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JustinParker
Qrew Trainee
6 years ago

Create a Formula Text Field that converts job titles to competencies

I have an existing text field [Current Job Title] that has over 50 different types of Job Titles. 

To better bucket employees I would like to create a Text Formula Field [Competency] that based on the job title selected, the Competency would automatically be selected for that employee.

For example:

If an employee has one of these job titles I would like the [Competency] field to automatically say "Configuration Management"
  • CM Specialist (Junior)
  • CM Specialist (Mid)
  • CM Specialist (Mid)/DPM
  • CM Specialist (Senior)
If an employee has one of these job titles I would like the [Competency] field to automatically say "Cyber Security"
  • Cyber Security Engineer (Junior)
  • Cyber Security Engineer (Mid)
  • Cyber Security Engineer (Senior)
  • Cybersecurity Analyst
  • Cybersecurity Engineer (Senior)
  • Cybersecurity Policy Consultant (Senior)

And so on and so on.  I'll probably have around 10 competencies total

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

2 Replies

  • You can use the Case formula.  Create a new formula Text field named [Competency] with a formula like this:

    Case([Current Job Title],
    "CM Specialist (Junior)","Configuration Management", 
    "CM Specialist (Mid)", "Configuration Management", 
    "Cyber Security Engineer (Junior)", "Cyber Security",
    "Other", null)

    More info: https://login.quickbase.com/db/6ewwzuuj?a=dr&r=ei&rl=9fk