Cell Linking Contact Lists

MirandaLang
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I have two sheets I want to link but I am having an issue with the second sheet listing the linked cell data. The original sheet has assigned contacts that I want to link to my second sheet but when i create the link, the cell does not populate. I made sure the column formats and contacts lists were identical on both sheets so I am not sure why the information is not populating.

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  • Kleerfyre
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    Did you create a contact list in the first sheet? I have seen it to where if I create a contact list then use an item from that list linked to a cell in another sheet, it doesn't always populate correctly. Secondly, I have seen that sometimes it has been taking quite a while to populate the data in the sheet that is receiving the data. Did you hit save on your sheet that you are linking from as well?

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    Did you create a contact list in the first sheet? I have seen it to where if I create a contact list then use an item from that list linked to a cell in another sheet, it doesn't always populate correctly. Secondly, I have seen that sometimes it has been taking quite a while to populate the data in the sheet that is receiving the data. Did you hit save on your sheet that you are linking from as well?

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    Hi@MirandaLang

    I hope you're well and safe!

    Can you share some screenshots?(Delete/replace any confidential/sensitive information before sharing) That would make it easier to help.

    I hope that helps!

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  • MirandaLang
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    Hello, thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question! I was confused because some cells were populating instantly and others were not so I was thinking it was a format issue. Thankfully, after awhile, I went back to the sheet that was pulling from the original and my cells were all populated!

    Must just be a lag, thank you for the input!

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Here's another option:<\/p>

In your sheet, create a third section that adds the results of the first two. It would have the same rows, but the formula for each row would add the cells of section 1 + section 2.<\/p>

Add a helper column called ShowInReport as a Check Box and check all the rows in the third section. <\/p>

Create a report and tell it to show you only Section 3 (where the ShowInReport is true.<\/p>

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Try this - =\"We are at \" + [% closed rate]@row * 100 + \"% closed rate on ticket status for the month of \"+[Month]@row.<\/p>"},{"commentID":390301,"body":"

I figured it out! Updated formula to get the 2 decimal places as well.<\/p>

=\"We are at \" + IFERROR(ROUND([% closed rate]@row * 100, 2), \"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\") + \"% closed rate on ticket status for the month of \" + Month@row<\/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":108861,"type":"question","name":"IF\/AND Formula","excerpt":"Formulas are the bane of my existence and I really need to take a class! Today I'm trying to set up a formula to throw a flag when 2 conditions are met. I want a red ball when I have not received an invoice and the invoice due date is within 30 days. I know I'm close since I've gone from \"unparsable\" to \"incorrect…","snippet":"Formulas are the bane of my existence and I really need to take a class! Today I'm trying to set up a formula to throw a flag when 2 conditions are met. I want a red ball when I…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-08-11T16:27:44+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-08-11T17:49:45+00:00","insertUserID":120231,"insertUser":{"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":"2023-08-11T17:47:38+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":120231,"lastUser":{"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":"2023-08-11T17:47:38+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":4,"countViews":59,"score":null,"hot":3383549849,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108861\/if-and-formula","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108861\/if-and-formula","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":108861,"commentID":390268,"name":"Re: IF\/AND Formula","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/390268#Comment_390268","dateInserted":"2023-08-11T17:49:45+00:00","insertUserID":120231,"insertUser":{"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":"2023-08-11T17:47:38+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":"2023-08-11T17:48:48+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-08-11T17:12:43+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":390261,"body":"

You were, indeed, very close.<\/p>

=IF([Invoice Received?]@row = 0, IF(AND([Renewal Date]@row >= TODAY(), [Renewal Date]@row <= TODAY(+30)), \"Red\"))<\/p>"},{"commentID":390264,"body":"

\n \n https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108861\/if-and-formula\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n

It looks like you forgot to close out the AND <\/strong>funtion. Try this<\/p>

=IF([Invoice Received?]@row = 0, \"Green\", IF(AND([Renewal Date]@row >= TODAY(0), [Renewal Date]@row <= TODAY(+30)), \"Red\", \"Yellow\"))<\/code><\/p>

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