Formula to include a field if conditionally.

Question

I currently have 3 fields that i am adding to gether in a formula&nbsp;

[Other Savings Field 2.1]+[Other Savings Field 2.2]+[Other Savings Field 2.3]&nbsp; now if i wanted to add Other savings 1.1 to it conditionally.&nbsp; &nbsp;How would i go about writing a formula like that.&nbsp; My thought was to maybe have a checkbox to add to total but woudl that work?&nbsp; How would the formula work?&nbsp; Or is there a different way to have that field added to total?&nbsp;&nbsp;------------------------------Kari Lang------------------------------

chayceduncan · Answer

Do you have a clean way to add 1.1 conditionally through another field/IF logic? The syntax is pretty easy - something like:&nbsp;
[Other Savings Field 2.1]+[Other Savings Field 2.2]+[Other Savings Field 2.3]&nbsp; +&nbsp;
If(&nbsp;condition goes here, [Other Savings Field 1.1], 0)

So lets say you had a checkbox to 'Include 1.1' - then you would have it like:&nbsp;

[Other Savings Field 2.1]+[Other Savings Field 2.2]+[Other Savings Field 2.3]&nbsp; +&nbsp;
If( [Include 1.1], [Other Savings Field 1.1], 0)

In the above it will return 0 if you don't want to include it.&nbsp;------------------------------Chayce Duncan------------------------------

karilang · Answer

I am getting an error on the calculation stating expecting text but found a number. Any suggestions on how to fix this?------------------------------Kari Lang------------------------------

chayceduncan · Answer

Can you confirm if the field [Other Savings Field 1] is a numeric field? It looks like in the scope of the if() statement that it's interpreting that field as text, so if that field type is text then wrap it in a ToNumber field like:&nbsp;

[FTE Reduction Savings2]+[Rework. Final Amount]+[Medical Cost Savings1] + [Automation Savings.1] + if( [Include in Total calculation1], ToNumber([Other Savings Field 1]), 0)------------------------------Chayce Duncan------------------------------

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