My form calculator doesnt add the values

  • TipsForSuccess
    Asked on December 5, 2017 at 2:06 PM

    The calculator at the bottom of this form https://form.jotform.com/73376699633978 

    is not working. I've checked the settings, cleared the cache, refreshed the pages, tried it in incognito, tried a different browser, waited for :20 and tried again. It still doesn't work.

    Can you tell me what I am doing wrong?


  • Richie JotForm Support
    Replied on December 5, 2017 at 2:55 PM

    I have checked your form and it seems that you did not add a calculate condition. The Form calculator can only calculate the value inside an input text.

    To calculate the value you need to pass it to a calculate field condition.

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    Use the IF "question" State Is Filled then DO " calculate a field's value".

    We use the + to add all the if statements at once

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    and use ANY to the rules matched.

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    Now we can add all the fields to show in our short text entry or form calculation widget.

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    We have successfully calculated the values of your field and assigned it to your short text or form calculation widget.

    Here is a sample screen cast.

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    Here is my form you can clone: https://form.jotform.com/73385286210961

    Here is a guide on how to clone a form:How-to-Clone-an-Existing-Form-from-a-URL

    Also, here is a reference guide in creating smart conditions.

    Smart-Forms-Using-Conditional-Logic



  • TipsForSuccess
    Replied on December 5, 2017 at 4:06 PM

    OK, thanks!

    FYI, it did work earlier today. Someone at Live Chat helped me. I was following these instructions:

    https://www.jotform.com/help/259-How-to-Perform-Form-Calculation-Using-a-Widget

    Do these instructions only apply to numeric fields?

  • aubreybourke
    Replied on December 5, 2017 at 5:32 PM

    I just checked it and found the problem:

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    Your last field has a plus symbol. Please remove the last plus "+" symbol.

    You can see it working here:

    https://form.jotform.com/73386996246979


  • TipsForSuccess
    Replied on December 6, 2017 at 11:39 AM

    Thanks!