Smartsheet Formulas Basics Quiz (From the Course)
Answered Correctly!!
Which function can you use to add up numerical values?
=SUM()
Tricia has a task sheet where she is tracking both % Complete and Status. Which
function can she use to change the symbol in the Status column based on the
value in the % Complete column?
=IF()
Jennifer is building a sheet to calculate commissions for her sales team. They
earn a fixed percentage of each sale they make. She has entered the commission
rate in a cell on her sheet. Which formula can Jennifer copy and paste into each
row to correctly calculate her team's commissions?
=SUM([Opportunity Value]@row * [Commission Rate]$1)
What symbols must you use when referencing another sheet?
{} Braces
How do you reference the red ball in a symbol column in a formula?
"Red"
Reginald is managing requests for his IT team using a sheet with a form.
Employees can request the completion date in the "Date Need By" column. The
team member assigned to the work enters a date in the "Estimated Completion
Date" column. He wrote a formula to show if requests are on track. The formula
will display On Time or the number of days late. The formula displays an error,
#UNPARSEABLE. Reginald's formula: =IF(([Estimated Completion Date] - [Date
Need By]1) = 0, On Time, ([Estimated Completion Date]1 - [Date Need By]1))
Which section of the formula does Reginald need to correct?
The value if true - Reginald needs to correct the section where he is trying to display the
text "On Time" without putting it inside quotation marks. The correct formula should be:
=IF(([Estimated Completion Date]1 - [Date Need By]1) <= 0, "On Time", ([Estimated
Completion Date]1 - [Date Need By]1) & "days late")
Yoko created a report to show collaborators on her project their assigned tasks.
They have told her that many tasks from different areas of the project plan look
the same in the report. To solve the problem, she wants to add the parent name to
the row in the report." Which formula should she use?
=JOIN(ANCESTORS()) - The formula `=JOIN(ANCESTORS())` in Smartsheet is used
to return the names of all parent rows above the current row, separated by a specified
delimiter.
For example, if you have a hierarchy of rows in your sheet (e.g. Project > Task > Sub-
task), adding this formula in a column in the sub-task rows, with a delimiter such as a
forward-slash "/" will return a string of the parent rows' names, in the order from top-
level to the immediate parent of the current row, separated by the delimiter.
So if the project name is "Website Redesign," and the task name is "Design
Homepage," then using the `JOIN` and `ANCESTORS` functions with a forward-slash
delimiter would result in the sub-task row displaying "Website Redesign/Design
Homepage" in the specified column.
Answered Correctly!!
Which function can you use to add up numerical values?
=SUM()
Tricia has a task sheet where she is tracking both % Complete and Status. Which
function can she use to change the symbol in the Status column based on the
value in the % Complete column?
=IF()
Jennifer is building a sheet to calculate commissions for her sales team. They
earn a fixed percentage of each sale they make. She has entered the commission
rate in a cell on her sheet. Which formula can Jennifer copy and paste into each
row to correctly calculate her team's commissions?
=SUM([Opportunity Value]@row * [Commission Rate]$1)
What symbols must you use when referencing another sheet?
{} Braces
How do you reference the red ball in a symbol column in a formula?
"Red"
Reginald is managing requests for his IT team using a sheet with a form.
Employees can request the completion date in the "Date Need By" column. The
team member assigned to the work enters a date in the "Estimated Completion
Date" column. He wrote a formula to show if requests are on track. The formula
will display On Time or the number of days late. The formula displays an error,
#UNPARSEABLE. Reginald's formula: =IF(([Estimated Completion Date] - [Date
Need By]1) = 0, On Time, ([Estimated Completion Date]1 - [Date Need By]1))
Which section of the formula does Reginald need to correct?
The value if true - Reginald needs to correct the section where he is trying to display the
text "On Time" without putting it inside quotation marks. The correct formula should be:
=IF(([Estimated Completion Date]1 - [Date Need By]1) <= 0, "On Time", ([Estimated
Completion Date]1 - [Date Need By]1) & "days late")
Yoko created a report to show collaborators on her project their assigned tasks.
They have told her that many tasks from different areas of the project plan look
the same in the report. To solve the problem, she wants to add the parent name to
the row in the report." Which formula should she use?
=JOIN(ANCESTORS()) - The formula `=JOIN(ANCESTORS())` in Smartsheet is used
to return the names of all parent rows above the current row, separated by a specified
delimiter.
For example, if you have a hierarchy of rows in your sheet (e.g. Project > Task > Sub-
task), adding this formula in a column in the sub-task rows, with a delimiter such as a
forward-slash "/" will return a string of the parent rows' names, in the order from top-
level to the immediate parent of the current row, separated by the delimiter.
So if the project name is "Website Redesign," and the task name is "Design
Homepage," then using the `JOIN` and `ANCESTORS` functions with a forward-slash
delimiter would result in the sub-task row displaying "Website Redesign/Design
Homepage" in the specified column.
