Duration field in Pipeline Outlook channel
Hi, I am creating a pipeline using the Outlook channel to send an email. I have a duration field {{a.days}} in the body of the email that is not coming through correctly. A value of 2 days comes th...
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MarkShnier__You
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Qrew LegendDo you want to come through as an integer number of days? Or could there be fractional days or minutes and hours?
If you have a duration which is really the time span between two date fields then you could make a numeric formula field in native QuickBase called [# of Days]. The formula would be
ToDays([my duration field])
Then use that field in your email.
That large value you are seeing is the number of milliseconds in two days. 60 * 60* 24 * 2 * 1000 = 172800000.
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Mark Shnier (YQC)
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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If you have a duration which is really the time span between two date fields then you could make a numeric formula field in native QuickBase called [# of Days]. The formula would be
ToDays([my duration field])
Then use that field in your email.
That large value you are seeing is the number of milliseconds in two days. 60 * 60* 24 * 2 * 1000 = 172800000.
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Mark Shnier (YQC)
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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- Creating the formula field worked perfectly! Thank you for your help!
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Deb Lanser
------------------------------ - Coach, did you give this advice because of any limitations in Pipelines with duration fields? Can I use them in calculations like I would in a formula duration field?
I'm trying to create a Pipeline to track how long a record stays in a certain status and part of that is trying to set up a calculation using duration fields and insert that value into a field in an Update Record step. However, it threw this error:
Validation error: {'time_in_received_status': ["field 'time_in_received_status' could not be coerced", 'must be of integer type']}
I could have other mistakes in what I'm doing, but I just want to make sure I can create duration calculations here or if I need to create fields in the form to do that.
Thanks!
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Tate Forgey
------------------------------- MarkShnier__YouYa, sorry, I don't really know how to work with Durations in Pipelines.
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Mark Shnier (Your Quickbase Coach)
mark.shnier@gmail.com
------------------------------- Well, it makes me feel a little better that this is on the fringes of even your vast knowledge. Thanks for the response.
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Tate Forgey
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