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Improved Way to Alphabetize a List Using SMALL()

Jim Hook
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edited 12/09/19 inArchived 2017 Posts

I have a project dashboard that links in data from several other sheets to show an overview of project financials and time charges. In a couple of cases I needed to sort the results by project number which includes four numerical characters, occasionally followed by a single alphabetical character, none of which I could count on being in alphabetical order as linked in. I found a way to turn each project number/letter into a unique number that was ready to sort into alphabetical order but that was where it got very difficult until just recently when the SMALL() and LARGE() functions were added to Smartsheet. What originally was taking up to an array of 100 rows by 100 columns to sort a list of 100 entries, with each cell including a simple IF() formula to sort the data, is now reduced to 100 simple SMALL() formulas each looking for the next larger value. The old alphabetizing sheet was right at the limit of what Smartsheet could handle but is now relatively small.

Thank you Smartsheet for these new functions!

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

I think this is happening becuase you are editing a range that exists in the original location. Instead of editing the range in the new location, be sure to delete the entire range and then click in the place where it was in the formula. Then choose another range. <\/p>

I hope that helps.<\/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":[]},{"discussionID":107113,"type":"question","name":"How to return a BLANK if we have a BLANK cell using a COUNTIFS formula","excerpt":"This formula is currently working, and it is returning how many items are reviewed for each \"Project Lead\". The first part of the formula is basically saying that we would count them, as long as we have a \"Reviewer\" name added in the \"Reviewer\" column. =IFERROR(COUNTIFS(Reviewer:Reviewer, <>\"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\", [Project Lead]:[Project…","snippet":"This formula is currently working, and it is returning how many items are reviewed for each \"Project Lead\". The first part of the formula is basically saying that we would count…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-06-29T22:39:31+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-06-30T02:51:05+00:00","insertUserID":157974,"insertUser":{"userID":157974,"name":"Filippo","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Filippo","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-30T03:08:32+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":157974,"lastUser":{"userID":157974,"name":"Filippo","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Filippo","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-30T03:08:32+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":2,"countViews":24,"score":null,"hot":3376173036,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/107113\/how-to-return-a-blank-if-we-have-a-blank-cell-using-a-countifs-formula","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/107113\/how-to-return-a-blank-if-we-have-a-blank-cell-using-a-countifs-formula","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":107113,"commentID":383252,"name":"Re: How to return a BLANK if we have a BLANK cell using a COUNTIFS formula","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/383252#Comment_383252","dateInserted":"2023-06-30T02:51:05+00:00","insertUserID":157974,"insertUser":{"userID":157974,"name":"Filippo","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Filippo","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-30T03:08:32+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":"2023-06-30T02:51:53+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-06-29T22:55:01+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":383233,"body":"

@Filippo<\/a>, the most inelegant but dead simple thing to do is this:<\/p>

=IF(IFERROR(COUNTIFS(Reviewer:Reviewer, <>\"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\", [Project Lead]:[Project Lead], [Project Lead]@row), \"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\")<\/strong>=0, \"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\", IFERROR(COUNTIFS(Reviewer:Reviewer, <>\"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\", [Project Lead]:[Project Lead], [Project Lead]@row), \"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\")<\/strong>)<\/p>

Simplified, it's just this:<\/p>

=IF(<your formula> = 0, \"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/comment/\", <your formula>)<\/p>"},{"commentID":383252,"body":"

Very clever Lucas! Simple IF statement logic. It works perfectly, thanks!!!<\/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":107107,"type":"question","name":"Formula that counts how many rows have a date in the past","excerpt":"Hi! I need help with creating a formula that will count how many rows in my column called End Date have dates in the past. I've tried the following and it gives an \"unparseable\" error: =COUNTIFS([End Date]:[End Date], \"<=\" & TODAY()) Thanks in advance for your help!","snippet":"Hi! I need help with creating a formula that will count how many rows in my column called End Date have dates in the past. I've tried the following and it gives an \"unparseable\"…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-06-29T20:39:23+00:00","dateUpdated":"2023-06-29T20:39:58+00:00","dateLastComment":"2023-06-29T20:52:03+00:00","insertUserID":162796,"insertUser":{"userID":162796,"name":"Beth M","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Beth%20M","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/avatarstock\/n7ZG0TBD44T33.png","dateLastActive":"2023-06-29T21:23:37+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"updateUserID":162796,"lastUserID":161714,"lastUser":{"userID":161714,"name":"Carson Penticuff","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Carson%20Penticuff","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/B0Q390EZX8XK\/nBGT0U1689CN6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-30T02:47:38+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":1,"countViews":22,"score":null,"hot":3376143686,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/107107\/formula-that-counts-how-many-rows-have-a-date-in-the-past","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/107107\/formula-that-counts-how-many-rows-have-a-date-in-the-past","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[254],"lastPost":{"discussionID":107107,"commentID":383217,"name":"Re: Formula that counts how many rows have a date in the past","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/383217#Comment_383217","dateInserted":"2023-06-29T20:52:03+00:00","insertUserID":161714,"insertUser":{"userID":161714,"name":"Carson Penticuff","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Carson%20Penticuff","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/B0Q390EZX8XK\/nBGT0U1689CN6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-30T02:47:38+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":"2023-06-29T20:54:25+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-06-29T20:52:03+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":383217,"body":"

You are very close, try this.<\/p>

=COUNTIFS([End Date]:[End Date], <= TODAY())<\/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&includeChildCategories=1&type%5B0%5D=Question&excludeHiddenCategories=1&siteSectionID=0&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 Posts","subtitle":null,"description":null,"noCheckboxes":true,"containerOptions":[],"discussionOptions":[]}">

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