Column validation based on choice value of another column

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Hi,

 

a citizen developer here... I'm making a simple petty cash log for monitoring cash deposits and withdrawals, which would live as a list or one day a powerapp in MS Teams. I am thinking of using two columns for defining value, one column to determine whether the entry represents a deposit or withdrawal (with green/red formatting for better visibility) and another column that holds the value of the cash transaction. I would also like to have a total of the value column displaying the balance of the petty cash register, which means the values of withdrawals need to be subtracted. I know I can do that with a negative sign in front of the value in the column, but there's a good chance of an error if the user forgets to enter its. I was then thinking about creating column validation that would need to check if the entry is a withdrawal and if the amount is negative.

 

Looking for solutions I came across an article where I have learned that validation can not be done referencing to a different column, which is exactly what I have wanted to do here. But I'm not entirely sure that's true. What other solutions would you recommend?

 

Thanks in advance!

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@allyazz You are right about you cannot reference another column in column validation settings/formula.

 

But you can refer all columns in list in the formula from List validation settings. This should help you with what you want if you have the formula/logic.

Check this example how you can use list validation settings: Validation Column Not Working 


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@ganeshsanap thank you for your reply! I looked up your linke and some additional examples but I'm now struggling with the sytnax... I need to monitor if "Tip transakcije" column value is (Izdatek/expense), then the "Znesek" column value should be negative.

This is my attempt:
=IF(AND([Tip transakcije]=Izdatek, [Znesek]<0), "OK", "Znesek for Izdatek should be negative")

Could you please take a look? Thanks for your effort!

@allyazz Use your formula like: 

 

 

=IF([Tip transakcije] = "Izdatek", IF([Znesek] < 0, true, false), true)

 

 

Use correct display name of "Tip transakcije" & "Znesek" column in your formula. Also, you have to provide error message in User Message text box on list validation settings page & not within formula.

Note:

  1. Sometimes comma(,) does not work in formula (I am not sure but it is based on something language or regional settings on your site). So in that case use semicolon(;) instead of comma(,).

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