Formula field to count text entries

[tyinawyn]

Hi there,

I have created a form that records incidents.  each incident can have one or more physical intervention techniques used.

We are required to graph on the total number of times these techniques are used across all incidents.

Easy to do if only one technique, graphing and reporting works well, however I am struggling with the multiples.

Good advice from caspio has led me to adding a formula field within table but I am a bit stuck.

 

So lets say I have four columns, each with drop downs of the 12 techniques we use, I need to formula field to account for the multiples that are assigned to each record.

 

I suppose I have two questions!

Is the formula field the best solution and if so can someone give me a pointer in how to set up the formula?

 

Thanks so much :-)

[Mathilda]

On 11/16/2017 at 1:19 AM, tyinawyn said:

Hi there,

I have created a form that records incidents.  each incident can have one or more physical intervention techniques used.

We are required to graph on the total number of times these techniques are used across all incidents.

Easy to do if only one technique, graphing and reporting works well, however I am struggling with the multiples.

Good advice from caspio has led me to adding a formula field within table but I am a bit stuck.

 

So lets say I have four columns, each with drop downs of the 12 techniques we use, I need to formula field to account for the multiples that are assigned to each record.

 

I suppose I have two questions!

Is the formula field the best solution and if so can someone give me a pointer in how to set up the formula?

 

Thanks so much :-)

Hi,

Can you give an example how you store data? Do you store each technique in a separate row?

If yes, you could try using sql count function in a calculated field on a report datapage (formula field doesn't support sub-queries) E.g:

SELECT COUNT(ID) 

FROM table_name 

WHERE ID = target.[@field:incidentID]

You may find more details here  and here

[NailDyanC]

Caspio has some list of formulas that you can use inside the Caspio Bridge including the COUNT and SUM function. You may check this link: https://howto.caspio.com/function-reference/