IF function
Modified 4 years ago
Neil
The IF function returns one value if a boolean expression is true and another value if it is false.
The syntax is:
IF(<logical_test>,<value_if_true>,<value_if_false>)
For these examples, we’ll assume the number field Food_rating has a value of 6.
Datatype | Example | Output |
Text | IF(Food_rating > 5, ”Yummy”, ”Yucky”) | Yummy |
Number | IF(Food_rating > 5, 10, 1) | 10 |
Currency | IF(Food_rating > 5, Currency(100, "USD"), Currency(10, "USD")) | $100 |
Date | IF(Food_rating > 5, today(), today().offset(2, "D")) IF(Food_rating > 5, Date(1970, 5, 29), Date(2015, 5, 29)) | (Today’s date) 5/29/1970 |
You can also use the IF function when assigning a user to a step, or as a condition for when a step happens or not.
Use case | Example | Result |
Assigning a User | IF(Food_rating > 5, _created_by, _created_by.manager) True and false values must both either be user fields in the form, or system user fields. | Step assigned to the creator |
Step condition | IF(Food_rating>5,true(),false()) | Step happens |
Nested IF functions
You can have nested IF functions that look like this:
IF(Food_rating>5,”Yummy”,IF(Food_rating>3,”OK”,”Yucky”))
In this case,
- If the rating is above 5, it will display “Yummy”.
- If it is 4 or 5, it will display “OK”.
- If it is 3 or less, it will display “Yucky”.
