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Count the Options Selected in Records

Summary

Count the options selected in the specified field in the retrieved records. You can reuse the result of the count in other Actions.

How to use

Count the total number of selections in fields where multiple selections are possible, such as checkboxes and user selections. If there are no selections, it will be zero.

Parameters

Set Select Record Action, Field to Count, How to Count the Same Value, and Target Field (Optional).

Select Record Action

Open the list of Actions and select the Action you used to obtain the target records.

Field to Count

Select the field to count the selections. This parameter accepts the following field types:

  • Check box
  • Multi-choice
  • User selection
  • Department selection
  • Group selection

Fields in tables cannot be selected.

How to Count the Same Value

Count same value Separately: Count the number of selections regardless of the selected values.

Count same value as one: Count as one, even if there are two or more rows with the same value selected. This means it will tally the total number of unique values selected.

For example, there are three records, and the value of the “Field to Count” is as follows:

  • Line 1: A, B, C
  • Line 2: X
  • Line 3: Y, Z, A

The results are as follows:

    • When “Count the same value separately,” the total count is 7 (3 + 3 + 1).
    • When “Count the same value as one,” the total count is 6, representing six types: A, B, C, X, Y, and Z. The letter “A” appears twice,

but it counts as one instance.

Target Field (Optional)

Use this parameter to set the results to another field. You can leave this parameter empty to use the calculation result in another action without setting it to any field.

This parameter accepts the following field types: Fields in tables cannot be selected.

  • Text
  • Number
  • Text area
  • Rich text

Precautions

If there are no records in the result of the “Record Selection Action”, the result will be zero.

You cannot select the action for “when there are no records” such as “Calculate Average of Fields in Records.”