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With the symbols you are using, the options would typically be represented by the text entries [Empty, Quarter, Half, Three Quarter, Full]. In this case, this should work:<\/p>

=IF(COUNTIF(CHILDREN([BallCell]@row), \"Empty\") = COUNT(CHILDREN([BallCell]@row)), \"Not Started\", IF(COUNTIF(CHILDREN([BallCell]@row), \"Full\") = COUNT(CHILDREN([BallCell]@row)), \"Completed\", \"In Progress\"))<\/p>

If you do have your sheet setup somehow so that the entries are respresented by [0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1], then this should work:<\/p>

=IF(COUNTIF(CHILDREN([BallCell]@row), < 0.25) = COUNT(CHILDREN([BallCell]@row)), \"Not Started\", IF(COUNTIF(CHILDREN([BallCell]@row), 1) = COUNT(CHILDREN([BallCell]@row)), \"Completed\", \"In Progress\"))<\/p>

In either case, you will need to substitute [BallCell] with the name of the column with your symbols. The column name is not visible in your screenshot.<\/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":106869,"type":"question","name":"Formula to Assign Symbol based on a cell's value","excerpt":"This is a complicated one that I once got to work with RGY balls, but cannot figure out how to apply this to the Pain scale emojis. What I am trying to do: (Using the pain scale symbols) Have symbols automatically changed based on the value in the corresponding cell. I am already using a formula to assign a value based on…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-06-24T20:02:20+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-06-25T22:29:54+00:00","insertUserID":158092,"insertUser":{"userID":158092,"name":"MeganJF","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/MeganJF","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!DgFow9e-1vo!YfMmmJOUTjo!UDpVBcB6ikY","dateLastActive":"2023-06-25T17:43:33+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":139601,"lastUser":{"userID":139601,"name":"jmyzk_cloudsmart_jp","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/jmyzk_cloudsmart_jp","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/ZBVD3K8PY0D5\/n7CZ1F4XWEM9Y.JPG","dateLastActive":"2023-06-26T04:50:32+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":5,"countViews":30,"score":null,"hot":3375372134,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/106869\/formula-to-assign-symbol-based-on-a-cells-value","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/106869\/formula-to-assign-symbol-based-on-a-cells-value","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[254],"lastPost":{"discussionID":106869,"commentID":382193,"name":"Re: Formula to Assign Symbol based on a cell's value","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/382193#Comment_382193","dateInserted":"2023-06-25T22:29:54+00:00","insertUserID":139601,"insertUser":{"userID":139601,"name":"jmyzk_cloudsmart_jp","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/jmyzk_cloudsmart_jp","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/ZBVD3K8PY0D5\/n7CZ1F4XWEM9Y.JPG","dateLastActive":"2023-06-26T04:50:32+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":"2023-06-25T17:10:13+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-06-25T03:32:30+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":382165,"body":"

Hi @MeganJF<\/p>

I guess you forget to use AND( ).<\/p>

For example, <\/p>