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Combine Text from Two or More Fields
Combine Text from Two or More Fields

Use a SmartSuite Formula Field to quickly create customized text

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Written by Peter Novosel
Updated over a year ago

SmartSuite formulas make it easy to combine values from two or more fields to create a custom label. Here's how:

  1. Add a new Formula field to your Table

  2. After the Formula builder opens, give the field a name

  3. Follow the instructions below to enter a formula that combines fields and text

  4. Click the Add Field button to save your changes

Building your formula

You can include a number of different elements in your formula:

  • Include another field's value by referencing it by name, enclosed in square brackets: [Field Name]

  • Include text by enclosing it in double quotes (spaces will be included!)

There are two ways to create custom text in your formula - with the addition (+) operator or the CONCAT function.

Addition operator

Use a + in between [Field] names or "text" like this:

[Field Name] + " some additional text " + [Field 2]

CONCAT function

Use the CONCAT function to combine a comma-separated list of items into a single text value:

CONCAT( [Field Name], " some additional text ", [Field 2] )

Note that the text is combined in the order listed, left to right.


Examples

Combine Two Fields to Create a Custom Label

An example of this would be creating a unique name for a record that stores your sales leads, combining the name of the potential customer with the sales region. You can do that in two ways:

[Customer Name] + "-" + [Region]

OR

CONCAT([Customer Name], "-", [Region])

The CONCAT function concatenates (combines) the text values of the items you include, separating those values with commas. The result might looks something like:

ACME-East

Include Dates and Numbers in Your Text

If you combine numbers or dates in this way, your output will be text. For example you could append the created date to a customer service ticket name:

[Ticket Name] + "-" + [First Created]

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