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spandy34
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Creating Column

Hi 

I want to create a column called 'Needs Action' where a 1 is inserted if Scheduled Date field has a date in it and the Actual Date field is blank.  Can anyone tell me how I would do this please @tamerj1 @goncalogeraldes 

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Greg_Deckler
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@spandy34 Try:

Column = IF( [ScheduledDate] <> BLANK() && [ActualDate] = BLANK(),"Needs Action",BLANK())


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Greg_Deckler
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@spandy34 Try:

Column = IF( [ScheduledDate] <> BLANK() && [ActualDate] = BLANK(),"Needs Action",BLANK())


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Really appreciate your help . Thanks worked . 

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