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SFDC orgSFDC org 

Trigger calculation Help

Hi,

 

 I have 3 fields

1)Lab_Process_Time_Days_HH_MM__c -> Text Data type

2)eDNA_Created_On__c -> Date/Time

3)Sample_Received_On__c ->Date/Time

 

I want the first field "Lab_Process_Time_Days_HH_MM__c" to be calculated automatically in this way

 

Lab_Process_Time_Days_HH_MM__c =eDNA_Created_On__c -Sample_Received_On__c

 

Please help me hw to do it.

 

Thanks in Advance

Daniel B ProbertDaniel B Probert

why not make Lab_Process_Time field a formula field?

 

then you just need to do this:

 

eDNA_Created_On__c- Sample_Received_On__c) * 24

 

 
SFDC orgSFDC org

i am not able to change the data type of Lab_Process_Time from text to formula

 

 

However when i am, trying to create a new formula field and try to use the same formula its giving the following error

 

 

"Formula type is of datatype(number), incompatible with current datatype date/time",

 

Kindly advice me wat to do further.

 

 

Thanks
Daniel B ProbertDaniel B Probert

have you set your formal format type as a number?

 

If your formula datatype is text then you will need add

 

TEXT((test21__c -  test22__c) * 24)

 

 
SFDC orgSFDC org

Hi,

 

 When i do the same , i see the value as

-15304.9333333333333333333333333333333333, rather than in a date/time format
 
 
should i remove the *24 and try to display the data in a date/time format
SFDC orgSFDC org

Hi,

 

 I just want to calculate the difference betwn these 2 dates

(eDNA_Created_On__c -Sample_Received_On__c) display the value of "Lab_Process_Time_Days_HH_MM__c " in a date/time format.

 

 

The previous one wasnt working its displaying it in a number
Daniel B ProbertDaniel B Probert
hmmm ok sorry i thought you want to display HH:MM i'll need to do some testing for displaying in a data/time format as i'm not sure that's possible.

you will then need to do something like this:

https://success.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=087300000006nml
SFDC orgSFDC org

yes but i should also get the value for date alng with time
SFDC orgSFDC org

Please help me sir, got struck wen i use the same formula in the below link its not working

 

 

Thanks
abinayaabinaya

IF(DATEVALUE(LastModifiedDate ) <> TODAY(),

/* If TRUE */
IF(
/* Is same business week? */
AND(
(CASE(MOD( DATEVALUE(NOW())- DATE(1985, 1, 5), 7), 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 5, 0)
+ CASE(MOD(DATEVALUE(LastModifiedDate ) - DATE(1985, 1, 5), 7), 0, 0, 1,
5, 2, 5, 3, 4, 4, 3, 5, 2, 6, 1, 0)
>5),
DATEVALUE(NOW()) - DATEVALUE(LastModifiedDate ) < 6 ),
/* Then work out the number of business days with this formula */ CASE(MOD(DATEVALUE(NOW()) - DATE(1985, 1, 5), 7), 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 5, 0)
+ CASE(MOD(DATEVALUE(LastModifiedDate ) - DATE(1985, 1, 5), 7), 0, 0, 1,
5, 2, 5, 3, 4, 4, 3, 5, 2, 6, 1, 0)
- 6,
/* Otherwise use this formula */
FLOOR(
(DATEVALUE(NOW())
-(DATEVALUE(LastModifiedDate )
+ CASE(MOD(DATEVALUE(LastModifiedDate ) - DATE(1985, 1, 5), 7), 0, 0, 1,
6, 2, 5, 3, 4, 4, 3, 5, 2, 6, 1, 0))
)/7)*5
+CASE(MOD(DATEVALUE(LastModifiedDate ) - DATE(1985, 1, 5), 7), 0, 0, 1,
5, 2, 5, 3, 4, 4, 3, 5, 2, 6, 1, 0)
+CASE(MOD( DATEVALUE(NOW()) - DATE(1985, 1, 5), 7), 0, 0, 1, 0,
2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 5, 0)
),

/* If FALSE */
0)

+

/* Compensate depending on start and end time */ IF(
/* End datetime's time of the day in minutes referred to 0:00 GMT */ VALUE(LEFT(RIGHT(TEXT(DATEVALUE(NOW())),9),2))*60 +
VALUE(LEFT(RIGHT(TEXT(DATEVALUE(NOW() )),6),2))
/* Start datetime's time of the day in minutes referred to 0:00 GMT */ < VALUE(LEFT(RIGHT(TEXT(DATEVALUE(LastModifiedDate )),9),2))*60+VALUE(LEFT(RIGHT(TEXT(DATEVALUE(LastModifiedDate )),6),2))
, -1, 0)