Today – we’re focusing on the Record A Date automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q.<\/strong> How can I tell when<\/strong> a value was entered? 🤔<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n A.<\/strong> You can right click on a cell and the Cell History will show the date\/time stamp for the entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q.<\/strong> Can I use cell history date\/time stamp in a calculation? 🤔<\/p>\n\n\n\n A.<\/strong>\u00a0No…(although\u00a0you\u00a0can\u00a0talk\u00a0to\u00a0us\u00a0about\u00a0Smarter\u00a0Cell\u00a0Timestamp\u00a0Manager!<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n Q. <\/strong>How can I tell when<\/strong> a value was entered and<\/strong> keep that entry for use in calculations? 🤔<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n A.<\/strong> Use the Record a Date<\/strong> automation.💡<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instructions on how here: Name<\/strong> your automation➡️\u008f \u00b8\u008f Set your trigger<\/strong> e.g. when the Approval Outcome column is set to the value “Approved” ➡️\u008f \u008f select the column<\/strong> that will store the recorded date. eg Approval Date ➡️\u008f save<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Top Tip delivered to you on a Tuesday -❤️SBP 🙌<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today – we’re focusing on the Record A Date automation. Q. How can I tell when a value was entered? 🤔 A. You can right click on a cell and the Cell History will show the date\/time stamp for the entry. Q. Can I use cell history date\/time stamp in a calculation? 🤔 A.\u00a0No…(although\u00a0you\u00a0can\u00a0talk\u00a0to\u00a0us\u00a0about\u00a0Smarter\u00a0Cell\u00a0Timestamp\u00a0Manager!) Q. 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Q. How can I tell when a value was entered? 🤔 A. You can right click on a cell and the Cell History will show the date\/time stamp for the entry. Q. Can I use cell history date\/time stamp in a calculation? 🤔 A.\u00a0No…(although\u00a0you\u00a0can\u00a0talk\u00a0to\u00a0us\u00a0about\u00a0Smarter\u00a0Cell\u00a0Timestamp\u00a0Manager!) Q. How can I tell when a value was entered and keep that entry for use in calculations? 🤔 A. Use the Record a Date automation.💡 Instructions on how here:Ensure there is a Date formatted column ready in your sheet to store the required date ➡️\u008f…<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Top Tips<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"mike_admin","url":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/author\/admin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>Ensure there is a Date formatted column ready in your sheet to store the required date ➡️\u008f Go to the Automation <\/strong>menu ➡️ Create from Template <\/strong>➡️ Scroll to the Sheet Changes<\/strong>\u009d\u0098\u0080 section and select Record date when specified criteria are met<\/strong> ➡️ click use Template<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n