What is the proper syntax for calling fields outside the current section for the calculation fields?
Cognito-forms – Calculations from fields in another section in Cognito Forms
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I am a developer with Cognito Forms.
This can be done by using a Price Field. In the Amount area you are going to be adding a calculation that checks to see if the Yes/No field is true or false, it will then add a price depending on what value it finds.
This is the calculation used with the Yes/No field titled "Yes No".
=YesNo ? 10 : 20
With this calculation the Yes or True value will be set to 10$ and the No or False value will be set to 20$.
For starters, check out our documentation on calculations, which covers the many ways you can perform calculations with repeating sections in Cognito Forms:
https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/2/calculations
For your specific example, if your repeating section is called Posts and contains a subtotal calculation field for each item called Total, the calculation to sum these up at the bottom of your form would be =Posts.Sum(Total).
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You can now write calculations within sections in Cognito Forms that reference other sections or the parent form.
Simply type
Form.within calculations to access fields and sections at the form level while writing calculations inside a section. Also, when writing calculations inside a section which is inside a repeating section, you can useParentSection.to access the parent repeating section item.Please check out our help documentation for more information: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/2/calculations