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you need the last if to be <=1 then Full<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":322,"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[]},{"discussionID":111351,"type":"question","name":"If or Isblank Formula","excerpt":"I am trying to write this formula, if the cell is blank return value of 0, OR if the cell contains the word resource return value of 0, otherwise return the value of 3 for both. I have written this formula 500 times today and cannot get it right, can someone help? =IF(OR(ISBLANK(Title@row), 0, 3), (Title@row = \"Resource\"),…","snippet":"I am trying to write this formula, if the cell is blank return value of 0, OR if the cell contains the word resource return value of 0, otherwise return the value of 3 for both. I…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-10-06T19:39:59+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-10-06T20:14:14+00:00","insertUserID":132094,"insertUser":{"userID":132094,"name":"Renae Gould","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Renae%20Gould","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!6VVQ-oCrcYQ!xZdesVKV87w!18ODegDWWxO","dateLastActive":"2023-10-06T20:12:36+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":132094,"lastUser":{"userID":132094,"name":"Renae Gould","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Renae%20Gould","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!6VVQ-oCrcYQ!xZdesVKV87w!18ODegDWWxO","dateLastActive":"2023-10-06T20:12:36+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":2,"countViews":21,"score":null,"hot":3393245653,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/111351\/if-or-isblank-formula","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/111351\/if-or-isblank-formula","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":111351,"commentID":398982,"name":"Re: If or Isblank Formula","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/398982#Comment_398982","dateInserted":"2023-10-06T20:14:14+00:00","insertUserID":132094,"insertUser":{"userID":132094,"name":"Renae Gould","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Renae%20Gould","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!6VVQ-oCrcYQ!xZdesVKV87w!18ODegDWWxO","dateLastActive":"2023-10-06T20:12:36+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-10-06T22:08:44+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-10-06T19:47:59+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":398978,"body":"

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@Beth Fantozzi 1<\/a> <\/p>

I got you - use this:<\/p>

=IF(COUNT(CHILDREN()) > 0, SUM(CHILDREN()), IF(AND(NOT(ISNUMBER([Quote Amount]@row)), NOT(ISNUMBER([Actual Amount]@row))), 0, IF(ISNUMBER([Actual Amount]@row), [Budgeted Amount]@row - [Actual Amount]@row, [Budgeted Amount]@row - [Quote Amount]@row)))<\/p><\/div><\/div>

It ends up looking like this:<\/p>

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If this response helped you please help me & the community by accepting it and reacting as you see fit (💡insightful, ⬆️ Vote Up, and\/or ❤️Awesome).<\/em><\/p>

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PS - If you have a follow up response attention use @Dan Palenchar<\/a> so I get notified of your reply!<\/strong><\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":322,"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[]}],"initialPaging":{"nextURL":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/api\/v2\/discussions?page=2&categoryID=322&includeChildCategories=1&type%5B0%5D=Question&excludeHiddenCategories=1&sort=-hot&limit=3&expand%5B0%5D=all&expand%5B1%5D=-body&expand%5B2%5D=insertUser&expand%5B3%5D=lastUser&status=accepted","prevURL":null,"currentPage":1,"total":10000,"limit":3},"title":"Trending in Formulas and Functions ","subtitle":null,"description":null,"noCheckboxes":true,"containerOptions":[],"discussionOptions":[]}">

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