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JohannaEvans
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7 years ago

Formula to Summarize Multi Select Text by Group rather than Groupings

Hi QuickBase Friends, I have a multi select text field that I need to summarize by group rather than by grouping. I started the formula with the following: (I am getting a message expecting a ...
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JohannaEvans
Qrew Trainee
7 years ago

I have a list of multi text selections that have about 25 items.

When I summarize the fields, a table displays the selections by grouping:

Item 1      = 1
Item 1, 5  = 1
Item 1, 3  = 1

This is not what I am looking for, therefore, I thought I could write a formula that recognized the group rather than the grouping.

Item 1 = 3
Item 3 = 1
Item 5 = 1

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JohannaEvans
Qrew Trainee
7 years ago
Yes - of the 25 rows I want a count of how often item 1 is selected (in the example is 3), rather than item 1, then item 1 and 3 counted as a grouping, and item 1 and 5 as a grouping.