Formula Handbook: Your ultimate guide to master formula in Smartsheet
No one can deny that mastering formulas will have a massive advantage in your daily work life with SmartSheet, you can efficiently execute calculations and lookups on a single sheet or across multiple sheets using formulas and functions. You may automate symbols and drop-down fields using formulas as well.
Both manually entered variables and cell references can be utilized to generate a formula. You can apply a consistent computation to an entire column or add formulas to a set of fields. To conserve grid space, you can also create formulas in the Sheet Summary.
Functions like SUM, AVG, and IF are widely used formulas. There are also some unique capabilities proprietary to Smartsheet, including hierarchy functions like CHILDREN. To see all the options, you can look at this Functions List.
To go deep, you can also use the āTemplate Setā of Smartsheet, some key benefits are:
- Learning about using formulas in SmartSheet.
- Working with live examples of each function in SmartSheet.Ā
- Examples of commonly used formulas, such as Red Yellow and Green status calculations Examples of advanced formulas, such as cross-sheet data lookups with multiple criteria.Ā
How does it work?
You access to the template via this link .

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Implementation timeSmartsheet can be implemented within days into your organization. As a reference, we integrated 150 employees cross-functionally and on a global base for one of our clients.
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Cost LicencesOne unique feature of Smartsheet is that even users without a license can still work in the platform. While not all functionalities are available, regular users can still comment, update statuses, and read data without requiring a license. Smartsheet offers different licensing options, with the starting package at around $1400 per year for three licenses, and the ability to invite an unlimited number of collaborators to work on projects.