?
Hi there, I am trying to update some references on a roll up sheet and would like to quickly get the URL's of some key project artifacts. I'm not sure if there's a SQL type function in Smartsheet that would let me quickly let me get this data across all our workspaces. For example, I'd like to find all my Project Budget's…
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How to record monthly changes in sheet?
So I am trying to get a formula to return a count of the number of cells that match but only if another column that records a date is within the last 30 days. I tried with reports but the issue is they don't display right if I try to send updates in any way besides a link (and I need it to run monthly, weekly, etc.) I felt…
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Workaround for Voting
Hello, From other community questions I see that there is no voting functionality in Smartsheet but I am looking for a workaround. The use case is to have a system for internal enhancement requests to our ERP. Internal employees would have a link to a dashboard where they could look at requests that have already been…
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Dates start flashing after updating another task's predecessors
I have a project plan that I am now updating to establish dependencies. Everything was going fine until I updated one task's predecessors and a completely separate row's dates (and associated span in the gantt chart) started flashing. I'm guessing that there is some circular logic or something that might be causing this…
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Unlink sheets
Hi, I have a folder with several documents (reports, project plans, etc.) and they are all linked to various different sheets in different workspaces. I accidently saved the folder as new, but I selected "Original Sheets". Is there a way for me to unlink the new folder from the original folder, without having to go into…
