Checkbox based on other fields

[Kurt_C]

I am sure this has been covered, but I cannot find a thread that helps me out.

• I have multiple fields that could receive the status of “Approved” from a Single Select list. The fields are “Status 1”, “Status 2”, and “Status 3”.

• I want to create a formula where if any of those fields receive the status of “Approved”, it will check a box in a “Final Status” field.

For the life of me I cannot figure this out.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated!

[Elias_Gomez_Sai]

You can’t change a Checkbox field based on other fields. However, you could have a Formula field that outputs a :white_check_mark: emoji if one of the statuses is Approved:

IF({Status 1} = "Appoved", "✅",IF({Status 2} = "Appoved", "✅",IF({Status 3} = "Appoved", "✅")))

Well, you could do it with Zapier: https://support.airtable.com/hc/en-us/articles/206785897-Using-Zapier-to-integrate-Airtable-with-oth...

Anyway, why do you need 3 status fields? Maybe there is a easier way to do what you want.

[Kurt_C]

Hmm… Formula looks to be good (no errors), however it is not triggering the emoji. Could it be because my “Approved” status from those fields is in a drop down menu?

I have 3 Status fields because a task could have multiple rounds of changes and/or revisions. It might be approved the first time, or the status might be set as “Revise”. If that were the case, the 2nd status might be the one that gets the approval.

[Elias_Gomez_Sai]

I forgot 2 closing parentheses. I recommend you to build the formulas yourself :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

[Kurt_C]

I know, I added them. I get no errors with the formula. It’s just not giving me the emoji.

Edit: I got it to work. It was a matter of replacing the emoji. Thank you!

[vilars_xavier]

We are now in 2019 and pretty close to 2020. Do we have a boolean in Airtable we can use ?