Is there a way to restrict duplicate value input from dropdown in a Column?

Shrestha
Shrestha ✭
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Hello Experts,

I have a lease document with list of gears. This a record of what is on lease. Once a gear is on lease, we cannot lease that gear to another person until it is returned. So I will have to select different gear from the dropdown for next lease.

Is it possible to restrict duplicate value selection form the dropdown in one column?

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In this case, Kit-01 is already on lease, so drop down option Kit-01 should be disabled, invisible or restricted.

Please help.

Thank you!!

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  • Bassam Khalil
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    edited 12/17/20 Answer ✓

    Hi @Shrestha

    Sorry for the delay, please find in the following the solution for your question:

    1- Create "Gears Database" with a Lease request form to select the Gears

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    the formula to check Gears lease status Lease =IF((-1 + [Lease Out]@row - [Lease In]@row) <= -1, "Green", "Red")

    2- Create a Summary sheet to check the status of the gears

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    the formula to check the status =IF(COUNTIFS({Gears Database Lease}, "Red", {Gears Database Assest}, [Assigned Asset ID]@row) = 0, "Green", "Red")

    3- prepare a report showing available gears

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Hi @KarenTF<\/a>,<\/p>

You can do this with a nested IF statement. As a basic example, if you had a dropdown with options A, B, C and wanted to assign them points values of 1, 2, 3 respectively, you would use the following formula in your points column:<\/p>

=IF([Radio selection]@row = \"A\", 1, IF([Radio selection]@row = \"B\", 2, IF([Radio selection]@row = \"C\", 3)))<\/p>

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If you have multiple instances of this then you could then use a SUM formula to get the total at the end.<\/p>

Hopefully this points you in the right direction, but if you've more specifics or have any problems\/questions then just post!<\/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":111115,"type":"question","name":"Can Smartsheet automatically push a date on to a Thursday?","excerpt":"Hello. I thought I’d found the answer to this in a forum a while back, but the answer on there didn’t work for me when I tried it – I’d like to know if there’s a code\/formula for Smartsheet to check whether an End Date (publication date) falls on a Thursday and for Smartsheet to automatically move the date along to the…","snippet":"Hello. I thought I’d found the answer to this in a forum a while back, but the answer on there didn’t work for me when I tried it – I’d like to know if there’s a code\/formula for…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-10-03T14:07:53+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-10-03T15:17:08+00:00","insertUserID":167869,"insertUser":{"userID":167869,"name":"Lee5","title":"Mr","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Lee5","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-03T21:08:50+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":45516,"lastUser":{"userID":45516,"name":"Paul Newcome","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Paul%20Newcome","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/082\/nQPUTVFKKWDJ2.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-03T21:59:06+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":4,"countViews":29,"score":null,"hot":3392690701,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/111115\/can-smartsheet-automatically-push-a-date-on-to-a-thursday","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/111115\/can-smartsheet-automatically-push-a-date-on-to-a-thursday","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[254,334],"lastPost":{"discussionID":111115,"commentID":398125,"name":"Re: Can Smartsheet automatically push a date on to a Thursday?","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/398125#Comment_398125","dateInserted":"2023-10-03T15:17:08+00:00","insertUserID":45516,"insertUser":{"userID":45516,"name":"Paul Newcome","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Paul%20Newcome","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/082\/nQPUTVFKKWDJ2.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-03T21:59:06+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":"2023-10-03T14:58:34+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-10-03T14:21:50+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":398101,"body":"

@Lee5<\/a> So I can make it so it falls on the current week Thursday, so if it is a Friday it will slide back 1 day.<\/p>

The formula is =[End Date]@row - WEEKDAY([End Date]@row) + 5<\/p>"},{"commentID":398102,"body":"

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In that case you would use something like this:<\/p>

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