5/26/2023 0 Comments Quickbase statistical calculations![]() Click the variable name in the list to edit a variable value. The new variable appears in the Variables list. Note that the variable's value is always treated as Text within a formula, unless you convert it to another data type using formula functions (such as ToDate()). This is the name you'll use to refer to the variable elsewhere (within formulas, for example).Įnter the number, date, or text that is the variable's value. To create an application variable:Ī dialog to enter the variable's name and value appears. Note: When you clone an application, its variables are cloned as well. Application variables are output in API_GetSchema and API_DoQuery (APIDoQuery&fmt=structured) results, and with structured XML from table reports. You can use application variables in two contexts: You can create as many application variables as you want. The best part is, if the start date changes for some reason, you only need to edit it in one place, and Quickbase updates the value throughout your application. Then you can refer to this variable in multiple places throughout your project. Just create an application variable to contain the date. You want to reference this one start date in formulas without entering it for each task. The project has one start date which affects multiple tasks within your project. For example, imagine that your application tracks a project. Last point, here is a quick set of 20 good distinct colours you can pick from to save time.There may be times you want to attach a piece of information (a value) to your application as a whole. Finally use a CASE or NESTED IF to generate the highlighted cell. Then make sure you tick the field properties tickbox that says “Allow some HTML tags to be inserted in the field”. First, you can not highlight a cell that is a formula, it needs to be a field type TEXT so create a duplicate field that is a text formula of the field you want and just append (colour) to the field so you know what it is for. This is accomplished in MS Excel by using conditional formatting, but with Quick Base you need to approach it a bit differently. This is important in the IsNull calculations…you need to weigh up if you need to see Totals in the reports (if you want totals you need to tick this box) or if you want to evaluate this field as Null.įourth, it is easy to use colour to highlight a row, but often times we want to set a cell to a colour based on it’s value. One thing to note, in the Field Properties for NUMERIC fields, there is a tickbox that lets you choose Treat blank values as “0” in calculations. However if the Field Type is TEXT you need to evaluate it differently If(Trim()="", ThisIsNull, WhatToDoForNotNull This is a bit complicated in QuickBase because you need to do the evaluation differently when the Field Type if TEXT.įor most Field Types you can simply use IsNull(Your-Field) Third, many times you are going to want to make actions based on whether a field is empty or NULL. ![]() If (= "Complete", DoThat, ThisIsTheElse))) Here is the syntax and an example for a NESTED IF formula to set up what do do based on the field value in the “Status” field… If (= "Not Started", DoThis, Second, using NESTED IF statements will solve many of your issues in QuickBase. ![]() Here are a few formulas you can use to make your reports and QuickBase a bit better.įirst off, many times in reports you have dates but want to view the month name and have the report shown in sequence…here is a simple CASE formula to accomplish just that Case(Month(),
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