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I have a google sheet that my zap is entering a row into when it runs.  The last column of the spreadsheet is doing a vlookup from another tab in the same spreadsheet to return a Yes or a No response in that column.  The last column is I and the formula looks like this for something that would be in Row 3 of the spreadsheet, looking up something from column A into worksheet named WAIVERS.

=if(isblank(A3),"",if(isna(vlookup(A3,WAIVERS!A:A,1,FALSE)),"No","Yes"))

If I were to prefill that formula it would be overwritten by the zap.  I could have the zap fill that formula in as part of the run if I could have it use a relative reference.  So when it gets to row 4 it would need to be A4, not A3.  Is there a way to pass that information to the zap?  If I could look up the next blank row I could fill that in, but I don’t see a way to do that.

Hi @Mountainears 

Help article to reference:

 

Once again @Troy Tessalone , you are the king of the solutions :-) 

I updated the formula to what is below and it’s working great.  Thanks.

 

=if(isblank(indirect("A" & row())),"",if(isna(vlookup(indirect("A" & row()),WAIVERS!A:A,1,FALSE)),"No","Yes"))

That’s awesome @Mountainears! A huge thanks to Troy for pointing you in the right direction!

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