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Diff b/w calculated fields and assignments

Former Member
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1) What is the difference between calculated fields and assignments?

2) What type of fields can be calculated fields?

Regards,

Yash

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Former Member
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Hi Yashovardan,

Both These features- Calculation and Assignment perform more or less similar function,but are used in different situation based on on how they operate.

Calculation: A field is made as a calculated field, when you want a Defaulted value to that field on Saving the expression.The result of the expression appears as the fields value whenever a records is created and saved.It then is greyed out and is not available to the user for change.

Assignments: Assignments are values we assign to a repository field which depends on some other fields value or some condition.It is run manully or automatically by a user.It is not greyed out like the calculated field.

And gives a result of the assignment as Pass or Fail.As Assignments are first validated and then are assigned the value of the expression.

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Simona Pinto

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Good Answer fro my Posted Query

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Hi,

Calculated Fields | Assignments

Automatic Execution | Manual Execution

Cannot be the part of workflow | Can be used as a Workflow step

Field becomes Read-Only | No effect over the field

Boolean, Text, TextLarge, Measurement, | All Fields

Currency, GM Time, Literal Time, Literal date,

Real, Text Normalized

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Jitesh Talreja

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Hi Yashovardan,

the difference between assignment and calculated are as follows:

1)assignments are to be executed manually or in a workflow where as calculated field works automatically

2)calculated expression are written from console but assignments from data manager

3)look up fields cann't be calculated fields where as assignments can be written on look up field

there can be more to this

you can use calculated field for real,integer and all text ,currency and name fields.

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Biswanath

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Hi Yashovardan,

When you want to create the Predefined values whenever you create new record, Calculated fields will be used.

Assignments will be used when you want modify the existing records...This can be done by manually and automatcally by workflow...

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Devaraj PK

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Hi,

Calculated fields are read-only fields but assignment fields are not read-only fields.

The values for calculated field are automatically stored when we save the calculated expression in the

console but for assignment fields , assignment should be run manually or automatically to see the

result.

For calculated fieds, expressions can be defined in console but for assignment fields expression

should be defined in the MDM data manager.

Other than lookup fields, every field can be calculated field.

Thanks

Narendra

Edited by: Mullapudi Narendra on Nov 27, 2008 1:19 PM