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CarolMcconnell
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8 years ago

If formula on a field in a relation table not working.

I have a field on the main table that is a lookup field.  I tried to add a formula text field with this formula.

 If (IsNull([Target Region]),"Non-Target","Target")

It only brings back Target regardless.


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  • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    8 years ago
    Yep, the IsNull is documented not to work on text fields,. Not intuitive, I know and many before you have fallen in that same pothole.  So you need to compare it to empty quotes.  I like to Trim it just in case it has some invisible spaces in the data

    If (Trim([Target Region])="","Non-Target","Target")
    • CarolMcconnell's avatar
      CarolMcconnell
      Qrew Captain
      8 years ago
      Thank you so much, that worked perfectly.  I'll try and remember this in the future.