Formulas

I’m trying to insert a timestamp into a field when a value on a record changes. I’ve got this but it’s not really updating like I was expecting. IF(Stage=“3. Fruiting”, NOW(),0) It seems to be updating randomly. Any ideas?

Hi so I’m trying to write a formula to concatenate a name and a date but the date keeps coming back in long format. Is there anyway I can just have the short date (i.e. 09/05/2019) shown?

Hello! I don’t know how to do this. To simplify, let’s say I have 2 tables, one called topics with a list of article topics, and one called content with a list of articles, with a single select field categorizing the articles by country. In the topics table, I need a look up field of the articles per country - for now I just have one lookup field that shows all the articles, in all countries. So I need some sort of formula that would say “only show me the articles from the articles table which have the single select field of [country]=Belgium” Hope this makes sense - and hope it’s possible! Thank you :slightly_smiling_face:

Hi I keep getting an error when I use this formula: DATETIME_FORMAT({DATE ISSUED},‘MM-DD-YYYY’) This is what I am trying to do: Make a second formula field using DATETIME_FORMAT({DATE ISSUED},‘MM-DD-YYYY’)^ and then copy the values for all your imported CSV entries into your original “Date Issued” field. The formula field you’re using now will then produce the result you’re after. After you do this you can delete your second formula field, and convert “Date Issued” into a date field." Basically, I want to convert a text field with this date format: 1955-02-21 To this date format: Fri, November 19, 1976 Here is a screenshot of my base setup, the first DATE ISSUED is a different formula. It’s the second DATE ISSUED formula that I am trying to get working: I would appreciate any

Hi there! I’m trying to determine the count and order date of specific items needed for students at many classroom sites, each site completing multiple projects over a season of classes. This calculation would be based on these inputs: units per each of a standard list of materials needed, per individual project, e.g. wheels for three different projects that use anywhere from two to six wheels. (Projects Table) List of sites, with number of enrolled students (Sites Table) Program Start and End Dates (Sites Table) Current inventory of materials, e.g. wheels in stock (Inventory Table) Lead time needed for delivery of materials from order date (Inventory Table) And result in three outputs (destinations): total units needed per item, subtracting items in stock (Sites Table) Total units needed, per item (Inventory table) Dates Needed (Sites Table) This may be bigger than a

I regularly pull reports from multiple systems that include product IDs. These IDs are always a series of letters followed by numbers (e.g., ABC 123, WXYZ 9876). The number of letters can vary between 3 and 6 characters and the same goes for the numbers. The problem I’m having is that in one system, there is no space within the ID (e.g., ABC123) while in the other system, there is always a space between the letters and numbers (e.g., ABC 123). Since the number of characters can vary, I’m having trouble finding a formula that basically looks at the cell and adds a space when it finds a number. Any help is appreciated! Update: If it helps, this formula is what does what I’m looking for in Excel =TRIM(REPLACE(A2,MIN(FIND({1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0},A2&“1234567890”)),0," ")) TRIM, REPLACE, and FIND all exist in Airtable but I’m not sure how to use FIND to search for any combination of items (e.g., 1 OR 2 OR 3…) like you can in the above Excel formula.

Hallo I am trying to apply a multiplier to a lookup field based on a checkbox or multiple selection. In short, if the checkbox is checked, a lookup would be multiplied by a certain amount (for example 200), else it would not. Similar to: IF ((checkbox)=1, LOOKUP*200, LOOKUP) Another possibility would be: IF ((multiple select)=A, LOOKUPx200, (multiple select)=B, LOOKUPx300,(multiple select)=C, LOOKUPx400) Hope this is clear - strong text is this feasible? best Luca

Hi @Justin_Barrett I woundered if you could give me some advice on this post. It was suggested that I use Parse Date, but I could not get it to work: Issue With Date Formula

Hi, I’m using the Recipe Organizer template. I would like to add another view that calculates the total number for each ingredients. For example: Recipe 1 - Big Salad - consists of:6 Cucumbers and 8 Tomatoes. Recipe 2 - Small Salads - consists of:3 Cucumbers and 4 Tomatoes. The user needs to prepare 10 Big Salads and 4 Small Salads. The output should be 72 Cucumbers and 96 Tomatoes. Is it possible? Thank you, Sam

Hello fellow community members, I have a sheet (Sheet1) which has multiple columns - say ConfigValue1, ConfigValue2. Then I have a column called Result that calculates a result using those values and values (Logic1, Logic2) from Sheet2. In Sheet1:Result, I want Sheet1:ConfigValue1 x Sheet2:Logic1 + Sheet1.ConfigValue2 x Sheet2:Logic2. Note that the logic could be a bit more complicated. I could put the logic right into Sheet1, but the issue is that we want to have a separate interface for entering logic. Thanks!

Hi everyone, Looking for some help on this case … The user enters any one value (ISBN Code or Author Name) in the form and gets a result (Book Details corresponding to the author or ISBN Code) displayed in view link. I have created a MASTER CONTENT table A, with columns naming ‘ISBN Code’, ‘book name’, ‘pages’, ‘author’, with "ISBN code’ as the primary field. From another table B, I have created a USER SEARCH form, in which "ISBN code’ column is linked with table A. IN the form, the user enters the ‘ISBN code’ and in return in VIEW of the table, A gets other values corresponding to ISBN Code like Book name/Author Name etc. from Table A using Look Up. Now I want to create an option in the form in which a User has the option to either fill the ‘code’ or ‘author’ & he can similarly view all the details from table A? How to pull and Display values by entering either - in the same filed or two separate fields in the Form? Tha

Hi, I’m trying to create a formula that flags (with a 1 or 0) when a certain 5 digit number code is present in either a linked record field, or a field of arrays (whatever is easiest). For example, I was attempting: ``IF( OR( FIND(‘68100’,{Combined Codes & Tags (all)}), FIND(‘41100’,{Combined Codes & Tags (all)}), ), 1,0)`` But this only works when I have two possible options of codes. I’m actually looking for the presence of 5 different codes. What is the best way to do this?

I am creating a new table, say for example with daily price of gold, I have three fields, Date, Price and Change in Price I want the field “Change is Price” to be the difference in price since yesterday, to be calculated automatically. In spreadsheet, I could do it as =b2-b1 Is it possible to do this in Airtable, Please help. Thanks in Advance.

Hi Community, I set up a form to prefill using the URL. The field it autofilled was a drop down select look up from another table. I am 99% sure I tested the form an it worked fine. I have now tried to do a similar lookup and cannot get it to prefill. So I went back to the place I’d originally done it and now that is not working either! Has something changed in airtable? Or is there another explanation? Please help if you can! Best, Nathan

I was wondering if there was a formula I could use for day of the month in which I can enter the day and not have it always being current day each time? I need it connected to a time percentage. The reason is we have metrics we put in, but I can’t put it in every day. If someone looks at my tab, they will see the current date and assume that the numbers are updated. We also run campaigns that may only last a few days out of the month. I just need the first day of the month to be a manual entry attached to the formula for time. I apologize if this is a silly question.

IS Airtable down? Can not connect !!!

Is there a way to set up a Zap that will send an email on a date, to a person, based on a Date or Formula (date) Field?

I have a base that we use for activity management. I want to be able to count the number of times a date field has been updated. We are trying to see how many times a “Due Date” has been changed. Thank you Sally

Ok so I’ll try to get this all straight. Obviously the goal is limit the number of times records have to be linked, I’m hoping someone can offer a different perspective. The Background: Everyday we send out an email record from our table REPORT. Report is basically the combination of the BREAKS table, which can have 1-4 every day. BREAKS is composed of mags from the MAGS table, each break usually has between 1-10 mags. Each Mag has NOTES from the NOTES table. So thus far its been going great, you make a note, use a lookup to tag the MAG table, adds note to each mags, then the Mags is tagged to the Break table where all the mags with the all notes get rolled up, which in turn the breaks are all tagged to a single day and at the end of the day all that data rolls up into a single email report which is in HTML and uses lookup/rollup tables from all the above to fill in proper data. The Problem: Mags started sharing the same notes, issues that occurred on both mags

Hi all, I love the visual usability of Airtable, but am restricted by a total lack of understanding formulas (or Excel!). I’ve read all the Airtable guides, but can’t figure out my specific request and the formula needed, or whether it’s a formula I need or something else! Apologies if stupid question, but: I’ve made a table of content for social media and other media, listing content title, type, platform to post on, due date. Currently, it looks like this: Name . Content Type. Status . Due Date . Gifs for Facebook . Creative Idea 31/8/2019 (Imagine details filled out further, I can’t link to or insert a screenshot) I am trying to work out a way to group these under three groups - either ‘This Week’, ‘This Month’ or ‘This Year’. I’d want the entries to be automatically populated into these groups dependent on the due date I manually enter. I

Hello! I was hoping someone could create a formula for me. I am new to the formula area and what I want to do is FAR beyond my brain power. Wanted to know if this type of formula was possible… Fields: “Date” (which is a date field) “Day of Week” Field (which is a formula using DATEFORMAT to get the day of week) “Complete” (which is a Check box) The formula I am hoping for would replace my “Day of week” section: INCLUDES: • Dateformat to show date of week • IF statement that says “Next Week” if the date is next week • IF statement that says “Completed” if the Complete box is checked I am creating a task list and I want this all in one field, so I can group. I want the tasks to be organized by the day of the week, for it to say “Next Week” if the date falls in the next week, and for it to say “Completed” if the box is checked. Is this possible? Your help is MOST appreciated! Thank you!!

I have asked my guests to enter mobile number and name in a form. Now in my base, the mobile number will be a unique value that will be used for linking to another table. But I can’t link a column with a formula (concatenate) & if I convert phone-number or a text column into the linked column - then a new guest will not be able to enter data in the form but will have the option to choose someone else’s number only. Any suggestions?

Hi all, I am creating a Landing Page testing and analytics tool. Basically, on a table called ‘Components’ I have taken all components you would expect in a landing page and divided them into records, organized by their type (for example, “Hero Unit”, “Benefit”, “CTA”, etc…) Then, on a separate table called “tests”, I link components into records, with five sections linked to components (labelled ‘Top Section’, ‘Section 1’, ‘Section 2’, etc…). I then compile components into various sections (sometimes randomly, sometimes planned). These basically run as tests through a CMS that allows me to create lots of iterations of landing page. I gain some basic analytics (visitors vs. conversions) that I then want to be back traced to the original component (as analytics will only be for the whole page, not for sections of it). In this way, I’m hoping every test I run (and have conversion numbers for) will help me understand which components are most greatly respons

Hi Would really appreciate some help creating a formula. I am trying to run (modernize) a non profit social society’s events calendar / booking system using airtable. I have 3 tables in the same base. Table 1 (Master) - This has a sign up form linked to it for people (both members and guests) to can sign up for the events (single or multiple). The selection of events is linked to the (Events) table. The sign up form has a check box for users to select if they are Members. Table 2. (Events) - this is the calendar table with date and event name. (separate columns) Table 3. (Members) - List of members with their names and membership numbers (and other membership data) (all in separate columns) If a member signs up for specific event, I need a formula to look into the (Members) table and compare their names and return their membership number into the master table. Appreciate any help people can offer? Craig

Hi, I’m trying to get one field to return a value based on the number in a different field. I’ve tried both uploading and linking to a screenshot but it’s not allowing me to do that. This is the Nested IF formula I wrote: IF({Number of ELLs}<21,“0-20”,IF({Number of ELLs}>20,“21-50”,IF({Number of ELLs}>50,“51-75”,IF({Number of ELLs}>75,“76-100”,IF({Number of ELLs}>100,“101-300”,IF({Number of ELLs}>300,“301-500”,IF({Number of ELLs}>500,“501-1000”,IF({Number of ELLs}>1000,“1001-1500”,IF({Number of ELLs}>1501,“1500+”))))))))) The formula won’t return any values other than “0-20” and “21-50”. Does anyone have any insight on why this might happen?