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Hi @haliecarr<\/a> ,<\/p>

Give this a try.<\/p>

=SUMIFS({Broker Report Test 2 Range 1}, {Broker Activity Report Range 6}, \"January\", {Broker Activity Report Range 1}, OR(@cell = \"EMORY DECATUR I\",@cell = \"EMORY DECATUR II\",@cell = \"EMORY DECATUR III\"))<\/p>

Hope this helps,<\/p>

Dave<\/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":111186,"type":"question","name":"Dividing to Create a %","excerpt":"I would like to use the data in Column A and B to create a percentage complete by row NOT by parent\/hierarchy. In Excel this would be =sum(Column B\/Column A) = %. What is the formula for Smartsheet?","snippet":"I would like to use the data in Column A and B to create a percentage complete by row NOT by parent\/hierarchy. In Excel this would be =sum(Column B\/Column A) = %. What is the…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-10-04T15:20:08+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-10-04T18:59:48+00:00","insertUserID":78761,"insertUser":{"userID":78761,"name":"tmkj20","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/tmkj20","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!gnPeZ7gLMjw!!EdcH89Wp7wc","dateLastActive":"2023-10-04T17:29:41+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":45516,"lastUser":{"userID":45516,"name":"Paul Newcome","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Paul%20Newcome","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/082\/nQPUTVFKKWDJ2.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-04T23:32:17+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":4,"countViews":29,"score":null,"hot":3392881196,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/111186\/dividing-to-create-a","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/111186\/dividing-to-create-a","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":111186,"commentID":398450,"name":"Re: Dividing to Create a %","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/398450#Comment_398450","dateInserted":"2023-10-04T18:59:48+00:00","insertUserID":45516,"insertUser":{"userID":45516,"name":"Paul Newcome","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Paul%20Newcome","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/082\/nQPUTVFKKWDJ2.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-04T23:32:17+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-10-04T17:30:15+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-10-04T16:17:20+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":398399,"body":"

You would just use<\/p>

=[Column B]@row \/ [Column A]@row <\/p>


<\/p>

EDIT: Then apply the percentage format to the column.<\/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":111167,"type":"question","name":"Looking to Countif a person's name is contained in a column that allows for multiple contacts.","excerpt":"=COUNTIFS({OTP Goals Project Lead}, CONTAINS(Contact@row)) the OTP Goals Project Lead is the sheet that has the column that is a contact list that allows for multiple contacts. If a person's name is contained in that column and it matches the name in the column on the metrics sheet called Contact - then I want it to count…","snippet":"=COUNTIFS({OTP Goals Project Lead}, CONTAINS(Contact@row)) the OTP Goals Project Lead is the sheet that has the column that is a contact list that allows for multiple contacts. If…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-10-04T02:50:21+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-10-04T13:57:49+00:00","insertUserID":131821,"insertUser":{"userID":131821,"name":"Melitta","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Melitta","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!7FjR-2zeSSY!zOlQs_Tjxjo!J3yyx3hqT9S","dateLastActive":"2023-10-04T22:02:21+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":8888,"lastUser":{"userID":8888,"name":"Andrée Starå","title":"Smartsheet Expert Consultant & Partner | Workflow Consultant \/ CEO @ WORK BOLD","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Andr%C3%A9e%20Star%C3%A5","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/0PAU3GBYQLBT\/nXWM7QXGD6464.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-04T20:21:49+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":3,"countViews":33,"score":null,"hot":3392817490,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/111167\/looking-to-countif-a-persons-name-is-contained-in-a-column-that-allows-for-multiple-contacts","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/111167\/looking-to-countif-a-persons-name-is-contained-in-a-column-that-allows-for-multiple-contacts","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[254],"lastPost":{"discussionID":111167,"commentID":398349,"name":"Re: Looking to Countif a person's name is contained in a column that allows for multiple contacts.","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/398349#Comment_398349","dateInserted":"2023-10-04T13:57:49+00:00","insertUserID":8888,"insertUser":{"userID":8888,"name":"Andrée Starå","title":"Smartsheet Expert Consultant & Partner | Workflow Consultant \/ CEO @ WORK BOLD","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Andr%C3%A9e%20Star%C3%A5","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/0PAU3GBYQLBT\/nXWM7QXGD6464.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-04T20:21:49+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-10-04T11:48:58+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-10-04T09:06:57+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":398315,"body":"

Hi @Melitta<\/a> <\/p>

I hope you're well and safe!<\/p>

Try something like this.<\/p>

=COUNTIFS({OTP Goals Project Lead}, CONTAINS(Contact@row,@cell)<\/p>

Did that work\/help? <\/p>

I hope that helps!<\/p>

Be safe, and have a fantastic week!<\/p>

Best,<\/p>

Andrée Starå<\/strong><\/a> | Workflow Consultant \/ CEO @ WORK BOLD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

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