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Formulas Supported in Custom Fields
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Written by Andrew Naisawald
Updated over a month ago

Below is a full list of formulas supported in the Hive Formula Custom Fields:

Hive-specific Formula Fields

Function

Example call

Expected result

START_DATE

START_DATE()

Action start date

DUE_DATE

DUE_DATE()

Action due date

STATUS

STATUS()

Action status, for example "In Progress"

PROJECT_START_DATE

PROJECT_START_DATE()

Project start date

PROJECT_DUE_DATE

PROJECT_DUE_DATE()

Project due date

FIELD

FIELD("AnyCustomField")

Stored value of "AnyCustomField"

DATE

Function

Example call

Expected result

DATE

DATE(2008, 7, 8)

Tue Jul 08 2008 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)

DUE_DATE

DATE_DATE()

Action due date

DATEVALUE

DATEVALUE('8/22/2011')

Mon Aug 22 2011 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)

DAY

DAY('15-Apr-11')

15

DAYS

DAYS('3/15/11', '2/1/11')

42

DAYS360

DAYS360('1-Jan-11', '31-Dec-11')

360

EDATE

EDATE('1/15/11', -1)

Wed Dec 15 2010 00:00:00 GMT-0800 (PST)

EOMONTH

EOMONTH('1/1/11', -3)

Sun Oct 31 2010 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)

HOUR

HOUR('7/18/2011 7:45:00 AM')

7

MINUTE

MINUTE('2/1/2011 12:45:00 PM')

45

ISOWEEKNUM

ISOWEEKNUM('3/9/2012')

10

MONTH

MONTH('15-Apr-11')

4

NETWORKDAYS

NETWORKDAYS('10/1/2012', '3/1/2013', ['11/22/2012'])

109

NETWORKDAYSINTL

NETWORKDAYSINTL('1/1/2006', '2/1/2006', 7, ['1/2/2006'])

23

NOW

NOW()

Thu Feb 20 2020 23:02:55 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time)

SECOND

SECOND('2/1/2011 4:48:18 PM')

18

TIME

TIME(16, 48, 10)

0.7001157407407408

TIMEVALUE

TIMEVALUE('22-Aug-2011 6:35 AM')

0.2743055555555556

TODAY

TODAY()

Thu Feb 20 2020 23:02:55 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time)

WEEKDAY

WEEKDAY('2/14/2008', 3)

3

YEAR

YEAR('7/5/2008')

2008

WEEKNUM

WEEKNUM('3/9/2012', 2)

11

WORKDAY

WORKDAY('10/1/2008', 151, ['11/26/2008', '12/4/2008'])

Mon May 04 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)

WORKDAYINTL

WORKDAYINTL('1/1/2012', 30, 17)

Sun Feb 05 2012 00:00:00 GMT-0800 (PST)

YEARFRAC

YEARFRAC('1/1/2012', '7/30/2012', 3)

0.5780821917808219

FINANCIAL

Function

Example call

Expected result

ACCRINT

ACCRINT('01/01/2011', '02/01/2011', '07/01/2014', 0.1, 1000, 1, 0)

350

CUMIPMT

CUMIPMT(0.1/12, 30*12, 100000, 13, 24, 0)

-9916.77251395708

CUMPRINC

CUMPRINC(0.1/12, 30*12, 100000, 13, 24, 0)

-614.0863271085149

DB

DB(1000000, 100000, 6, 1, 6)

159500

DDB

DDB(1000000, 100000, 6, 1, 1.5)

250000

DOLLARDE

DOLLARDE(1.1, 16)

1.625

DOLLARFR

DOLLARFR(1.625, 16)

1.1

EFFECT

EFFECT(0.1, 4)

0.10381289062499977

FV

FV(0.1/12, 10, -100, -1000, 0)

2124.874409194097

FVSCHEDULE

FVSCHEDULE(100, [0.09,0.1,0.11])

133.08900000000003

IPMT

IPMT(0.1/12, 6, 2*12, 100000, 1000000, 0)

928.8235718400465

IRR

IRR([-75000,12000,15000,18000,21000,24000], 0.075)

0.05715142887178447

ISPMT

ISPMT(0.1/12, 6, 2*12, 100000)

-625

MIRR

MIRR([-75000,12000,15000,18000,21000,24000], 0.1, 0.12)

0.07971710360838036

NOMINAL

NOMINAL(0.1, 4)

0.09645475633778045

NPER

NPER(0.1/12, -100, -1000, 10000, 0)

63.39385422740764

NPV

NPV(0.1, -10000, 2000, 4000, 8000)

1031.3503176012546

PDURATION

PDURATION(0.1, 1000, 2000)

7.272540897341714

PMT

PMT(0.1/12, 2*12, 100000, 1000000, 0)

-42426.08563793503

PPMT

PPMT(0.1/12, 6, 2*12, 100000, 1000000, 0)

-43354.909209775076

PV

PV(0.1/12, 2*12, 1000, 10000, 0)

-29864.950264779152

RATE

RATE(2*12, -1000, -10000, 100000, 0, 0.1)

0.06517891177181533

ENGINEERING

Function

Example call

Expected result

BIN2DEC

BIN2DEC(101010)

42

BIN2HEX

BIN2HEX(101010)

2a

BIN2OCT

BIN2OCT(101010)

52

BITAND

BITAND(42, 24)

8

BITLSHIFT

BITLSHIFT(42, 24)

704643072

BITOR

BITOR(42, 24)

58

BITRSHIFT

BITRSHIFT(42, 2)

10

BITXOR

BITXOR(42, 24)

50

COMPLEX

COMPLEX(3, 4)

3+4i

CONVERT

CONVERT(64, 'kibyte', 'bit')

524288

DEC2BIN

DEC2BIN(42)

101010

DEC2HEX

DEC2HEX(42)

2a

DEC2OCT

DEC2OCT(42)

52

DELTA

DELTA(42, 42)

1

ERF

ERF(1)

0.8427007929497149

ERFC

ERFC(1)

0.1572992070502851

GESTEP

GESTEP(42, 24)

1

HEX2BIN

HEX2BIN('2a')

101010

HEX2DEC

HEX2DEC('2a')

42

HEX2OCT

HEX2OCT('2a')

52

IMABS

IMABS('3+4i')

5

IMAGINARY

IMAGINARY('3+4i')

4

IMARGUMENT

IMARGUMENT('3+4i')

0.9272952180016122

IMCONJUGATE

IMCONJUGATE('3+4i')

3-4i

IMCOS

IMCOS('1+i')

0.8337300251311491-0.9888977057628651i

IMCOSH

IMCOSH('1+i')

0.8337300251311491+0.9888977057628651i

IMCOT

IMCOT('1+i')

0.21762156185440265-0.8680141428959249i

IMCSC

IMCSC('1+i')

0.6215180171704283-0.3039310016284264i

IMCSCH

IMCSCH('1+i')

0.3039310016284264-0.6215180171704283i

IMDIV

IMDIV('1+2i', '3+4i')

0.44+0.08i

IMEXP

IMEXP('1+i')

1.4686939399158851+2.2873552871788423i

IMLN

IMLN('1+i')

0.3465735902799727+0.7853981633974483i

IMLOG10

IMLOG10('1+i')

0.1505149978319906+0.3410940884604603i

IMLOG2

IMLOG2('1+i')

0.5000000000000001+1.1330900354567985i

IMPOWER

IMPOWER('1+i', 2)

1.2246063538223775e-16+2.0000000000000004i

IMPRODUCT

IMPRODUCT('1+2i', '3+4i', '5+6i')

-85+20i

IMREAL

IMREAL('3+4i')

3

IMSEC

IMSEC('1+i')

0.4983370305551868+0.591083841721045i

IMSECH

IMSECH('1+i')

0.4983370305551868-0.591083841721045i

IMSIN

IMSIN('1+i')

1.2984575814159773+0.6349639147847361i

IMSINH

IMSINH('1+i')

0.6349639147847361+1.2984575814159773i

IMSQRT

IMSQRT('1+i')

1.0986841134678098+0.45508986056222733i

IMSUB

IMSUB('3+4i', '1+2i')

2+2i

IMSUM

IMSUM('1+2i', '3+4i', '5+6i')

9+12i

IMTAN

IMTAN('1+i')

0.2717525853195117+1.0839233273386946i

OCT2BIN

OCT2BIN('52')

101010

OCT2DEC

OCT2DEC('52')

42

OCT2HEX

OCT2HEX('52')

2a

LOGICAL

Function

Example call

Expected result

AND

AND(true, false, true)

false

false

FALSE()

false

IF

IF(true, 'Hello!', 'Goodbye!')

Hello!

IFS

IFS(false, 'Hello!', true, 'Goodbye!')

Goodbye!

IFERROR

IFERROR('#DIV/0!', 'Error')

Error

IFNA

IFNA('#N/A', 'Error')

Error

NOT

NOT(true)

false

OR

OR(true, false, true)

true

SWITCH

SWITCH(7, 9, 'Nine', 7, 'Seven')

Seven

true

TRUE()

true

XOR

XOR(true, false, true)

false

MATH

Function

Example call

Expected result

ABS

ABS(-4)

4

ACOS

ACOS(-0.5)

2.0943951023931957

ACOSH

ACOSH(10)

2.993222846126381

ACOT

ACOT(2)

0.46364760900080615

ACOTH

ACOTH(6)

0.16823611831060645

AGGREGATE

AGGREGATE(9, 4, [-5,15], [32,'Hello World!'])

10,32

ARABIC

ARABIC('MCMXII')

1912

ASIN

ASIN(-0.5)

-0.5235987755982988

ASINH

ASINH(-2.5)

-1.6472311463710965

ATAN

ATAN(1)

0.7853981633974483

ATAN2

ATAN2(-1, -1)

-2.356194490192345

ATANH

ATANH(-0.1)

-0.10033534773107562

BASE

BASE(15, 2, 10)

0000001111

CEILING

CEILING(-5.5, 2, -1)

-6

CEILINGMATH

CEILINGMATH(-5.5, 2, -1)

-6

CEILINGPRECISE

CEILINGPRECISE(-4.1, -2)

-4

COMBIN

COMBIN(8, 2)

28

COMBINA

COMBINA(4, 3)

20

COS

COS(1)

0.5403023058681398

COSH

COSH(1)

1.5430806348152437

COT

COT(30)

-0.15611995216165922

COTH

COTH(2)

1.0373147207275482

CSC

CSC(15)

1.5377805615408537

CSCH

CSCH(1.5)

0.46964244059522464

DECIMAL

DECIMAL('FF', 16)

255

ERF

ERF(1)

0.8427007929497149

ERFC

ERFC(1)

0.1572992070502851

EVEN

EVEN(-1)

-2

EXP

EXP(1)

2.718281828459045

FACT

FACT(5)

120

FACTDOUBLE

FACTDOUBLE(7)

105

FLOOR

FLOOR(-3.1)

-4

FLOORMATH

FLOORMATH(-4.1, -2, -1)

-4

FLOORPRECISE

FLOORPRECISE(-3.1, -2)

-4

GCD

GCD(24, 36, 48)

12

INT

INT(-8.9)

-9

ISEVEN

ISEVEN(-2.5)

true

ISOCEILING

ISOCEILING(-4.1, -2)

-4

ISODD

ISODD(-2.5)

false

LCM

LCM(24, 36, 48)

144

LN

LN(86)

4.454347296253507

LOG

LOG(8, 2)

3

LOG10

LOG10(100000)

5

MOD

MOD(3, -2)

-1

MROUND

MROUND(-10, -3)

-9

MULTINOMIAL

MULTINOMIAL(2, 3, 4)

1260

ODD

ODD(-1.5)

-3

POWER

POWER(5, 2)

25

PRODUCT

PRODUCT(5, 15, 30)

2250

QUOTIENT

QUOTIENT(-10, 3)

-3

RADIANS

RADIANS(180)

3.141592653589793

RAND

RAND()

[Random real number greater between 0 and 1]

RANDBETWEEN

RANDBETWEEN(-1, 1)

[Random integer between bottom and top]

ROUND

ROUND(626.3, -3)

1000

ROUNDDOWN

ROUNDDOWN(-3.14159, 2)

-3.14

ROUNDUP

ROUNDUP(-3.14159, 2)

-3.15

SEC

SEC(45)

1.9035944074044246

SECH

SECH(45)

5.725037161098787e-20

SIGN

SIGN(-0.00001)

-1

SIN

SIN(1)

0.8414709848078965

SINH

SINH(1)

1.1752011936438014

SQRT

SQRT(16)

4

SQRTPI

SQRTPI(2)

2.5066282746310002

SUBTOTAL

SUBTOTAL(9, [-5,15], [32,'Hello World!'])

10,32

SUM

SUM(-5, 15, 32, 'Hello World!')

42

SUMIF

SUMIF([2,4,8,16], '>5')

24

SUMIFS

SUMIFS([2,4,8,16], [1,2,3,4], '>=2', [1,2,4,8], '<=4')

12

SUMPRODUCT

SUMPRODUCT([[1,2],[3,4]], [[1,0],[0,1]])

5

SUMSQ

SUMSQ(3, 4)

25

SUMX2MY2

SUMX2MY2([1,2], [3,4])

-20

SUMX2PY2

SUMX2PY2([1,2], [3,4])

30

SUMXMY2

SUMXMY2([1,2], [3,4])

8

TAN

TAN(1)

1.5574077246549023

TANH

TANH(-2)

-0.9640275800758168

TRUNC

TRUNC(-8.9)

-8

STATISTICAL

Function

Example call

Expected result

AVEDEV

AVEDEV([2,4], [8,16])

4.5

AVERAGE

AVERAGE([2,4], [8,16])

7.5

AVERAGEA

AVERAGEA([2,4], [8,16])

7.5

AVERAGEIF

AVERAGEIF([2,4,8,16], '>5', [1, 2, 3, 4])

3.5

AVERAGEIFS

AVERAGEIFS([2,4,8,16], [1,2,3,4], '>=2', [1,2,4,8], '<=4')

6

BETADIST

BETADIST(2, 8, 10, true, 1, 3)

0.6854705810117458

BETAINV

BETAINV(0.6854705810117458, 8, 10, 1, 3)

1.9999999999999998

BINOMDIST

BINOMDIST(6, 10, 0.5, false)

0.205078125

CORREL

CORREL([3,2,4,5,6], [9,7,12,15,17])

0.9970544855015815

COUNT

COUNT([1,2], [3,4])

4

COUNTA

COUNTA([1, null, 3, 'a', '', 'c'])

4

COUNTBLANK

COUNTBLANK([1, null, 3, 'a', '', 'c'])

2

COUNTIF

COUNTIF(['Caen', 'Melbourne', 'Palo Alto', 'Singapore'], 'a')

3

COUNTIFS

COUNTIFS([2,4,8,16], [1,2,3,4], '>=2', [1,2,4,8], '<=4')

2

COUNTUNIQUE

COUNTUNIQUE([1,1,2,2,3,3])

3

COVARIANCEP

COVARIANCEP([3,2,4,5,6], [9,7,12,15,17])

5.2

COVARIANCES

COVARIANCES([2,4,8], [5,11,12])

9.666666666666668

DEVSQ

DEVSQ([2,4,8,16])

115

EXPONDIST

EXPONDIST(0.2, 10, true)

0.8646647167633873

FDIST

FDIST(15.2069, 6, 4, false)

0.0012237917087831735

FINV

FINV(0.01, 6, 4)

0.10930991412457851

FISHER

FISHER(0.75)

0.9729550745276566

FISHERINV

FISHERINV(0.9729550745276566)

0.75

FORECAST

FORECAST(30, [6,7,9,15,21], [20,28,31,38,40])

10.607253086419755

FREQUENCY

FREQUENCY([79,85,78,85,50,81,95,88,97], [70,79,89])

1,2,4,2

GAMMA

GAMMA(2.5)

1.3293403919101043

GAMMALN

GAMMALN(10)

12.801827480081961

GAUSS

GAUSS(2)

0.4772498680518208

GEOMEAN

GEOMEAN([2,4], [8,16])

5.656854249492381

GROWTH

GROWTH([2,4,8,16], [1,2,3,4], [5])

32.00000000000003

HARMEAN

HARMEAN([2,4], [8,16])

4.266666666666667

HYPGEOMDIST

HYPGEOMDIST(1, 4, 8, 20, false)

0.3632610939112487

INTERCEPT

INTERCEPT([2,3,9,1,8], [6,5,11,7,5])

0.04838709677419217

KURT

KURT([3,4,5,2,3,4,5,6,4,7])

-0.15179963720841627

LARGE

LARGE([3,5,3,5,4,4,2,4,6,7], 3)

5

LINEST

LINEST([1,9,5,7], [0,4,2,3], true, true)

2,1

LOGNORMDIST

LOGNORMDIST(4, 3.5, 1.2, true)

0.0390835557068005

LOGNORMINV

LOGNORMINV(0.0390835557068005, 3.5, 1.2, true)

4.000000000000001

MAX

MAX([0.1,0.2], [0.4,0.8], [true, false])

0.8

MAXA

MAXA([0.1,0.2], [0.4,0.8], [true, false])

1

MEDIAN

MEDIAN([1,2,3], [4,5,6])

3.5

MIN

MIN([0.1,0.2], [0.4,0.8], [true, false])

0.1

MINA

MINA([0.1,0.2], [0.4,0.8], [true, false])

0

MODEMULT

MODEMULT([1,2,3,4,3,2,1,2,3])

2,3

MODESNGL

MODESNGL([1,2,3,4,3,2,1,2,3])

2

NORMDIST

NORMDIST(42, 40, 1.5, true)

0.9087887802741321

NORMINV

NORMINV(0.9087887802741321, 40, 1.5)

42

NORMSDIST

NORMSDIST(1, true)

0.8413447460685429

NORMSINV

NORMSINV(0.8413447460685429)

1.0000000000000002

PEARSON

PEARSON([9,7,5,3,1], [10,6,1,5,3])

0.6993786061802354

PERCENTILEEXC

PERCENTILEEXC([1,2,3,4], 0.3)

1.5

PERCENTILEINC

PERCENTILEINC([1,2,3,4], 0.3)

1.9

PERCENTRANKEXC

PERCENTRANKEXC([1,2,3,4], 2, 2)

0.4

PERCENTRANKINC

PERCENTRANKINC([1,2,3,4], 2, 2)

0.33

PERMUT

PERMUT(100, 3)

970200

PERMUTATIONA

PERMUTATIONA(4, 3)

64

PHI

PHI(0.75)

0.30113743215480443

POISSONDIST

POISSONDIST(2, 5, true)

0.12465201948308113

PROB

PROB([1,2,3,4], [0.1,0.2,0.2,0.1], 2, 3)

0.4

QUARTILEEXC

QUARTILEEXC([1,2,3,4], 1)

1.25

QUARTILEINC

QUARTILEINC([1,2,3,4], 1)

1.75

RANKAVG

RANKAVG(4, [2,4,4,8,8,16], false)

4.5

RANKEQ

RANKEQ(4, [2,4,4,8,8,16], false)

4

RSQ

RSQ([9,7,5,3,1], [10,6,1,5,3])

0.4891304347826088

SKEW

SKEW([3,4,5,2,3,4,5,6,4,7])

0.3595430714067974

SKEWP

SKEWP([3,4,5,2,3,4,5,6,4,7])

0.303193339354144

SLOPE

SLOPE([1,9,5,7], [0,4,2,3])

2

SMALL

SMALL([3,5,3,5,4,4,2,4,6,7], 3)

3

STANDARDIZE

STANDARDIZE(42, 40, 1.5)

1.3333333333333333

STDEVA

STDEVA([2,4], [8,16], [true, false])

6.013872850889572

STDEVP

STDEVP([2,4], [8,16], [true, false])

5.361902647381804

STDEVPA

STDEVPA([2,4], [8,16], [true, false])

5.489889697333535

STDEVS

STDEVS([2,4], [8,16], [true, false])

6.191391873668904

STEYX

STEYX([2,3,9,1,8,7,5], [6,5,11,7,5,4,4])

3.305718950210041

TDIST

TDIST(60, 1, true)

0.9946953263673741

TINV

TINV(0.9946953263673741, 1)

59.99999999996535

TRIMMEAN

TRIMMEAN([4,5,6,7,2,3,4,5,1,2,3], 0.2)

3.7777777777777777

VARA

VARA([2,4], [8,16], [true, false])

36.16666666666667

VARP

VARP([2,4], [8,16], [true, false])

28.75

VARPA

VARPA([2,4], [8,16], [true, false])

30.13888888888889

VARS

VARS([2,4], [8,16], [true, false])

38.333333333333336

WEIBULLDIST

WEIBULLDIST(105, 20, 100, true)

0.9295813900692769

ZTEST

ZTEST([3,6,7,8,6,5,4,2,1,9], 4)

0.09057419685136381

TEXT

Function

Example call

Expected result

CHAR

CHAR(65)

A

CLEAN

CLEAN('Monthly report')

Monthly report

CODE

CODE('A')

65

CONCATENATE

CONCATENATE('Andreas', ' ', 'Hauser')

Andreas Hauser

EXACT

EXACT('Word', 'word')

false

FIND

FIND('M', 'Miriam McGovern', 3)

8

LEFT

LEFT('Sale Price', 4)

Sale

LEN

LEN('Phoenix, AZ')

11

LOWER

LOWER('E. E. Cummings')

e. e. cummings

MID

MID('Fluid Flow', 7, 20)

Flow

NUMBERVALUE

NUMBERVALUE('2.500,27', ',', '.')

2500.27

PROPER

PROPER('this is a TITLE')

This Is A Title

REGEXEXTRACT

REGEXEXTRACT('Palo Alto', 'Alto')

Alto

REGEXMATCH

REGEXMATCH('Palo Alto', 'Alto')

true

REGEXREPLACE

REGEXREPLACE('Sutoiku', 'utoiku', 'TOIC')

STOIC

REPLACE

REPLACE('abcdefghijk', 6, 5, '*')

abcde*k

REPT

REPT('*-', 3)

*-*-*-

RIGHT

RIGHT('Sale Price', 5)

Price

ROMAN

ROMAN(499)

CDXCIX

SEARCH

SEARCH('margin', 'Profit Margin')

8

SPLIT

SPLIT('A,B,C', ',')

A,B,C

SUBSTITUTE

SUBSTITUTE('Quarter 1, 2011', '1', '2', 3)

Quarter 1, 2012

T

T('Rainfall')

Rainfall

TRIM

TRIM(' First Quarter Earnings ')

First Quarter Earnings

UNICHAR

UNICHAR(66)

B

UNICODE

UNICODE('B')

66

UPPER

UPPER('total')

TOTAL

Examples of Formula Custom Fields

Logic Function IF/OR Example:

Formula Used:

  • IF(OR((EXACT(field("SelectionOne"), 'Bee')),(EXACT(field("SelectionTwo"), 'Hive'))), 'Yes', 'No')

  • Show Yes if SelectionOne has a 'Bee' or SelectionTwo has a 'Hive'. If not, show No. (See GIF)

Logic Function IF/AND Example:

Formula Used:

  • IF(AND((EXACT(field("SelectionOne"), 'Bee')),(EXACT(field("SelectionTwo"), 'Hive'))), 'Yes', 'No')

  • Show Yes if SelectionOne has a 'Bee' and SelectionTwo has a 'Hive'. If not, show No. (See GIF)

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