How can I use data from Managed Metadata Columns in Workflows and Calculated Fields?

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Question

It seems that sharepoint does not allow MM columns to be used in calculated fields, and I'm not sure how to use them in a workflow either. Can someone please inform me as to how I can use terms in the MM columns to serve as workflow and calc. field conditions?

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Solution

Nice example by our Marc D Anderson that covers both aspects of your question:

Displaying Managed Metadata Column Values in an Email Sent from a SharePoint Designer Workflow

If you have MM column called ColumnA you can use text portion of it in calculated field with formula:

=LEFT([ColumnA],FIND(“|”,[ColumnA])-1)
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