Using 'Advance Math' in Outgrow Formula Builder

The main advantage of this feature is that it will give you the ability to add or subtract the number of days from the original date a user picks to show a difference.

To use this functionality in Outgrow, here are the steps that you need to follow:

1. The first thing you need to do is create a question in your Outgrow content piece with the Date/Time Picker as the question type. This document will consider Question 1 as the Date/Time Picker Question for reference purposes.

2. Now, if you want to subtract the number of days you have asked in another question from the value selected in Question 1, you need to navigate to Question 1 and then to the Advanced tab. Toggle on the "Enable Advanced Maths" setting, then choose the question whose value must be subtracted from Question 1. You need to add the variable for that question in the field specifying the number of days.

NOTE - If you want to use the result calculated in this step and display it as a part of the results page text, you can use {RD1} in the result description.

3. Another scenario here is that if you want to add or subtract the number of days calculated using a formula from Q1, you first need to apply that formula and create a result in the result builder. In this case, let's use this formula as an example ((Q5==0)?0:(Q5+(Q4/500)), and this has been added to calculate R11. In this case, you can use R11 in the "Enable Advanced Maths" section in Q1.

NOTE - Now again, if you want to use this value in the result text, you can use {RD2} as the variable, as this corresponds to the second operation done using Advanced Maths.

Using this mechanism, you can use a Static Number, Result and Question variables to subtract/add a given number of days from your original date. You can also choose to calculate the difference between the selected data and the current date or a cutom date using the Difference function.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected], and we will be happy to assist you further.