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MarisaLanglois's avatar
MarisaLanglois
Qrew Member
7 years ago

case formula returning one value

Newbie here! Probably a silly error on my part but...

I am trying to create a formula in the field "Mileage Cost" that will look at a date in the field "Date", find what year "Date" contains, and then multiply by a different number based on that year, then return that product back into the field "Mileage Cost". Currently, every "date" selected is returning a value of "2016" in "Mileage Cost."

Case(Year([Date]),2015,([Mileage]*0.575),Year([Date]),2016,([Mileage]*0.54),Year([Date]),2017,([Mileage]*0.535),Year([Date]),2018,([Mileage]*0.545),null)

Any ideas would be appreciated!

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  • ChayceDuncan2's avatar
    ChayceDuncan2
    Qrew Cadet
    7 years ago
    You don't need to repeat year([Date]) multiple times. 

    A simple 

    Case(Year([Date]),
    2015,result 1,
    2016, result 2,
    2017, result 3,
    ....)
  • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    7 years ago
    Ya, that formula is a bit muddled.  You are over complicating it.

    Case(Year([Date]),
    2015,[Mileage]*0.575,
    2016,[Mileage]*0.54,
    2017,[Mileage]*0.535,
    2018,[Mileage]*0.545,
    null)