I'm building a project calendar that has dates that can be adjusted by the user, so all the records in the table are events for the calendar, with their date in a "target date" date field. The project also has a due date that's supplied by another team, so even though it has to be entered in the "target dates" field to show up on the calendar, the user shouldn't be able to edit it and it should always match the date we get from the other team.
I get the due date from a lookup field, and then I have a formula field that returns the due date (the formula also calculates when the other events are supposed to happen). To make the other dates, not the due date, adjustable, I use an automation to copy the formula result into the "target date".
So then to make sure that the "target date" for the due date event matches the supplied due date, I was thinking I'd make another automation that compares the "target date" and the formula date, and if they aren't the same, update the target date to match the formula date. However, the automation isn't working, and it says the condition "received invalid inputs". It seems to be because I'm using a SWITCH() to choose between whether to return the lookup value or the other info, but I'm not sure why?
The formula field is called "Copy Me to Target" and has:
SWITCH({Event Type},
"Due date", {REF Collateral Due},
WORKDAY({Sub-Phase Start}, {Actual DfPS})
)And the automation is:
When Event Type has any of "Due date",
If "Target" is not "Copy Me to Target",
Update record: "Target" to "Copy Me to Target"
If I delete the switch and just use the workday thing, it seems to work. But the lookup the switch returns is formatted as a date, so I don't know why the switch would make it throw an invalid input? The rest of the automation works fine.