#Invalid Operation - Error

bday2329
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edited 12/09/19 inFormulas and Functions

I have a issue that I just can't figure out. I have 2 identical Smartsheets one was saved as new from the other.

I have the same formula in the same column in the 1 Smartsheet example I get a #INVALID OPERATION (Red Arrow) however in the 2nd Smartsheet example (Blue Arrow) the formula works

In the attached I have provided example of each sheet with a snap shot of formula's and Columns being used in those formulas

Appreciate any help we are trying to roll this out to depts.

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  • Paul Newcome
    Paul Newcome ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks like row 1 in each of your screenshots has different data in the ED LOS in hours column and the one to the left of that. Could it be that there is something somewhere else on the sheet that could be throwing things off?

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  • bday2329
    bday2329 ✭✭✭✭

    That was it, there was invalid data thank you that should have been the first thing I checked.

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  • Paul Newcome
    Paul Newcome ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    edited 02/19/19

    Happy to help.yes

    The invalid operation error is letting you know that while the formula syntax itself isn't necessarily wrong, you may still be trying to use incorrect data types for a particular function such as trying to use dates in a SUM function or blanks in a MONTH or YEAR function.

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Hi @steinkj<\/a>, change the \"HAS\" to an equal.<\/p>


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=COUNTIF([Tools & Resources (SE-2)]8:[Tools & Resources (SE-2)]12, \"Often\")<\/p>"},{"commentID":382723,"body":"

Thank you, as always I was trying to make it too hard!!!!<\/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":106971,"type":"question","name":"Using SUMIFS Formula","excerpt":"Needing help writing a SUMIFS formula! I have tried a few ways, but just get errors. =SUMIFS({budget}, {Type}, \"AMR\", {leadership}, \"Truttmann\")) I would like to have the sum of the budget if the type is AMR and the leadership is Truttmann. I have multiple types and leaderships that I would be using this for. Thanks!","snippet":"Needing help writing a SUMIFS formula! I have tried a few ways, but just get errors. =SUMIFS({budget}, {Type}, \"AMR\", {leadership}, \"Truttmann\")) I would like to have the sum of…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-06-27T18:45:22+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-06-27T20:20:13+00:00","insertUserID":162642,"insertUser":{"userID":162642,"name":"jtomeaCH","title":"ISG Support Manager","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/jtomeaCH","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-27T20:31:55+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":162642,"lastUser":{"userID":162642,"name":"jtomeaCH","title":"ISG Support Manager","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/jtomeaCH","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-27T20:31:55+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":4,"countViews":29,"score":null,"hot":3375791135,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/106971\/using-sumifs-formula","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/106971\/using-sumifs-formula","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[254],"lastPost":{"discussionID":106971,"commentID":382695,"name":"Re: Using SUMIFS Formula","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/382695#Comment_382695","dateInserted":"2023-06-27T20:20:13+00:00","insertUserID":162642,"insertUser":{"userID":162642,"name":"jtomeaCH","title":"ISG Support Manager","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/jtomeaCH","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-27T20:31:55+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":"2023-06-27T20:19:39+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-06-27T19:59:16+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":382688,"body":"

Double check your cross sheet references. Make sure they are all single columns by clicking on the appropriate column header.<\/p>


<\/p>

When doing this, give the sheet a little time to load before selecting the column. Sometimes moving too fast allows you to select a column header before the sheet fully loads in the creator window. Then when the sheet does finally completely load in, the selection automatically reverts to the home cell (top right corner). This happens to me quite a bit when I am in a hurry.<\/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":[{"tagID":254,"urlcode":"Formulas","name":"Formulas"}]},{"discussionID":106940,"type":"question","name":"IF cell CONTAINS one\/two\/three different values, return corresponding values","excerpt":"Hello community, I am attempting to return single or multiple values depending on a multiple dropdown column. My dropdown column contains criteria \"Consolidation\", \"Reduction\", \"Termination\", \"New\" Currently the formula works for single values with the following formula =IF([Type of Project]@row = \"Consolidation\", \"🝢\",…","snippet":"Hello community, I am attempting to return single or multiple values depending on a multiple dropdown column. My dropdown column contains criteria \"Consolidation\", \"Reduction\",…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-06-27T09:24:42+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-06-27T12:11:45+00:00","insertUserID":143463,"insertUser":{"userID":143463,"name":"Sam Swain","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Sam%20Swain","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-28T09:08:31+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":151203,"lastUser":{"userID":151203,"name":"Nick Korna","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Nick%20Korna","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-27T12:11:22+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":3,"countViews":58,"score":null,"hot":3375727587,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/106940\/if-cell-contains-one-two-three-different-values-return-corresponding-values","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/106940\/if-cell-contains-one-two-three-different-values-return-corresponding-values","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[254],"lastPost":{"discussionID":106940,"commentID":382505,"name":"Re: IF cell CONTAINS one\/two\/three different values, return corresponding values","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/382505#Comment_382505","dateInserted":"2023-06-27T12:11:45+00:00","insertUserID":151203,"insertUser":{"userID":151203,"name":"Nick Korna","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Nick%20Korna","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-27T12:11:22+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,"image":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/Q6RJIERQGF1Y\/screenshot-2023-06-27-at-10-22-29.png","urlSrcSet":{"10":"","300":"","800":"","1200":"","1600":""},"alt":"Screenshot 2023-06-27 at 10.22.29.png"},"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-06-27T10:17:00+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-06-27T10:12:21+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":382490,"body":"

Hi @Sam Swain<\/a>,<\/p>

You should be able to use this formula to accomplish this:<\/p>

=IF(HAS([Type of Project]@row, \"Consolidation\"), \"🝢\", \"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\") + IF(HAS([Type of Project]@row, \"Reduction\"), \"︾\", \"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\") + IF(HAS([Type of Project]@row, \"New\"), \"○\", \"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\") + IF(HAS([Type of Project]@row, \"Termination\"), \"⨷\", \"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\")<\/p>

Example output:<\/p>

\n
\n \n \"image.png\"<\/img><\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Hope this helps - if there are any issues etc. then just post! ☺️<\/span><\/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":[{"tagID":254,"urlcode":"Formulas","name":"Formulas"}]}],"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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