Formulas

Introduction

Formulas can be used to calculate list values. All input values for the formula must come from the same list. If the value that you want to calculate needs to be part of many lists or the calculations are multi dimensional you can consider using Cube Calculations instead.

Create a Formula

There are two places where you can create a Formula. When you create a List Item you can click  or in the Lists itself, you can click to open the Formula Editor.

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You can choose several types of Formulas:

TypeDescriptionFormulaOption
SummationSum(Item+Item+Item+etc.) 
SummationRangeSum Range(Item:Item) 
AverageAverage(Item, Item, Item, etc.) 
AverageRange Average Range(Item:Item) 
VarianceVariance(Item-Item)Absolute / Relative
RatioRatio(Item/Item)Absolute / Percentage
MultiplierMultiplier(Item*Item) 

Subtracting two values

The formula editors does not include a subtract function. In order to subtract one value from another, the user should choose the Summation formula and click on the sign which will change onto 

The Average Range and Summation Range do not show the exact averages and summations

The AverageRange and SummationRange functions calculate the average or the  summation of a range of items in a list, with one exception: when an item is set to invisible, it is not included in the AverageRange or SummationRange total.

So in the case where these functions do not show the correct value, please check the visible settings of the rows included in the range.

Add a description to a formula

To add a description to a formula, enter the description in the Custom Description field of the Item List.