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I have a requirement where I need to populate records where a criteria is true. The criteria is the users must have joined in between Jul,2018 to May,2019. I thought I can achieve this using a formula field. Below is the formula:

AND((Join_Date__c >= DATE(2018,07,01)),(Join_Date__c <= DATE(2019,04,30)))

this would return true if both the conditions satisy. But when I see in the record, it is displayed as "#Error!" instead of true or false

I do not understand where I have done a mistake. Can anyone please help me with this.

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  • Do you want to display true in the formula field if joining date falls in your criteria, and false otherwise. Is it? – sfdc_sk Mar 1 '19 at 8:19
  • Yes @sfdc_sk...True and false in the sense, check or uncheck – S kanth Mar 1 '19 at 8:21
  • What datatype are you using for this formula field? – Rahul Gawale Mar 1 '19 at 8:27
  • @rahulgawale return data type is checkbox – S kanth Mar 1 '19 at 8:30
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Use this formula.

IF( AND( Join_Date__c >= DATE(2018,07,01), Join_Date__c <= DATE(2019,04,30) ), true, false )

The mistake in your formula is April doesnt have 31 days

DATE(2019,04,31) is not correct
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  • Thanks for your concern over this issue....I tried using your formula. It also returned error as value in the field – S kanth Mar 1 '19 at 9:01
  • Then probably you will have to check FLS for the field named Join_Date__c – Junaid P Khader Mar 1 '19 at 9:06
  • It is set to visible for all the profiles and being a system admin, atleast, I would have access to all fields. Even in the field accessibility, it is set to editable for system admin profile – S kanth Mar 1 '19 at 9:09
  • I have modified the formula in the answer. Try that! – Junaid P Khader Mar 1 '19 at 9:26
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    In your formula, you are using the 31st day of April in the second condition. However April has only 30 days. That was the problem. – Junaid P Khader Mar 1 '19 at 9:34

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