How to use a negative of a numeric column's value in workflow [closed]

Question

I have a column named "How many month before the due date to inform the focal" which is used to know how many months before the due date I need to remind the focal to do his task.

The problem is: I need to multiply this value by (-1) and then use it (with nintex calculate a date action).

I'm using sharepoint 2007.

Answer 1

There are a couple options in your Nintex workflow, you could use the calculate a date operation or do a math operation or do a combination of both.

Get the value of the coilumn in your math operation, multiple it by -1 and output it to a variable. In your calculate date operation set the month to the value you calculated in the math operation and provide it with a date to calculate on and out put it to a new date time variable.

You can also create an Offset calculated column that simply =[Your Column]*-1 and use that in your workflow.

It isn't column related per se.