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Data validation applied to tickboxes

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Given ColumnA contains a Text header (A1), an allowed maximum number (A2), fifty tickboxes (A3:A62) and a formula in A63 of:

=countif(A3:A62,TRUE)

how can I block application of more than the allowed maximum number of ticks, or at least warn that the limit has been exceeded?

There is a Q on Web Applications [WA] that remains unanswered after three months with a problem of the kind outlined above. On WA the tag at present is [google-sheets-query] but why so is not clear to me.

google-sheets validation checkbox spreadsheet-formula
posted about 4 years ago
4y ago by Alexei‭
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Alexei‭ wrote about 4 years ago · edited about 4 years ago
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@pnuts Is it OK to rename [tickboxes] to [checkboxes]? It has the advantage that it makes sense also for many other application types.

pnuts‭ wrote almost 4 years ago
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@Alexei Sure. I think Sheets favours 'tickboxes' but I can't tell them apart and there would be NO point in having both.