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emoryl I have a custom field - data type Number - the default value i would like the product of two values A*B=Custom_Field
The formula is below
Amount*2
Yields this error.
Error: Field Amount may not be used in this type of formula
Thank you for your help
Hi emoryl,
It looks like your you're trying to do is shove a Formula into the Default Value box of a datatype(Number) field. That won't work.
What you need to do is create a new custom field and select Formula(Number) as the datatype.
Then enter your formula in the box provided with the appropriate Fields and Functions.
Another option if you are on EE or UE would be to create a Workflow Rule with a Field Update. Now that does have the ability to update a datatype(Number) field with the reult of a formula.
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Dear Emoryl,
To get the default value as product of your two existing fields .
Please edit your Amount field as Formula type reason being , that
Amount field will contain floating values as well.
Then in the "Default Value" Area ... use the API names of those respective fields of whom you want
to get product displayed.
Kindly mark done , if this solution works for you
Thanks....
Monica
Hi emoryl,
It looks like your you're trying to do is shove a Formula into the Default Value box of a datatype(Number) field. That won't work.
What you need to do is create a new custom field and select Formula(Number) as the datatype.
Then enter your formula in the box provided with the appropriate Fields and Functions.
Another option if you are on EE or UE would be to create a Workflow Rule with a Field Update. Now that does have the ability to update a datatype(Number) field with the reult of a formula.