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Hi. Just getting to grips with Smartsheet. I have pairs of date fields: Forecast Date and Actual Date. I would like to set a red status symbol if the Actual Date is past/older than the Forecast date. How can I do this? Alternatively I can set a check box if setting a symbol is not possible.
Hello Graham,
You can accomplish this by placing an IF statement in an RYG symbol column. An example of an IF statement is as follows:
=IF([Forecast Date]1 < [Actual Date]1, "Red")
More on RYG symbol columns can be found in the help center: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/504619-column-types#symbols
Here's more info on creating formulas in Smartsheet: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2476171-create-and-edit-formulas-in-smartsheet
This is a specific article on the IF function: https://help.smartsheet.com/function/if
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