Formulas

Formulas are algorithms that derive their values from other fields, expressions, or values.

This topic lists the following functions that can be used:

Table 1. Function List

You can use formulas for:

Best Practices

  • Only use supported functions and operators in formulas.

  • Some formulas that work in FieldFX Back Office don’t work in FieldFX Mobile.

  • Don’t include commented out code in formulas.

  • Use the ROUND function on date/time values in formulas.

Date & Time Functions

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DATE

Returns a date value for specified year, month, and day values. Returns an error for invalid dates, such as February 29 in a non-leap year.

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DATEVALUE

Returns a date value for a date/time or text expression.

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DATETIMEVALUE

Returns a year, month, day, and GMT time value.

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DAY

Returns a day of the month in number form, such as "5" for Jan 5.

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MILLISECOND

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MONTH

Returns a month in number form, such as "1" for January or "12" for December.

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NOW

Returns the current date/time.

Use NOW instead of TODAY in the formulas for date/time fields.

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SECOND

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TIME

Returns a timestamp with millisecond precision but without a date.

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TIMENOW

Returns a time value in GMT representing the current moment. Use this function instead of the NOW function if you only want to track time without a date.

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TIMEVALUE

Returns the local time value without the date, such as business hours. Based on the organization’s locale settings.

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TODAY

Returns the current date.

Use TODAY instead of NOW in the formulas for date/time fields.

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YEAR

Returns a year as a four-digit number, such as "2019".

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Informational Functions

Function Description Supported Not Supported

BLANKVALUE

Returns a substitute expression if an expression doesn’t have a value (including a null value). Returns the value of an expression if the expression has a value.

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ISBLANK

Returns TRUE if an expression doesn’t have a value. Returns FALSE if an expression has a value.

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ISNULL
Strings are never null and never return TRUE for the ISNULL function.

Returns TRUE if an expression has a null (blank) value. Returns FALSE if an expression has a value.

Use ISBLANK instead of ISNULL in new formulas. ISBLANK has the same functionality as ISNULL but also supports text fields.

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NULLVALUE

Returns a substitute expression if an expression has a null (blank) value. Returns the value of an expression if the expression has a value.

Use BLANKVALUE instead of NULLVALUE in new formulas. BLANKVALUE has the same functionality as NULLVALUE but also supports text fields.

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PRIORVALUE

Returns the previous value of a field. Returns the current value if there is no PRIORVALUE property.

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Logical Functions

Function Description Supported Not Supported

AND

Returns TRUE if all values are true. Returns FALSE if one of more values are false.

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CASE

Checks an expression against a series of values. Returns the corresponding result if the expression is equal to a value. Returns the else_result if the expression isn’t equal to any values.

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IF

Determines whether expressions are true or false. Returns a given value if TRUE and another if FALSE.

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ISCHANGED

Compares the value of a field to the previous value. Returns TRUE if the values are different. Returns FALSE if the values are the same.

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ISNEW

Returns TRUE if the formula is running during the creation of a new record. Returns FALSE if an existing record is being edited.

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ISNUMBER

Returns TRUE if a text value is a number and FALSE if not.

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NOT

Returns FALSE for true and TRUE for false.

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OR

Returns TRUE if any expression is true. Returns FALSE if all expressions are false.

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Math Functions

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ABS

Returns the absolute value of a number.

The absolute value of a number is the number without its positive or negative sign.

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CEILING

Returns a number rounded up to the nearest integer.

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DISTANCE

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EXP

Returns a value for e raised to the power of a specified number.

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FLOOR

Returns a number rounded down to the nearest integer.

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GEOLOCATION

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LN

Returns the natural logarithm of a specified number.

Natural logarithms are based on the constant e value of 2.71828182845904.

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LOG

Returns the base 10 logarithm of a number.

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MAX

Returns the highest number from a list of numbers.

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MIN

Returns the lowest number from a list of numbers.

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MOD

Returns the remainder after a number is divided by a specified divisor.

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ROUND

Returns the nearest number to a specified number, constraining the new number by a specified number of digits.

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SQRT

Returns the positive square root of a specified number.

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Text Functions

Function Description Supported Not Supported

BEGINS

Returns TRUE if text begins with specified characters and returns FALSE if not.

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BR

Inserts a line break in a string of text.

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CASESAFEID

Converts a 15-character ID to a case-insensitive 18-character ID.

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CONTAINS

Compares two arguments of text. Returns TRUE if the first argument contains the second argument and returns FALSE if not.

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FIND

Returns the position of a string within a string of text, represented as a number.

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GETSESSIONID

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HYPERLINK

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IMAGE

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INCLUDES

Determines if any value selected in a multi-select picklist equals a text literal you specify.

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ISPICKVAL

Determines if the value in a picklist equals a text literal you specify.

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LEFT

Returns the specified number of characters from the beginning of a text string.

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LEN

Returns the number of characters in a text string.

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LOWER

Converts all letters in a text string to lowercase.

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LPAD

Inserts characters you specify to the left side of a text string.

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MID

Returns the specified number of characters from the middle of a text string given the starting position.

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RIGHT

Returns the specified number of characters from the end of a text string.

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RPAD

Inserts characters you specify to the right side of a text string.

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SUBSTITUTE

Substitutes new text for old text in a text string.

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TEXT

Converts a currency, date, date/time, number, percentage, or picklist value into text. Also converts picklist values in

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TRIM

Removes the spaces and tabs from the beginning and end of a text string.

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UPPER

Converts all letters in a text string to uppercase.

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VALUE

Converts a text string to a number.

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Description

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Summary Functions

Function Description Supported Not Supported

None

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PARENTGROUPVAL

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PREVGROUPVAL

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Advanced Functions

Function Description Supported Not Supported

GETRECORDIDS

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INCLUDE

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LINKTO

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REGEX

Compares a text field to a regular expression. Returns TRUE if there is a match and FALSE if not.

A regular expression is a string that describes the format of a string according to certain syntax rules.

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REQUIRESCRIPT

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URLFOR

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VLOOKUP

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Encoding Functions

Function Description Supported Not Supported

HTMLENCODE

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JSENCODE

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JSINHTMLENCODE

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URLENCODE

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Math Operators

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+

Calculates the sum of specified values.

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–

Calculates the difference of specified values.

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*

Multiplies the specified values.

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/

Divides the specified values.

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^

Raises a number to the power of a specified number.

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( )

Specifies that expressions inside the parentheses are evaluated first. All other expressions are evaluated using standard operator precedence.

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None

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Logical Operators

Operator Description Supported Not Supported

= and ==

Evaluates if two values are equal. The = and == operator are interchangeable.

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<> and !=

Evaluates if two values aren’t equal.

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<

Evaluates if a value is less than the value that follows this symbol.

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>

Evaluates if a value is greater than the value that follows this symbol.

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<=

Evaluates if a value is less than or equal to the value that follows this symbol.

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>=

Evaluates if a value is greater than or equal to the value that follows this symbol.

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&&

Evaluates if two values or expressions are both true. Use this operator as an alternative to the AND function.

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||

Evaluates if at least one of multiple values or expressions is true. Use this operator as an alternative to the OR function.

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!

Logical complement operator. Inverts the value of a Boolean, so that true becomes false, and false becomes true.

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None

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Text Operators

Operator Description Supported Not Supported

&

Connects two or more strings.

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