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    Posted: 31 May 2009 at 2:54am
Hi, can anyone help me with a basic formual to rename blank field strings/values in crystal 11.

I have a support report where one of the support team names is blank/empty. I need to replace the blank with the word EmailListener. I have tried the below and now all of the data from the report dissapears:


if {Incident.OwnerTeam}=""
then

{Incident.OwnerTeam}="EmailListener"

else

{Incident.OwnerTeam}="{Incident.Owner}"

Can anyone advise?

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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 31 May 2009 at 7:44am
if {Incident.OwnerTeam}=""
then "EmailListener"
else
{Incident.OwnerTeam}
 
If there are any NULLS instead of "" then it would be:
if {Incident.OwnerTeam}=""  or isnull({Incident.OwnerTeam})
then "EmailListener"
else
{Incident.OwnerTeam}
 
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Quote j_ellemore Replybullet Posted: 31 May 2009 at 7:54am
Thanks for the reply.

I had tried this but I get an error: "The result of a selection formula must be a boolean".

Any suggestions?

Thanks
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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 31 May 2009 at 8:16am
1.this is a crystal syntax formula. Do you have the fomrula field set to Crystal syntax?
2. this is not to be used in your select expert but rather as formula field. You can then use the formula field for your display, grouping, summing or whatever instead of the original field.
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Quote j_ellemore Replybullet Posted: 31 May 2009 at 9:13am
Makes perfect sense now, that is what I was doing wrong.

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