JOIN COLLECT for Checkboxes

Hello All,

Is there a way to collect information using a JOIN COLLECT formula?

Column 2 is Name

Column 3 thru 5 ASL.

Columns 6 thru 8 is are the names I want to populate based on the checkboxes (ASL).

Column 3 can have two checkboxes versus 1. Ultimately I would like all checkboxes that are checked to populate names in Column 6.

Column 3 with checkboxes marked to populate names in Column 7

Column 4 with checkboxes marked to populate names in Column 8.

I am using =JOIN(COLLECT{[COLUMN2:COLUMN2], [COLUMN3:COLUMN3], 1 "Support")], CHAR(10))

Am I totally missing something? Thank you in advance for your help!

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  • Andrée Starå
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    Hi@hello1030

    I hope you're well and safe!

    Try something like this. (I've guessed what your formula would look like, but you'd have to update the column names to match yours)

    =JOIN(COLLECT([COLUMN2]:[COLUMN2], [COLUMN2]:[COLUMN2], 1, [COLUMN3]:[COLUMN3], "Support"), CHAR(10))

    Did that work/help?

    There were a lot of errors in the formula, but it was mainly the brackets { is used for cross-sheet formulas, and you have to close the [ ] square brackets around a column name that doesn't only have one piece of text, and then the structure wasn't correct.

    I hope that helps!

    Be safe, and have a fantastic week!

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  • Hi There,

    Some sample data might help to understand the situation better. However, from first glance, it looks like you are not stating the delimiter to be proper. Usually, the delimiter would be a hyphen, or a comma, or a slash. In your formula, it is not clear what the delimiter is to join the values.

    Thanks,

    Aravind

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  • Andrée Starå
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    Hi@hello1030

    I hope you're well and safe!

    Try something like this. (I've guessed what your formula would look like, but you'd have to update the column names to match yours)

    =JOIN(COLLECT([COLUMN2]:[COLUMN2], [COLUMN2]:[COLUMN2], 1, [COLUMN3]:[COLUMN3], "Support"), CHAR(10))

    Did that work/help?

    There were a lot of errors in the formula, but it was mainly the brackets { is used for cross-sheet formulas, and you have to close the [ ] square brackets around a column name that doesn't only have one piece of text, and then the structure wasn't correct.

    I hope that helps!

    Be safe, and have a fantastic week!

    Best,

    Andrée Starå| Workflow Consultant / CEO @WORK BOLD

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    Thank you both!

    @AravindGPPlease see photo.

    @Andrée StaråI tried this in the formula and used "Accountable" versus support and those were the results.

    The outcome is I would like under the Accountable Column to list Ashlee Brown, Lina Baker, and Kesha Porter. Then under Support Column I would like to list Ashlee Brown and Bobby Gough. When Henry Flay is selected, it should populate under one of the columns once the checkbox is selected.

    Thank you so much again!

  • I was able to make it work using both comments. Thank you so much for your help again!

  • Andrée Starå
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    @hello1030

    Excellent!

    Happy to help!

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@Filippo<\/a>, the most inelegant but dead simple thing to do is this:<\/p>

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Simplified, it's just this:<\/p>

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Very clever Lucas! Simple IF statement logic. It works perfectly, thanks!!!<\/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":107107,"type":"question","name":"Formula that counts how many rows have a date in the past","excerpt":"Hi! I need help with creating a formula that will count how many rows in my column called End Date have dates in the past. I've tried the following and it gives an \"unparseable\" error: =COUNTIFS([End Date]:[End Date], \"<=\" & TODAY()) Thanks in advance for your help!","snippet":"Hi! I need help with creating a formula that will count how many rows in my column called End Date have dates in the past. I've tried the following and it gives an \"unparseable\"…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-06-29T20:39:23+00:00","dateUpdated":"2023-06-29T20:39:58+00:00","dateLastComment":"2023-06-29T20:52:03+00:00","insertUserID":162796,"insertUser":{"userID":162796,"name":"Beth M","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Beth%20M","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/avatarstock\/n7ZG0TBD44T33.png","dateLastActive":"2023-06-29T21:23:37+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"updateUserID":162796,"lastUserID":161714,"lastUser":{"userID":161714,"name":"Carson Penticuff","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Carson%20Penticuff","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/B0Q390EZX8XK\/nBGT0U1689CN6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-30T02:47:38+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":1,"countViews":21,"score":null,"hot":3376143686,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/107107\/formula-that-counts-how-many-rows-have-a-date-in-the-past","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/107107\/formula-that-counts-how-many-rows-have-a-date-in-the-past","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[254],"lastPost":{"discussionID":107107,"commentID":383217,"name":"Re: Formula that counts how many rows have a date in the past","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/383217#Comment_383217","dateInserted":"2023-06-29T20:52:03+00:00","insertUserID":161714,"insertUser":{"userID":161714,"name":"Carson Penticuff","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Carson%20Penticuff","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/B0Q390EZX8XK\/nBGT0U1689CN6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-30T02:47:38+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-06-29T20:54:25+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-06-29T20:52:03+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":383217,"body":"

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