COMPLEX INDEX/MATCH arguments issue: Project Updates Tasklist

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@Paul Newcome@Paul NewcomeI need your expertise


My manager has tasked me with referencing data from a hierarchy of rows, for multiple columns, but wanting the Parent Row to be updated from the inputs of the data in the CHILDREN rows, which he then is asking for the most recent update of that selected customer. I am needing the PARENT row to update automatically whenever a CHILD row has been updated or added. My thought process has been to use the INDEX/MATCH function to pull the specific return cell I need, but the issue that I cannot wrap my head around is how to pull the MATCH of the most recent update for the modified column and to INDEX the Project Rating Status of that most recently updated CHILD row.

I am having a world of trouble trying to find out the best way to use these nested functions to automate my Parent rows.


If someone could lead me in the right direction?



I have had many variations of this unfinished function to pull a specific input but my data has always read as #UNPARSEABLE.


See below for overly complicated function:

INDEX(CHILDREN([Project Rating Status]1):CHILDREN([Modified]1),MATCH(MAX(COLLECT(CHILDREN([Modified]1), CHILDREN([Project Rating Status]1), @cell <>"")), CHILDREN([Project Rating Status]):CHILDREN([Modified]1),0), CHILDREN([Project Rating Status]1)

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Try this:<\/p>

=IF(COUNT(CHILDREN()) = 0, IF(OR(Done@row = 1, [N\/A]@row = 1), 1, 0), AVG(CHILDREN()))<\/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":108195,"type":"question","name":"COUNTIF Function Not Working Correctly","excerpt":"Hello, I have a COUNTIF function I am using to count all cells that are 'Blank' in a column. We should have one result, but the formula is showing as zero. Any thoughts on this one? =COUNTIF([Account Dashboard]:[Account Dashboard], \" \")","snippet":"Hello, I have a COUNTIF function I am using to count all cells that are 'Blank' in a column. We should have one result, but the formula is showing as zero. Any thoughts on this…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-07-27T16:41:32+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-07-27T19:11:08+00:00","insertUserID":164192,"insertUser":{"userID":164192,"name":"ewitt19205","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/ewitt19205","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!mo_vH-5dWnI!5OcveUI6Zjo!UtWovaSRry_","dateLastActive":"2023-07-27T19:07:23+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":164192,"lastUser":{"userID":164192,"name":"ewitt19205","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/ewitt19205","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!mo_vH-5dWnI!5OcveUI6Zjo!UtWovaSRry_","dateLastActive":"2023-07-27T19:07:23+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":2,"countViews":36,"score":null,"hot":3380962360,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108195\/countif-function-not-working-correctly","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108195\/countif-function-not-working-correctly","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":108195,"commentID":387638,"name":"Re: COUNTIF Function Not Working Correctly","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/387638#Comment_387638","dateInserted":"2023-07-27T19:11:08+00:00","insertUserID":164192,"insertUser":{"userID":164192,"name":"ewitt19205","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/ewitt19205","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!mo_vH-5dWnI!5OcveUI6Zjo!UtWovaSRry_","dateLastActive":"2023-07-27T19:07:23+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":"2023-07-27T19:10:56+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-07-27T16:47:29+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":387588,"body":"

Hi @ewitt19205<\/a> <\/p>

Try removing the space between the quotes. You are counting all cells with 1 space in the cell. Blanks are counted with the quotes together.<\/p>

When counting blanks though, its also good to use a COUNTIFS and compare the blank off another column that always has a value. Like Countifs when the Project name is not blank (<>\"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\") and the Account Dashboard is blank (\"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\").<\/p>

I hope that helps.<\/p>

Thanks,<\/p>

Matt<\/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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