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AylinNazlim
Qrew Cadet
7 years ago

Calculating the ""most"" used text answer or average of all text-multiple choice answers

I have child "Task" records that each have a status assigned to the record. I want to calculate the overall status of the Parent "Deliverable" to give an idea of where all the sub tasks level in an ov...
Formulas and functions
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QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
7 years ago
Actually, here isa format for a formula

var number Max = Max([# green], [# yellow], [#red])

Case($Max,
[#green], "Green",
[#yellow], "Yellow",
[#red], "Red")
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QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
7 years ago
1. Yes this is all one formula.

2. The var refers to a formula variable.  it is a useful technique to make formulas more readable.  Here is some help text.  https://help.quickbase.com/user-assistance/formula_variables.html

3. Yes, you would put in the name of your field for the total # of green.

4. The formula is formula text , not formula rich test.