Formulas and Functions

Formulas and Functions

Automatically update the TODAY function in formulas

The TODAY function in Smartsheet returns the current date within formulas....

Formula combinations for cross sheet references

There are countless ways to combine functions to analyze your data and make it more useful....

View, modify, or delete cross sheet references in formulas

You can make changes to your reference directly in the formula, or, you can use the Reference Manager....

Create cross sheet references to work with data in another sheet

Each cross sheet reference links to a single sheet. You can create multiple references to pull data from multiple sheets....

Create and Edit Formulas in Smartsheet

Use formulas to calculate numeric values or automate aspects of your sheet....

Create a Cell or Column Reference in a Formula

When you create formulas, it's possible to include values from other cells or columns on the sheet. You do this with cell or column references....

Frequently asked questions about using formulas

Formulas in Smartsheet save time by calculating data automatically, combining cell contents in a sheet, and helping you keep track of dates, among oth...

Create Efficient Formulas with @cell and @row

Optimize your formulas to improve the overall performance of your sheet and prevent having to manually reference cells in formulas....

Combine (Concatenate) Text or Values from Two or More Cells with a Simple Formula

If you want to combine text from two or more cells into a different cell (concatenate the values), you can do this with a simple formula....

Formulas: Reference data from other sheets

In Smartsheet, you can use formulas to perform calculations on data stored in a single sheet....

Formula Error Messages

A formula will return an error when Smartsheet expects different elements from the formula than what are provided....

Use Formulas to Perform Calculations With Dates

You can place a formula in one cell (formatted with a Date column type) that adds or subtracts numbers from dates in other cells....

Reference Children, Parents, and Ancestors with Hierarchy Functions

You can use hierarchy in Smartsheet to indent or outdent groups of cells to better show relationships between groups of data....