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I am having a hard time with the IF statement. I have a Status category I would like to make student status change based on Anticipated graduation date, however, I don’t have that for all students. So this is the formula I am trying and failing at:


IF(

{Anticipated Graduation Date} <= TODAY(), “Graduated”,

IF({Anticipated Graduation Date} > TODAY(),

"Active Student”,

“Unknown”

)


I’ve done a couple variations and can’t seem to do it. Any thoughts out there??


Thank you,

R

You have to first test if there is an {Anticipated Graduation Date} before you make the other checks. You also have to use date/time functions for comparing dates.




  • Active Student: the {Anticipated Graduation Date} is after today


  • Graduated: the {Anticipated Graduation Date} is today or earlier


  • Unknown: any other situation


IF(
{Anticipated Graduation Date},
IF(
IS_AFTER({Anticipated Graduation Date}, TODAY()),
"Active Student",
"Graduated"
),
"Unknown"
)



If this answers your question, please mark this post as the solution. Otherwise, could you please give a bit more details and a screen capture?


You have to first test if there is an {Anticipated Graduation Date} before you make the other checks. You also have to use date/time functions for comparing dates.




  • Active Student: the {Anticipated Graduation Date} is after today


  • Graduated: the {Anticipated Graduation Date} is today or earlier


  • Unknown: any other situation


IF(
{Anticipated Graduation Date},
IF(
IS_AFTER({Anticipated Graduation Date}, TODAY()),
"Active Student",
"Graduated"
),
"Unknown"
)



If this answers your question, please mark this post as the solution. Otherwise, could you please give a bit more details and a screen capture?



Thank you so much! This definitely worked! I’m just getting used to doing this.


Best,

R


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