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LKSmith
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast
Status: New Ideas

I am working on a form where the user will need to enter several expenses and then submit a total request amount based on those expenses. It would be so helpful if the expense fields that the user enters could be automatically totaled on the form in a way the user can see. I have a formula field doing that calculation in the table, but can't pull that field into the form.

I imagine there are many other useful applications for a non-editable formula field appearing in a form as well. It's strange that this is not already an option, since a non-editable long text field is already an available option.

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ScottWorld
18 - Pluto
18 - Pluto

@LKSmith

That's a great suggestion. In the meantime, until Airtable offers that functionality, you can currently get live calculations on a form with Filloutโ€™s advanced forms for Airtable.

Fillout is 100% free and offers hundreds (possibly thousands) of features that Airtableโ€™s native forms donโ€™t offer, including the ability to perform math or other live calculations on your forms, the ability to update Airtable records from a form, the ability to display Airtable lookup fields & Airtable rollup fields & Airtable attachments on forms, dynamically & conditionally filter linked record fields by any values that you would like, accept payments on forms, create multi-page forms with conditional paths, create new linked records on a form, set advanced field validations & limitations, add CAPTCHAs to your form, and so much more.

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