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nap1 Picklist & Formulas
I was trying to write a forumla to generate a annual payment value (which would be determined by total amount devided by value taken from a pick list). Now when I try to do this, it will not work because of the pick list. I am not a developer but trying to get this done for our company.
The three fields I am working with are picklist field (users are able to pick from 6 items), total amount value, annual amount value. I would like to define a value for the 6 item in the picklist field. So I can determine the annual amount value.
Example:
picklist field
-----------------
red
white
blue
green
yellow
orange
I would like to define a numeric value for each color. One I do that I would like to do the following:
annual amount value = total amount value / pick list value
Thank you in advance for your help!
The three fields I am working with are picklist field (users are able to pick from 6 items), total amount value, annual amount value. I would like to define a value for the 6 item in the picklist field. So I can determine the annual amount value.
Example:
picklist field
-----------------
red
white
blue
green
yellow
orange
I would like to define a numeric value for each color. One I do that I would like to do the following:
annual amount value = total amount value / pick list value
Thank you in advance for your help!
Picklists unfortunately don't have a label / value aspect. Meaning you can't configure red to mean a different value by default. What you could do instead is create a complex formula, such as the one below, using a CASE statement to resolve each color to a numerical value, and then use that as your dividend. For example:
IF( //Check for dividing by zero CASE(Picklist__c,'Red',1.0,'White',2.0,'Blue',3.0,'Yellow',4.0,0) == 0, //Return 0 instead of dividing by 0 0, //Else return your decimal Total_Amount_Value__c / CASE(Picklist__c,'Red',1.0,'White',2.0,'Blue',3.0,'Yellow',4.0,0) )Thank you for helping me out with this! Do I really need a IF statement? I can just use the following, cant I?