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August 15, 2025

# How to use Calculations

## Create custom calculations inside your templates

You can create calculations inside your document and templates. The sum of a calculation can be shown within a document field (works on text field and tags)

Open the settings of the text field you wish to show the result of your calculation. Check mark option: Calculation. Here you enter the calculation of your choice.

A calculations can be done by using simple math. The calculation can use values of other document fields within its template.

To use a document field inside a calculation you enter brackets around the name of the document field, for e.g: **\[**document field**\].** Remember that if your document field has mutiple words using space, you also have to add this spaces, as shown in the example.

Example of calculations:

**Add sum of two fields**

You have a document field called ***Price with tax***. Here you want to display ***Price*** + ***Tax***. Inside the calculation for ***Price with tax*** you enter:

\[price\] + \[tax\]

**Greater than values show text**

In this case if the document field value of ***Amount*** is greater than the document field value of ***Budget*** then show ***On budget***, if less then show ***Under budget***.

=IF(**\[**Amount**\]** \> **\[**Budget**\]**, "Over budget", "Under budget")

**Greater than values show text**

In this case if the document field value of ***Amount*** is greater than the document field value of ***Budget*** then show ***Over budget***, if less then show ***Under budget***.

=IF(\[Amount\] \> \[Budget\], "Over budget", "Under budget")

**If a value is x show y**

In this case if the document field value of ***Amount*** is 1000, then display: One thousand, otherwise display: Not one thousand.

=IF(\[Amount\]=1000,One thousand,Not one thousand)

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