Using ISBLANK with a checkbox cell

Galadriel975
Galadriel975 ✭✭
edited 04/28/23 inFormulas and Functions

I'm trying to create a formula for my sheet that is counting a total number of items in the sheet within certain parameters, I've gotten the formula down for most of them but where I've run into issues is that my final formula either needs to be based on a column that is a checkbox OR if another column is NOT blank.

The formula I have so far is:

=COUNTIF({PoD}, ISBOOLEAN(@cell)) or =COUNTIF({PoD}, ISBLANK(@cell))

if I use the first formula it counts all the orders on the sheet, because its not checking if the box is checked or not. The second doesn't work because the column is a checkbox.

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  • Paul Newcome
    Paul Newcome ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    The ISBLANK should work, but generally I use slightly different syntax to say "is checked" or "Is not checked".


    Is checked

    @cell = 1


    Is not checked

    @cell <> 1


    =COUNTIFS({Range}, @cell = 1)

    =COUNTIFS({Range}, @cell <> 1)

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Double check your cross sheet references. Make sure they are all single columns by clicking on the appropriate column header.<\/p>


<\/p>

When doing this, give the sheet a little time to load before selecting the column. Sometimes moving too fast allows you to select a column header before the sheet fully loads in the creator window. Then when the sheet does finally completely load in, the selection automatically reverts to the home cell (top right corner). This happens to me quite a bit when I am in a hurry.<\/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"}]},{"discussionID":106940,"type":"question","name":"IF cell CONTAINS one\/two\/three different values, return corresponding values","excerpt":"Hello community, I am attempting to return single or multiple values depending on a multiple dropdown column. My dropdown column contains criteria \"Consolidation\", \"Reduction\", \"Termination\", \"New\" Currently the formula works for single values with the following formula =IF([Type of Project]@row = \"Consolidation\", \"🝢\",…","snippet":"Hello community, I am attempting to return single or multiple values depending on a multiple dropdown column. My dropdown column contains criteria \"Consolidation\", \"Reduction\",…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-06-27T09:24:42+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-06-27T12:11:45+00:00","insertUserID":143463,"insertUser":{"userID":143463,"name":"Sam Swain","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Sam%20Swain","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-27T20:08:44+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":151203,"lastUser":{"userID":151203,"name":"Nick Korna","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Nick%20Korna","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-27T12:11:22+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":3,"countViews":56,"score":null,"hot":3375727587,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/106940\/if-cell-contains-one-two-three-different-values-return-corresponding-values","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/106940\/if-cell-contains-one-two-three-different-values-return-corresponding-values","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[254],"lastPost":{"discussionID":106940,"commentID":382505,"name":"Re: IF cell CONTAINS one\/two\/three different values, return corresponding values","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/382505#Comment_382505","dateInserted":"2023-06-27T12:11:45+00:00","insertUserID":151203,"insertUser":{"userID":151203,"name":"Nick Korna","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Nick%20Korna","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-27T12:11:22+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,"image":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/Q6RJIERQGF1Y\/screenshot-2023-06-27-at-10-22-29.png","urlSrcSet":{"10":"","300":"","800":"","1200":"","1600":""},"alt":"Screenshot 2023-06-27 at 10.22.29.png"},"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-06-27T10:17:00+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-06-27T10:12:21+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":382490,"body":"

Hi @Sam Swain<\/a>,<\/p>

You should be able to use this formula to accomplish this:<\/p>

=IF(HAS([Type of Project]@row, \"Consolidation\"), \"🝢\", \"//m.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/104618/\") + IF(HAS([Type of Project]@row, \"Reduction\"), \"︾\", \"//m.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/104618/\") + IF(HAS([Type of Project]@row, \"New\"), \"○\", \"//m.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/104618/\") + IF(HAS([Type of Project]@row, \"Termination\"), \"⨷\", \"//m.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/104618/\")<\/p>

Example output:<\/p>

\n
\n \n \"image.png\"<\/img><\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Hope this helps - if there are any issues etc. then just post! ☺️<\/span><\/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&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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