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Five formulas to know

Formulas 101

10 lessons, 41 minutes

Learn the most valuable formulas

 Just like human language, you don’t need to know every word in the dictionary to be a proficient speaker. With Coda, there are five formulas you’ll use in doc after doc after doc. Let’s add these MVP formulas to our toolbox.

Practice with the five formulas you need to know

 In your companion doc, complete the exercises for each of the following formulas:
  1. Filter
  2. User
  3. thisRow
  4. Contains
  5. If and SwitchIf

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Formulas 101

A comprehensive introduction to the Coda formula language allowing to unlock to power of working with data in Coda.

10 lessons, 41 minutes total

1

Welcome to Formulas 101

1:03

2

The Coda formula language

8:06

3

Tip: Dot operator explained

1:17

4

Tip: How to read a formula

1:32

Five formulas to know

8:34

6

Tip: Formulas and text

2:03

7

Tip: How to use the formula editor

1:18

8

Troubleshooting formulas

5:47

9

Formulas in common docs

11:50

10

Tip: How to edit formulas

0:25