Formulas

Assume you have a total of 100 items and a multi-select field that allows you to select from a set of values. You want to find out what percentage of the total is represented by the selected values.

Hello, I am trying to calculate the difference between two dates, excluding weekends. Datediff. However, weekend is Friday and Saturday at my company. Workday doesn’t help much since it assumes weekends are Saturdays and Sundays. Your help is highly appreciated.

Hi, I'm simply trying to subtract hours in one field from hours in another. I have a column with 'hours recorded' and one with 'hours billed'. They are both formatted as time units (hours). I just want to subtract one from the other in a new field. As an additional question is there a way to set the hour units to just hours, with no minutes, at the moment it's h:mm and I need to enter a 0 for minutes each time Thanks   

Hi all - I'm having a very strange issue with a Formula field. I've got a Status field (single select) that informs a Formula field. i.e. if the Status field says ABC, then make the Formula field say XYZ. It's working perfectly except for two outputs. Now here's where it gets weird: after extensive testing, the issue seems to be with the output string, not the input. If the Status is Booking Received, the Formula field should return "Booking received, waiting for pickup confirmation" but it returns a blank field. I also can't get it to return any results when I change the formula to return my name, the word Test, or gibberish lettering. But when I type one of the other results that is working for another status, it works! Meaning if I type "Decline" in to the formula in place of "Booking received, waiting for pickup" it returns Declined. So weird, right?? Why will it only return certain other existing outputs?

Hello! I want to generate some HTML code using a Lookup function and I've been running into a weird issue. Each HTML button is defined in a table, then is combined like such in a Lookup function:<a href="/water-coaster/192/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Go to this water coaster"> <span style="background-color: beige; color: black; padding: 10px 20px; border-radius: 50px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Montanha Russa Aquática - Thermas dos Laranjais</span></a> , <a href="/water-coaster/281/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Go to this water coaster"> <span style="background-color: beige; color: black; padding: 10px 20px; border-radius: 50px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Acqua Coaster - Thermas Acqualinda</span></a>Unfortunately, there is a pesky comma that Airtable adds in between the two blocks. I tried using a second column with the formula  SUBST

Hi,I am trying to add cells together in order to find the line by line tracking.For example, in the image below, I am looking to add up the different profits in order to obtain the amount present in the bank account.Can you help me ?Thanks !

HiI want to search a number with a date, like this : Can you help me ?Thanks !

Hi, I'm trying (and struggling) to create a formula that allows us to filter by 'people who are currently contracted by us'. We have a start date and end date column within the table, so ideally I'd like to add a formula that allows us to filter based on whether today is in between their start and end date. Does anyone know if this is possible please? Or if there's an easier method of filtering that doesn't involve us manually ticking a box for people that are currently contracted. Thanks! 

I have two tables in the same base. Each has a field that contains a member number. However in table 1 the member number is a formula. How can I write a formula that will return a different field (member name) from the second table into a new field in the first table if the member number matches? In Excel I would use vLookup

Hello --I am interested in developing a formula to assign ID's to a series of payments based on type of payment, date, and information on payee's name. This is for tracking payments in a program that is pairing experienced mentors with mentees.There are various payment categories (Mentor Initial Payment, Mentor Final Payment, Mentee Stipend Payment), the year in which the mentorship in question started, the name of the mentor, and the name of the mentee(s) that I would like to integrate. I'm hoping to develop something where if this was a Mentor Initial Payment to John Smith for mentoring Joe Boggs and Jane Doe in 2024, based on values in the Payment Table (payment type and date), linked records Mentor table (First and Last Name of Mentor), and linked records in the mentee table (First and Last Name of Mentee or Mentees), a unique payment would auto calculate producing something like MIP_2024_JS_JBJD.The first part is obvious to me (IF function), I'v

 Hey there. I came soooo close to getting a working formula for what I was trying to achieve but fell at the last hurdle.I have a date field and a number field from a lookup. I am trying to create a formula that gives me a new date based on the the date field and the plus or minus number in the lookup number field. I am using this formula currently which is working and showing the new dates correctly.DATEADD(Date, VALUE(Deadline&""),'days')  I am trying to update this formula so that it only takes into account workdays but anytime I also try to add this, I get an error in my formula field:WORKDAY(DATEADD(D

{Rate (from Contract LU)}/{Frequency (from Contract LU)}Rate is a currency field and Frequency is a number field. Both reside in the Contract LU table.I have been using the above simple formula in invoicing successfully for quite a while. I recently had to create a pro rated  invoice for the first time, so I could not use the formula as is.My approach at the moment is to create a checkbox field for pro rated invoices if it is pro rated. To use it I need to be able to write a formula that allows me to enter a pro rated amount if the pro rated checkbox is checked or to allow the original formula to continue if it is not checked.First, is this the best way to do this? Second, how do I write the new beginning of the formula to allow an input.Many thanks in advance.Scott

Hello,I've created a database with a form and applications that allow each employee to make holiday requests.They can apply for leave over two months (example: from 10/08/24 to 16/09/24).My requirement: I need to know, for each employee, how many days of holiday they have taken each month.Additional information:I have the date of the first day of leave + the date of the last day of leave + the total number of days of leave (excluding public holidays and weekends). If they only take half a day, the number of days off is 0.5.What can I do?Thank you for your help.

Please help I need a formula for reoccurring seasonal milestones.  We have seasonal launch dates and milestones in each season that occur at intervals;  -130 wks, -80 wks, -56 wks.  I want to calculate the due date of the milestone based on season launch date  & milestone -wks (-50wks) to generate the due date for that milestone.   Please help! 

So I have a single Attachments field in a table that allows for multiple individual files to be attached to a record. I want to create another field that counts the number of files that have been uploaded/attached to that record. I then want to them pull this number into the primary field of the table to provide a quick way to see how many files have been attached to the record (e.g., 5 videos, 11 screenshots). However, the built-in ‘count’ formulas seem to be only counting the occurrence of an attachment for the record, not the number of individual files within the record; so as a result, it is only showing things as having 1 or 0 attachments, even though there are multiple individual files that have been attached to that record within the Attachments field. I came across an old thread about counting attachments (for some reason it’s preventing me from including the link here) but it seems outdated given the formulas now available, plus I could not get the formula to work at

I’ve attempted to follow the recommendations here to detect duplicates in a field but have not been successful and could use some expert eyes on what I’ve implemented. I did put a reply on that thread but since it’s a couple of years old, figured I should start my own question. Here are 2 screenshots from the 2 tables in play. Anyone see where I went wrong? TIA!

I have two tables:Key Source FormulaSourcesWithin the Key Source Formula table I have a field called URL FormatAn example entry is:   https://www.website.com/search/?q="Company"&t=weekIn the Sources table I have a value called Company Name Texte.g. Apple, which I want to substitute into the URL Format. This should return a result like:https://www.website.com/search/?q=Apple&t=weekThe SUBSTITUTE formula I have is:SUBSTITUTE({URL Format}, "Company", {Company Name Text})It returns #ERROR.I have even used the Airtable AI to write this formula and it doesn't work.A

Hello, I am new to airtable My issue is I want to calulate the difference between two dates and calculate the seconds also, but i cant even add the seconds to the date how this could be calculated if it’s not even added. Im using the Datediff formula, is there’s any other solution?

Hi All, Apologies if this is a question already answered. I want to create a IF formula that reads for a single select sell and alters a formula dependant on what the single select field says. For example- where Delivery Month is my single select cell =IF(OR(Delivery Month = "MARCH",Delivery Month = "APRIL",Delivery Month = "MAY"), (Cost*2*4)+8), IF(Delivery Month = "FEB", (Cost*2*6)+8, ))When i place above in, the cell accepts it, but no calculation is done and cell is left blank. I am unsure why as i have checked spelling and spaces in my single select cell Thanks in advance for your help

I researched older posts and found similar topics such as this, but nothing solved that answers this particular question....I want to create a field with a formula that lists any items not selected.  An applicant has to acknowledge acceptance of the "rules", and we need a list of rules they did not accept.Is this an easy do?The sample form is shown below. The ideal answer is that the 3rd item would show up in the new field with the formula. 

Hi! I've searched and can't seem to find a simple solution to this problem.I have a multi-select column titled "Deliverable Owner" and there can be more than one person assigned as the Deliverable Owner.Based on these deliverable owners, I would like to create a new column that is a formula, which segments deliverables into "Team A", "Team B", "Team C" or "Multiple Teams".The formula ideally would work like this: If Deliverable Owner contains "John" and only "John" then assign "Team A", If Deliverable Owner contains "Ashley" and only "Ashley" then assign "Team B"...etc...and then last if Deliverable Owner contains multiple names, then assign "Multiple Teams".Is there a simple way to achieve this? Thanks in advance!

Hi guys,Hey, guys,Please help me solve a problem - I have a table of tennis matches, which has fields Player 1 and Player 2, which are linked to another table Players. In the matches table next to the Player 1 and Player 2 fields, I want to add a single select field Winner, which will have only 2 values: Player 1 or Player 2.Is there a formula that will allow me to create a single select from the values of the neighboring fields?Thanks.

Hi all, I've got a fun little challenge on my hands designing a system to track our family's board game collection and gameplay.  Here's my base structure:Games - list of all the games in our collectionPlay Log - tracks the date, time, location, players, and outcome of all the games we playScore Sheets - this is the connecting table between the logs and the players since there can be many players in a log and a player can play many gamesPlayers - list of playerslet's use a sample record, tracked all the way through my base:Myself, hubby, and son play a game of Monopoly.  The play log tells me we played at our home on 10/16/2023 at 6:00pm and then lists the 3 of us as players linked to individual records in the Score Sheets table.  In each Score Sheet record, our final scores are recorded and calculated to determine the winner which is fed back into the Log table as the outcome.Now, multiply that same sc

Hello community! I have 15 separate single select fields with the possible answers of: 1. Firsts2. Second3. Third4. No Preference 5. I do not select this UWC I would like to create the individual columns "First" "Second" "Third" "No preference" and have the answers filter into these columns (rather than having all 15 individual columns open). Does anyone have any script suggestions to make this possible? The 15 single select column titles are: - Atlantic, Changshu, Costa Rica, Dilijan, East Africa, ISAK, LPC, Maastricht, Mahindra, Mostar, Pearson, RCN, Thailand, USA, Waterford Kamhlaba  Esentially, if someone selects:- First: Atlantic- Second: Dilijan- Third: Costa Rica- I do not select this UWC: all other columns I want to be able to see the Atlantic in column "first", Dilijan in column "second" a

Hi all! I am attempting to utilize data from "Sheet A" (specifically item names and quantities) and SUM the "Quantity" in "Sheet B" when the "item name" from Sheet A matches the "item name" from Sheet B. Is this possible in Airtable? I've played around with a few different formulas and field types but none have successfully produced what I'm looking for. I've also created a grouped view in Sheet A that groups by Item Name and it shows the Sum in that view if that helps.If possible, I would prefer for it to be a clean formula/rollup/link/or just about any other method than manually looking up the info from one sheet and keying it into another. To clarify - all of this information is housed in one Base just multiple sheets.Any assistance is appreciated!