If, then formula for percentage calculation

[Ons_Stories]

Hi, I’m wondering if there’s a way to do this. I have a table with the category of a used book and the original price. I want to create a formula that calculates the selling price based on the category of the book. So it would be IF category = A then take Original Price and deduct 30% to get the selling price. I’m not sure if I can do all of this in one go with an IF formula. But maybe I can do part of it? Thanks for the help!

[Mohamed_Swella1]

Hi @Ons_Stories,

Yes you can do that. You would use a nesting IF formula. Something like IF({Category}=A, Price0.7, if({Category}=B, Price0.75, … and so on

And so on.

This formula can be a little tricky, if you need help with it just let me know. I will need to see a screenshot of your table and know what you are trying to achieve with that formula.

BR,
Mo

[Ons_Stories]

Mohamed_Swellam:

IF({Category}=A, Price 0.7, if({Category}=B, Price 0.75

Thanks, but yeah this didn’t help. It says there’s a problem with the formula and I’m not sure how to fix it. In the screenshot below you’ll see what I typed in the formula. I’m trying to formulate 70% of the Original Price IF Category = A and IF Category = B then 60% and so on!

[Ons_Stories]

It won’t let me upload screenshots, sorry

[Jeremy_Oglesby · Accepted solution]

You can do this much more efficiently with a SWITCH() function:

{Price} *
SWITCH(
   {Category},
   "A", 0.7,
   "B", 0.6,
   "C", 0.8
)

[Ons_Stories]

Jeremy_Oglesby:

{Price} * SWITCH( {Category}, “A”, 0.7, “B”, 0.6, “C”, 0.8 )

That worked thanks a lot!