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I am new to SF. I have a requirement where I am creating a Formula field. Basically I have three checkboxes, Check box1, Checkbox 2, Checkbox 3. I want to say something like

If Checkbox1=true, "Term1" else if Checkbox2=True,"term 2 else "term 3"

Please let me know how to accomplish this. Thanks.

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    The Help link on the formula editor page is actually very helpful and has a lot of examples.
    – Jeremy Nottingham
    Sep 26, 2014 at 19:56

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Formula fields can contain IF statements and I recommend reading the formula help, which is quite good documentation. IF statements work in the formula editor like they do in almost every programming language IF ( Evaluation Criteria returns boolean, Value if true, value if false ) and these IF statements can be nested inside each other.

IF(Checkbox1,"Term 1", IF(Checkbox2, "Term 2", "Term 3"))

With Checkbox1 being the API Name of the field, something like Checkbox1__c

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  • so if checkbox1 and 2 are false it will pick 3 right?
    – QKA
    Sep 26, 2014 at 19:57
  • This seems to follow the words, but I don't know where Checkbox 3 is supposed to come in.
    – Jeremy Nottingham
    Sep 26, 2014 at 19:57
  • got it, I need to word it better
    – QKA
    Sep 26, 2014 at 19:59
  • The logic of this formula follows your logic and will evaluate from left to right. If Checkbox1 is true, show Term 1, if it is false, then evaluate if Checkbox 2 is true and show Term 2, if Checkbox2 is false, show Term 3 as the default value if both Checkbox 1 and 2 are false.
    – greenstork
    Sep 26, 2014 at 19:59
  • so I know this might be silly for me to ask but I will ask anyway.. what if I had it like if chbox 1=true then "term1, if chkbox 2=true then term 2, if checkbox 3=true then term 3
    – QKA
    Sep 26, 2014 at 20:11

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