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KristyWilliford's avatar
KristyWilliford
Qrew Assistant Captain
6 years ago

hello I need to divide the values of two filds.They are the same fields but have a different record id's is there a way to do it.

EXAMPLE:

Record 1: Field A  
Record 2 :Field A

divide field A of record 2 and record 1
  • Can you explain conceptually how the system would know which two records to use to do this division? I�m sure you have lots of records on your table.
    • KristyWilliford's avatar
      KristyWilliford
      Qrew Assistant Captain
      Hello,
      It's based on two conditions
      1)if the type of sample is outside 
      2)The type of mold should match for both the records
    • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
      QuickBaseCoachD
      Qrew Captain
      In general it is very difficult to do more mathematical operations involving different records. But in any event your explanation is far from sufficient to give you an answer. What if there is 1000 records on your table. How was it supposed to know which two records you want to divide.
    • KristyWilliford's avatar
      KristyWilliford
      Qrew Assistant Captain
      hello,
      I have a table which consists of different mold samples.I have to calculate the failure percentage.To calculate the failure percentage I need divide two fields which are of the same mold but collected in different locations.I hope this is sufficient for my explanation._