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IF and SWITCH Functions

Hello,   IF and SWITCH have their own set of rules?   IF- Tried using the IF function, its doesnt allow to use it more than 3 times? Error-"Too many arguments were passed to the IF function. Th...
  • ryan_mayu's avatar
    5 years ago

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    Column = if(Sheet1[Month]="Jan","Fisrt",
    IF(Sheet1[Month]="feb",what's the result for feb?
    IF(Sheet1[Num]=2,"Second","Good",//this IF staement is completed, you can't have the below statments
    IF(Sheet1[Month]="Mar","Third"))))

    please make sure if statment has three parameters (condition, true, false)

     

    SWITCH

    What's the higher priority column of this? you can't put two columns in the switch. please share the sample data and explain the logic.

     

    Work type ref 1 = SWITCH(Sheet1[Project Portfolio Name]="none",
    Sheet1[Project ID]="XX1001","Vacation",
    Sheet1[Project ID]="XX1002","Vacation",
    Sheet1[Project ID]="XX1003","Vacation",
    Sheet1[Project ID]="XX1004","Vacation",
    Sheet1[Project ID]="XX1005","Vacation",
    Sheet1[Project ID]="XX1006","Vacation","Non- Proj",
    Sheet1[Project Portfolio Name]="Run the Business (RTB)","RTB")

     

    maybe you can try

    Column = IF(Sheet1[Project Portfolio Name]="none",SWITCH(TRUE(),Sheet1[ProjectID] in {"XX1001","XX1002","XX1003","XX1004","XX1005","XX1006"},"VACATION","NON-PROJ"),IF(Sheet1[Project Portfolio Name]="Run the Business (RTB)","RTB"))

    if the value of project porfolio name is blank instead of TEXT "none", you can try

    Column = IF(isblank(Sheet1[Project Portfolio Name]),SWITCH(TRUE(),Sheet1[ProjectID] in {"XX1001","XX1002","XX1003","XX1004","XX1005","XX1006"},"VACATION","NON-PROJ"),IF(Sheet1[Project Portfolio Name]="Run the Business (RTB)","RTB"))