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Available functions

General Caster uses the same syntax used in Microsoft Excel formulas.

Differences between General Caster and Formula column

Although Formula column syntax is similar to General Caster syntax, there are some differences.

If you are converting all your formulas from Formula column to General Caster, you can't simply copy the formula from the column and paste it into the formula composer in General Caster.

In the Formula column, when you click on a column reference, {Column} is added to the text. General Caster uses a slightly different reference, for example {item's Column}. Just click on the corresponding column button at the bottom of formula composer in General Caster to get the correct column reference.

Keep in mind that, due to how monday.com works, you can have multiple columns with the same name. To prevent misleading references, make sure the columns you use in the formula have a unique name.

In addition, there are the following differences.

Formula function	Corresponding General Caster function
ADD_DAYS	Not available. Use TEXT(DATEVALUE({item's Date}) + 5, "YYYY-MM-DD")
DIVIDE	Not available. Use {item's Number 1} / {item's Number 2}
FORMAT_DATE	TEXT
HOURS_DIFF	HOUR
MINUS	Not available. Use {item's Number 1} - {item's Number 2}
MULTIPLY	Not available. Use {item's Number 1} * {item's Number 2}
SUBTRACT_DAYS	Not available. Use TEXT(DATEVALUE({item's Date}) - 5, "YYYY-MM-DD")
WORKDAYS	WORKDAY
{Timeline#Start}	LEFT({item's Timeline}, 10)
{Timeline#End}	RIGHT({item's Timeline}, 10)
{Time Tracking#Hours}	HOUR({item's Time Tracking})
{Time Tracking#Minutes}	MINUTE({item's Time Tracking})
{Time Tracking#Seconds}	SECOND({item's Time Tracking})

Using Formula column as input for your formula

Native monday.com's Formula column doesn't actually contain what you see as value in the column. The result is calculated on client side so it can't be used as input for your formula in General Caster (and in all other workflows and chart).

If you want to use the result of a native Formula column in General Caster, you need to integrate it into your General Caster's formula, following the instruction you find in the section "Differences between General Caster and Formula column".

You can also chain multiple General Caster integrations casting on different column. For example:

1. When Date changes, perform formula and cast result to Number;
2. When Number changes, perform formula and cast result to Status.

Useful functions when working with subitems, mirrored columns and all columns that can contain multiple values

General Caster supports subitems, mirrored summary columns and other columns that can contain multiple values.

For these columns, General Caster provides helper functions to retrieve a single value, for example the lowest number in the group or the latest date, or to perform basic math calculations, like getting the sum of multiple numbers or calculate the average, before using the result in your formula.

Helper functions require a M plan or higher.

Function	Useful for Column	Description
MONDAY.GENERAL.COUNT	Any	Returns the number of items in the column
MONDAY.NUMBER.MIN	Number	Returns the lowest number
MONDAY.NUMBER.MAX	Number	Returns the highest number
MONDAY.NUMBER.SUM	Number	Returns the sum of all the numbers
MONDAY.NUMBER.AVG	Number	Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of all the numbers
MONDAY.DATE.MIN	Date and Timeline	Returns the earliest date in YYYY-MM-DD format
MONDAY.DATE.MAX	Date and Timeline	Returns the latest date in YYYY-MM-DD format
MONDAY.DATE.TIMELINE	Date and Timeline	Returns a timeline from earliest to latest date in YYYY-MM-DD+YYYY-MM-DD format
MONDAY.DURATION.MIN	Time Tracking	Returns the shortest period in HH:MM:SS format
MONDAY.DURATION.MAX	Time Tracking	Returns the longest period in HH:MM:SS format
MONDAY.DURATION.SUM	Time Tracking	Returns the sum of all the periods in HH:MM:SS format
MONDAY.DURATION.AVG	Time Tracking	Returns the average period in HH:MM:SS format
MONDAY.TIMELINE.SUM	Timeline	Returns the sum of days contained in all timelines

Existing helper functions are now deprecated. They keep working but will soon removed. Please update all your formulas containing the following functions:

HELPER.COUNT HELPER.MIN HELPER.MAX HELPER.SUM HELPER.AVG HELPER.EARLIEST HELPER.LATEST HELPER.EARLIESTLATEST

Column values retrieved and casted by General Caster

You can treat most column and values retrieved and casted by General Caster as simple text or numbers. Columns with multiple values, like dropdowns, are returned as first_value+second_value+third_value. Columns with "rich" values, like locations, are returned as first_part:second_part:third_part.

Column	Value	Example
Item Name	Name of the item Paid plan required	"Item 1"
Item Group	Group of the item Paid plan required	"Group Title"
Checkbox	Boolean value	true if column is checked, false otherwise
Country	ISO 2-letter Country code	"IT" or "US"
Date	ISO 8601 date/time	"2013-02-08" or "2013-02-08 17:30:00" (time must be in UTC)
Dropdown	One or more labels separated by plus	"Red" or "Red+White+Green"
Email	Email address and displayed name separated by colon	"email@company.com:Company Inc."
File (readonly)	One or more file names separated by plus Paid plan required	"document.doc" or "document.doc+data.xls"
Hour	ISO 8601 time	"17:30"
Jira (readonly)	Link to the corresponding item in Jira L plan required	"https://monday.atlassian.net/browse/TBT-1"
Link	Web address and displayed text separated by colon. Escape : occurences in the URL with \.	"https://monday.omnidea.it:Monday" or "https://monday.omnidea.it?key\:value:Monday link including \:"
Location	Latitude, longitude and displayed text separated by colon	"45.438611:12.326667:Venice"
Long Text	Simple text	"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"
Mirror	One or more values separated by plus Paid plan required	"69420" if only one item is linked or "69420+42069" if two items are linked
Number	Simple numbers	420
People	ID:type:name separated by plus Paid plan required	"69420:person:Tim Apple+42069:team:Management"
Phone	Phone number and ISO 2-letter Country code separated by colon	"42069420:US"
Rating	A number between 1 and the rating scale defined in the column	5
Status	Status label	"Done"
Tags	One or more tag IDs separated by plus	"69420" or "69420+42069"
Team	Team ID	"69420"
Text	Simple text	"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"
Time Tracking (readonly)	Time passed in HH:MM:SS format	01:23:45 for 1 hour, 23 mins and 45 secs. See available functions to extract hours, minutes and seconds.
Timeline	Two ISO 8601 dates separated by plus	"2013-02-08+2013-02-20"
Week	Two ISO 8601 dates separated by plus starting at the beginning of the week defined in your account and ending 7 days later	"2013-02-08+2013-02-14"
World Clock	ISO timezone	"Europe/Rome"

Working with dates

A date value retrieved by General Caster from a Date column is a string in the YYYY-MM-DD format, for example a simple formula like {item's Date} returns 2013-02-08.

If you need to use it without any date calculations, like combining two dates from two different Date columns to create a Timeline, just use the CONCATENATE function to get the correct Timeline format described above: CONCATENATE({item's From}, "+", {item's To}).

If you need to perform calculations with your date before casting the result, like adding or subtracting days, extracting the weekday and so forth, you need to convert the date from a string in YYYY-MM-DD format to a valid date value using the DATEVALUE function.

So, the formula DATEVALUE({item's Date}) + 5 will return a new date that is 5 days after the one set in Date column.

This result is still not ready to be casted into a destination Date column, because monday.com requires a string in the YYYY-MM-DD format, as explained above.

In order to achieve that, use the TEXT function to convert it back into the correct format. For example the formula TEXT(DATEVALUE({item's Date}) + 5, "YYYY-MM-DD") takes a date from the Date column, converts it into a date value, adds 5 days and converts it back to a string ready to be casted.

Visit the Ideas page, containing some popular Date formulas, to get inspiration for your next formula.

If you cast a wrong string (not in the YYYY-MM-DD format), the destination Date column could show a weird date, like many years in the past or in the future. Follow instructions in the Debug section to check if your formula result is correct.

Cast result to mirrored column

As monday.com doesn't display mirror column in columns dropdown, use the dedicated "cast result to mirrored column" integration, that requires you to type the ID of the mirrored column.

Column ID is displayed at the top of the menu that appears when you click on the green arrow beside column title.

If you don't see it, enable Column IDs displaying by following the steps below:

1. Click on your Profile Icon on bottom left;
2. Click on monday.labs menu;
3. Activate Developer mode.

"Cast result to mirrored column" integration requires a paid plan.

If X then "do" else "do nothing"

Sometimes you want to leave a column value unchanged until a condition is verified.

In this case, use "DO-NOTHING" as result of your formula.

For example, using IF({item's Status} = "Done", "Completed", "DO-NOTHING") formula, the destination column will be updated with "Completed" value only when Status will be set to "Done".

Error codes

If a formula cannot correctly evaluate a result, General Caster displays an error value, such as #DIV/0!, #NAME?, #NUM! and #VALUE!. Each error type has different causes, and different solutions.

Error	Meaning	Solution
#DIV/0!	General Caster displays this error when a number is divided either by zero (0) or by a cell that contains no value.	Add an error handler like IFERROR.
#NAME?	This error is displayed when General Caster does not recognize text in a formula. For example, a range name or the name of a function may be spelled incorrectly.	If you’re using a function, make sure the function name is spelled correctly.
#NUM!	General Caster displays this error when a formula or function contains invalid numeric values.	Check the value is a valid number.
#VALUE!	General Caster can display this error if your formula includes cells that contain different data types.	Convert data type before performing calculations. For example, use DATEVALUE to convert a string to a date.

Debug your formula

Before casting formula result into destination columns, temporary cast it into a Text column to make sure the value is in the right format.