Calculating Average Time for each member of a team

Hi everyone,

I am new to SmartSheets and Excel formulas in general and would like some help please. I would like to calculate the average time in months that it takes for a team member to complete tasks. For example, I have a date created column for every task and another column named "Team member". I would like to calculate the number of months since the task was created from today and obtain that number for every task for that corresponding team member and calculate the overall average for all of the tasks in months for every team member.

I currently have " =(NETDAYS(({Reference}, {Reference})/ 365) * 12 " to calculate the number of months for a specific cell, but I would like to do it for all the tasks corresponding to a specific team member.


Any help is greatly appreciated.

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@Pamela Wagner<\/a> <\/p>

Here's an example sheet and formula I made for someone else's topic once.<\/p>

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=COUNTIFS([Teams Responsible for Testing]:[Teams Responsible for Testing], CONTAINS(\"MIS\", @cell), Status:Status, <>\"Complete\")<\/p>

This is used to find \"MIS\" in the Teams Responsible for Testing column if the Status column is not \"Complete\". It's finding 4 results.<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question","log":{"dateUpdated":"2022-12-23 00:00:06","updateUser":{"userID":120231,"name":"Pamela Wagner","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Pamela%20Wagner","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2022-12-22T23:55:31+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"}}},"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":99015,"type":"question","name":"Nested Criteria on COLLECT","excerpt":"I'm trying to get an income by multiplying quantity with Price. Price is located on another sheet so I have to find it based on type, route, and active date. Here's the formula that I have: =IFERROR([Economy QTY]@row * (INDEX(COLLECT({Price Range}; {Type Range}; \"Economy\"; {Route Range}; CONTAINS(Route@row; @cell); {Active…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2022-12-22T09:37:59+00:00","dateUpdated":"2022-12-22T10:15:13+00:00","dateLastComment":"2022-12-23T04:37:44+00:00","insertUserID":156222,"insertUser":{"userID":156222,"name":"Ardneran","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Ardneran","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2022-12-23T09:42:33+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"updateUserID":156222,"lastUserID":156222,"lastUser":{"userID":156222,"name":"Ardneran","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Ardneran","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2022-12-23T09:42:33+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":5,"countViews":44,"score":null,"hot":3343475143,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/99015\/nested-criteria-on-collect","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/99015\/nested-criteria-on-collect","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[254,472],"lastPost":{"discussionID":99015,"commentID":355280,"name":"Re: Nested Criteria on COLLECT","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/355280#Comment_355280","dateInserted":"2022-12-23T04:37:44+00:00","insertUserID":156222,"insertUser":{"userID":156222,"name":"Ardneran","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Ardneran","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2022-12-23T09:42:33+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":"2022-12-23T04:37:50+00:00","dateAnswered":"2022-12-23T04:37:44+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":355280,"body":"

Update :<\/p>

I think I figured it out, the formula has two @cells so I think there might be some inconsistency. I changed how my sheet works by modifying some columns so I don't have to use @cell. Thank you all.<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question","log":{"dateUpdated":"2022-12-23 04:37:50","updateUser":{"userID":156222,"name":"Ardneran","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Ardneran","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2022-12-23T09:42:33+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"}}},"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":[{"tagID":254,"urlcode":"Formulas","name":"Formulas"},{"tagID":472,"urlcode":"cell-linking","name":"Cell linking"}]},{"discussionID":99021,"type":"question","name":"How to add a prefix to a project ID","excerpt":"Hi Community, I am trying to create a project ID column that generates a prefix based on the project type. I'd like the numbers to go in sequential order for each project. Ex: abc001, abc002, def001, abc003, def002 Additionally, I would like for it to only generate a number if another column specifies \"New Project.\" Any…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2022-12-22T15:31:38+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2022-12-22T21:31:26+00:00","insertUserID":151306,"insertUser":{"userID":151306,"name":"Ddabbs","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Ddabbs","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2022-12-22T20:25:43+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":"2022-12-22T21:35:53+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":9,"countViews":63,"score":null,"hot":3343473184,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/99021\/how-to-add-a-prefix-to-a-project-id","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/99021\/how-to-add-a-prefix-to-a-project-id","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":99021,"commentID":355264,"name":"Re: How to add a prefix to a project ID","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/355264#Comment_355264","dateInserted":"2022-12-22T21:31:26+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":"2022-12-22T21:35:53+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":"2022-12-22T18:05:19+00:00","dateAnswered":"2022-12-22T17:57:37+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":355222,"body":"

@Ddabbs<\/a> <\/p>

Create an Auto Number column with your preferred number format. Then create a column which builds your Project ID based on another column which helps determine the abc or def prefix and then adds the Auto Number.<\/p>

You'll need to create a formula which is something like:<\/p>

=IF([Project Type]@row=\"Alpha\", \"abc\"+[Auto Number]@row, IF([Project Type]@row=\"Beta\", \"def\"+[Auto Number]@row))<\/p>"},{"commentID":355223,"body":"

@Ddabbs<\/a> I think this question gets asked 3-4 times year.<\/p>

There are a few ways to do this, but they all start with having separate intake sheets for each project type, and moving those rows to a main project list sheet. This is because you need independent Auto-number columns for each project type, and the only way to do that in core Smartsheet is with separate sheets.<\/p>

Alternatively, you could have one intake sheet without an Auto-number column, which then moves rows to separate project type sheets based on project type where each project sheet contains a prefixed Auto-number column, and have automation move those rows to a main project sheet. That flow would look like this:<\/p>