Formula for $ does not add up correctly

[Tyler_Surrency]

We have been running into a snag with the simple formula of 3 columns adding together and getting off by .01. This normally is not a big deal, but in a contract this can be a very big deal. I have attached the pictures of what I’m talking about and the formula I use.

[ScottWorld]

Welcome to the community, @Tyler_Surrency!

What that means is that one or more of your formula fields are rounding their numbers for display purposes, but the actual numbers are much longer.

Go in & customize your formula fields, click on the “Formatting” tab, and choose a different precision. Then, you will be able to see where the problem lies.

Also, you can just Round your formulas by adding the ROUND() function into your formulas.

[Tyler_Surrency]

Can you show me in this formula how rounding would work to solve my issue?

Tyler

[ScottWorld]

You can just wrap the entire formula with the Round function. Something like this:

ROUND(
{Field 1} + {Field 2} + {Field 3} + {Field 4}
,2)

But you may be better served by going back and rounding the other formulas, too, to yield more accuracy.

[Tyler_Surrency]

I went back to where it generates the monthly payment automatically. Iput in the formula you wrote me and it worked.

Thank you for your help.

Tyler

[Bill.French]

@Tyler_Surrency

We have been running into a snag with the simple formula of 3 columns adding together and getting off by .01.

I believe you are dancing around this floating point math bug.