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Duration Including Weekends
Hello! We have our project (task tracker) set to exclude weekends, which is what we need as we don't want anything due on the weekend. However, we need a duration column that includes all days between the start and end date, not just the business days. How can I do this? It's currently showing the duration of business days…
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Float between task and it's successor
Hi, There doesn't seem to be any clear way to calculate the float between two tasks. If I have task A and task B, and task A is a predecessor to task B, I'm looking for a formula to calculate the amount of time task A can be delayed. Has anyone found a method to do this? TOTALFLOAT is not useful on my projects, it often…
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Can I hide predecessor lines in a gantt chart?
I have a complicated project with tons of predecessors. The predecessor lines connecting tasks in the gantt view are so numerous that is makes the gantt visually hard to use. Is there are way to hide or turn off not the predecessors, but the predecessor lines? Thanks!
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Trying to create a formula that determines the current season
I've got a formula that generates the current quarter and one that calculates the current year. Now I'm trying to write an IF statement that creates a value that says S23 by reading if its Q1 or Q2 and then adding the 23 from the current year (2023). This is my current formula, can anyone explain why it's not working or…
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Indexing across sheets with the same name
Is there a way to Index or search all sheets named Project Metadata? I want to populate a sheet using the project number at the top level.
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Control Centre - Batch Updating
I am about to launch my first control centre Blueprint and one thing I am wondering is what would be a best practice for recording notes at a program level. We have a status meeting that reviews the projects in the Blueprint Summary.. The client will pass on a tidbit of knowledge in the meeting and we will record a note..…
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Program Management: Metrics for RAID Logs
Hi all, I am working to mature one of our programs by creating a dashboard that encapsulates several types of metrics, but one set of metrics I'm struggling with is our RAID Logs. I am using a Smartsheet Blueprint to spin up our projects and each project has it's own RAID Log to track against. I'm hoping to hear of how…
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Project Prioritization Intake Form Examples
Hi everyone, I was curious if anyone has any examples of project prioritization or strategic alignment intake forms? My organization is looking to replace our current project intake process form and replace it with a new form/process that will help prioritize incoming projects. Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you!
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Transpose cell links from a vertical production schedule to a row/grid sheet
We have hundreds of production schedules for individual projects, each of which share milestone dates that are uniformly named. The milestone dates vary per project and we want to create a sheet that has a row for each product and columns for the milestone dates. This will enable project tracking on a global level. The…
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Count children but only some of them
How should this formula look if I want to only count children that are 'Open'? ="Project stage name - " + COUNT(CHILDREN()) I am using on the parent row in a project risk register so I can collapse stages not reached to focus on the risks for the current stage. However, some of the risks in the current stage are now…