Formulas

Hi everybody, I got 7 fields that are either empty OR contains a name… Is there a formula which sums up how many of these 7 fields contains a name (and aren’t empyt)? Thanks in advance!

How would I calculate days in foster care from the intake date to today but have it stop counting once the animal’s status is adopted? Ive got the intake date and adopted date but wasnt sure how the formula should be worded. an example of the info

Grateful to those of you who’ve helped me get started on Airtable. I recently realized I’ve been leaning too hard on you folks, so I’m making sure to research my Airtable problems as much as I can before heading here. I think I’m getting a handle on the IF formula, but not on the formatting within it. (In case anyone’s curious, aside from taking over my dad’s bookselling business, I’m also helping to get a nonprofit publication off the ground. That’s what this one is for.) Here’s the formula that’s not working right: IF( {Community Causes},{Community Causes} & ", ", " " & IF( {Democracy Causes},{Democracy Causes} & ", ", " " & IF( {Economy Causes},{Economy Causes} & ", ", " " & IF( {Health Causes},{Health Causes} & ", ", " " & IF( {Identity Causes},{Identity Causes} & ", ", " " & IF( {Justice Causes},{Justice Causes} & ", ",

I have a list of titles that I want to find the ranking for. For instance, “CEO” is “C Suite”, “Director of Sales” is “Director”, etc… I have a list of potential matches for these categories. For instance, 30 titles that fall under “Manager”, 21 titles that fall under “C Suite”, and so on. How can I make a column to find the appropriate category for a title in Airtable? In Google Sheets this can be achieved with a query function, but I’m not too much of an excel wizard - so any and all help greatly appreciated!

Hi Has anyone worked out how to make a line chart that shows cumulative sales? Each record in my table has an amount of sales assigned to it and a date but on a line graph the graph shows the number of sales but not the acummulating number of sales. Any Suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Hi guys, Got a base where I track my products inventory and need to use a Roll Up field on a table to know the actual amount of product left in the inventory. I also need to know the amount of product before the last inventory movement to be able to know if the inventory came from" in stock" to “out of stock” or the opposite. This part of an automation process were I will send emails to people that were awaiting a product to come back in stock. The idea is to compare both inventory values and trigger the scenario only is the stock went from 0 to whatever value that is not zero. So my need is to be able to sum all records for a specified product except from the last one. I would likely use the “created date” field but not operator allows us to target “the most recent” or “the last”. Any idea on how to archive that goal ? Thanks

Maybe I have got my formula wrong, but I checked and checked it. What I am trying to get down to is a count of how many specific weekdays in a month. So for a schedule date of 11/05/2020, the formula would read “1st Thursday of the month” (11/12/2020 would read “2nd Thursday of the month” and so on) I got this far, and it gives me the first day of the month (so I can build a calculation), which returns 11/01/2020: IF({Scheduled Start (CST)}="","",MONTH({Scheduled Start (CST)})&"/01/"&YEAR({Scheduled Start (CST)})) However, when I add the WEEKDAY wrapper, it just returns a flat blank cell. IF({Scheduled Start (CST)}="","",WEEKDAY(MONTH({Scheduled Start (CST)})&"/01/"&YEAR({Scheduled Start (CST)}))) For the record, I did already try wrapping the date in a DATETIME_FORMAT which also gave a flat blank cell. Some issue with the way I am using WEEKDAY. Any ideas???

Hello I need a formula which can display which checkbox which was modified FIRST. my idea was to create multiple checkboxes for multiple staff, and we need a way to see which staff ticked their checkbox FIRST and display that as a field. So multiple checkboxes [E.G Adam, Su, Ivy] then a last modified field for each of these checkboxes. Then a custom formula which can see which one of these last modified fields is the OLDEST down to the second. One problem i forsee if they happened within the same second, does airtable deal with nanoseconds? Any help would be appreciated

Goal Track daily macro Protein/Carb/Fat against micro cal goals and see remaining calories if have not met for each day Associate each food entry with a corresponding caloric allotment, e.g., On X day = 1000 cal, on other days = 1200 cal The challenge I am running into is that I don’t know the best way to structure the table or formula. Any suggestions, please? Thanks for your help. :raised_hands:

Hello, Just wondering if it’s possible for the Month formula to show the month instead of just the number? Example attached. Any help would be very much appreciated :slightly_smiling_face: Thank you, Sarah Listed Month (formula)|408x331

I can’t figure out a simple formula. Name (field) = John Smith I need the formula to come up with a result if the search for “Smith” is true. I tried IF(FIND('Smith', Name) > 0) Does not work. Please share ideas.

tel:// works as a click to phone in shared view but sms:// formula doesn’t make a clickable link what am I missing

Hi there, This is my first time on this forum and I was wondering if anyone could help me with a slightly niche issue that I’m hoping is possible. At first I thought this might need the scripting block, but I’m wondering if this can be done with an extremely complex formula. I’m doing a database of musical pieces for a symphony orchestra. They have a lot of instruments so we use a shorthand. This shorthand always has the same number of characters where we simply list the number of instruments in score order. Here’s an example. 2222-4321-13-11-1 Translates to: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussion, piano, harp, and strings Other instruments we add on in the end in parenthesis i.e. (+contrabassoon, +eng horn). I developed it this way so that it might be easy for what I’d like to do, which is to translate the shorthand into longhand since the longhand form is what’s getting

I have created a field for the total number of employees in a company (e.g. 227) and company revenue (e.g. $897,000). When the specific number for value is entered for each field, I want it to correlate to another field for a range of employees (e.g. Under 100, 100-249, 250-499, etc.) or revenue range (e.g. Under $1m, $1m-$5m, $5m-$10m, etc.). For example, if I entered 227 for the number of employees it would automatically classify that company in the 100-249 range and if I entered $897,000 it would automatically classify the company in the Under $1m category. Any suggestions for the best way to do this?

Hi all! How to set up a Formula to calculate correctly even if some of the fields are empty. Thx! :m:

MAX(values) doesn’t work properly in the scenario where you rollup a date field which uses formatting. It’s no longer recognised as a date and can cause problems. It also looks like old field level formatting is stored when a datatype changes. I used an existing field that was formatted for currency and changed the formula to simply show a date field. My rollup in the parent record caused a major problem later on although the child field appeared as it should: I was locked out the parent table as it got stuck on the ‘Loading’ screen. To re-enable access to that table I had to change the formula in the child table. FYI. :slightly_smiling_face:

I am monitoring a project. It has a field for due date (DUE) and a dropdown select field for status (STATUS). I would like to create a formula that would alert me if the Due Date has passed but the task STATUS is anything except “complete”. I am trying this formula but its not working: IF(AND(IS_BEFORE({Due},TODAY(),STATUS!=complete),‘ :x: ’,‘ :white_check_mark: ’) What am I doing wrong? Please help a newbie. Thank you in advance!

Hi again! One more question from me for this base. I want to combine multiple IF statements from data in two columns. I’m working with the ‘points length’ field and the ‘total rating’ field. I’m attaching screenshots of what I’m talking about and the formulas I’ve tried, since it’s probably easier than me trying to explain. (I’m new to Airtable formulas and still not entirely sure what I’m doing!) In this screen shot you’ll see that the documentation status column doesn’t differentiate between ‘well-documented’ videos with perfect point length (40) and those with less. This is the formula I used to get the screenshot above: IF({Total rating} <=3, “Unsatisfactory”, IF({Total rating} <=7, “Passing”, IF({Total rating} <=9, “Well documented” ) ) ) Here’s what I would like to incorporate:

I need to populate a field with a value based on three conditions: Checkbox Field “Current Edits Complete” = 1 or Checkbox Field “No Changes Suggested” = 1 AND Checkbox Field “Content Implemented” = 0 So, if Edits are complete or No Changes Suggested are checked - BUT - Contentent Implemented must be empty, I want to bring back the {Editor copy}, otherwise I want the cell blank. Here is what I have built, but it doesn’t grab the records where No Changes Suggested is selected. IF({Current Edits Complete}=1,IF({Content Implemented}=1,"",IF(OR({No Changes Suggested}=1,{Current Edits Complete}=1),{Editor copy}))) Thoughts???

How can we make a judgment between each date in column {Directive status 1} cell and the date in Column {Calculated ETA}, and then return the “Overdue” if one judgment result is false? Or how do I get the smallest date in column {Directive status 1} cell.

I have developed a database which tracks members and instruments of a music club. Now I need to build a synced base for the treasurer to use which records membership subscriptions. I have synced the list of members into the first column and their contact details in other columns. To the right, I have one column per month to record subscriptions paid. The treasurer will insert a floor or amnesty date in a column, before which subs will not be charged. In a column after the Months, I want calculate the number of months owing after the floor. Struggling to get my head round it. Any ideas? I would be grateful for suggestions.I suspect I ned a spreadsheet for this really, but would love it all to work alongside the membership database in Airtable.

Had a good formula going for the status of the books in our shop… IF({Sales}, “ :green_circle: Sold”, “ :white_circle: For Sale”) But then I realized, we also “ :orange_heart: Donate” and “ :beer: Trash” books (we only trash them if they get damaged, say, in a flood, and the Microsoft garbage emoji is garbage, so beer it is!). Like the {Sales} field, the {Donations} field is a linked one, only, unlike {Sales}, in {Donations} it’s not enough to say EMPTY=For Sale and NOT EMPTY=Sold because there are three options in the Donations table {Beneficiary} single select field: Charity, Thrift, and Trash. What’s the formula for this? Do I need to create lookup fields first?

How would I go about adding a field to an existing table that already has 25,000 records and filling all 25,0000 cells in that new field with the same value, say, “Cookbooks?” If you’re curious, it’s because my dear old dad put both general subject location data in the same cell with specific location information (i.e., Cookbooks - garage wire rack, top shelf). And before you go suggesting that I use a formula which divvies up the data before and after the dash, I should say that he’s totally inconsistent in the way he orders this information and the way he separates it.

Hello community, I’m having a very very hard time finding out the perfect formula to activate my automation… :pleading_face: Here the thing : I offer a 14 days trial with my services and wanted to track this with airtable. Each time the status change, an email is sent to the client via automation. For exemple : New record :arrow_right: Confirmation email Service online :arrow_right: Validation email One week left :arrow_right: Reminder 14 days :arrow_right: Service is over - Email sent Service off :arrow_right: Upsell - Email sent The point of entrance is airtable form, but the service is live once the field “update URL” which is a last modified field is updated. Here’s the formula : IF({Interface supprimée}=1,“Interface supprimée :pensive: ”, IF(DATETIME_DIFF(TODAY(), {Update URL},‘days’) >=14, “C’est fini”, IF(DATETIME_DIFF(TODAY(),{Update URL},‘days’) >=7, “Plus

Dear All, I have an initial inventory of 2500 books. My table is tracking for me when I made small shipments of these books, and because the field type is a # field, the sum is being tidily tallied. Is there a way to ask Airtable to subtract this sum from my original 2500 as I go? Thanks!