What is wrong with my calculated column formula?
Frage
I have a SharePoint list which contains a column which displays a Custom Item ID created by concatenating the ID field and the last 2 digits of the year (like this 01-21).
In some circumstances it is necessary to create a duplicate of an existing item. in this case, when the new item is created, the user inputs the original items Custom Item ID into a field called OriginalID to maintain a link between the copy and the original.
I want to use a Power Automate flow update fields in the original item when the copy is created. To do this I have created a calculated field which should 'reverse-engineer' the ID column from the OriginalID column by removing the last 3 characters (the hyphen and year digits) from the OriginalID.
This is what my formula looks like:
=LEFT([OriginalID],LEN([OriginalID]-3))
It is set to return a text string as is the OriginalID field.
when all the necessary fields have correct data input into them the calculated column returns a #VALUE! Error.
Can anyone assist with this problem?
Lösung
Use any of the below formula, it should work for you:
=LEFT([OriginalID], LEN([OriginalID])-3)
OR
=LEFT([OriginalID], INT(FIND("-", [OriginalID])-1))
Output:
Microsoft documentation:
Andere Tipps
It seems the formula shall be like =LEFT([OriginalID],LEN([OriginalID])-3)
The parentheses are not in the right position