My form calculation field is not working

  • realtomsamsher
    Asked on December 1, 2016 at 6:33 AM

    https://www.jotform.com//?formID=62734449897171

  • emily
    Replied on December 1, 2016 at 7:03 AM

    Thank you for contacting us.

    I inspected your form with Form ID: 62734449897171. Your calculation contains checkbox fields. When I deleted all checkbox fields from the formula, I was able to see a calculation in the Calculation field. 

    Since you have not defined any calculation values for any checkboxes, the Form Calculation widget which contains checkbox fields the formula, can not function.

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    Please apply the steps below for each of your checkboxes.

    1. Click on Edit Properties.

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    2. Go to Surveying Segment and enter the value you request to the field shown in the screenshot, for making calculations.

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    I hope this works. If your problem still persists, please let us know.

    Thanks.

     

  • realtomsamsher
    Replied on December 1, 2016 at 9:48 PM

    ok understood for the one u showed me but what about the ones earlier in my forums?

    where u type the number u want 1-5 

    then i want it to take that number and multiply it by the cost and add it to the total?

    the last part i get this is where i need assistance?

  • realtomsamsher
    Replied on December 2, 2016 at 12:01 AM

    i went back and added the value like u showed me but still my calculator is blank at the end?

  • emily
    Replied on December 2, 2016 at 2:02 AM

    Thank you for your response.

    Please give me some time to inspect the problem. Will be back with the answer. 

     

     

  • emily
    Replied on December 2, 2016 at 2:45 AM

    Hi,

    I detected the problem why the fields cannot be calculated.

    You have added one checkbox for each answer to your questions. Because you defined a checkbox to each answers, when you select only one, the other checkboxes do not return any value to your formula. That is why the calculation field becomes empty.

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    Instead, you should only use one checkbox for each of your questions. I made an example demonstration with one number field and two checkboxes for two questions. Please have a look at the screenshots below.

    1. I created a checkbox field for each question. You add new options to checkboxes.

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    2. Click on Settings button of each checkbox and choose to Edit Properties.

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    3. Enter the calculation values that will be used for the Form Calculation widget. If you choose 2nd option, in the calculation, the field will return 480.

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    4. What Type of Protection and Misc. Enchants fields will return the value of the selected checkbox. 

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    5. Here is the outline of the form I created.

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    You can see the result in the below screenshot.

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    Please apply this example to your form and try again. You can clone the example form into your account and test it on your side. 

    URL of the form I created: https://form.jotform.com/63360771730959 

    Here is the user guide that will help you to clone a form from a URL.

    https://www.jotform.com/help/42-How-to-Clone-an-Existing-Form-from-a-URL 

    I hope this helps.

    Please check again and let us know if you have further questions.

    Thank you.