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Using a Drop Down Menu to Update a Formula

Marcus_Rehnberg42
5 - Atom
‎03-20-2025 06:04 AM

I have been trying to use a Drop Down menu to update/replace the result of a formula. When I run the attached workflow, it keeps giving me a Parse Error - Unknown variable for the selection that I made. Why does Alteryx think I'm selecting a variable and not a String? How do I fix it?

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Luke_C
17 - Castor
17 - Castor
‎03-20-2025 06:31 AM

Hi @Marcus_Rehnberg42 

 

Remove the quotes in the 'replace a specific string' section. Your dropdown doesn't have the value with quotes so instead of having your formula tool say 'Medium' it is going in as just Medium and Alteryx can't interpret that. 

 

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Marcus_Rehnberg42
5 - Atom
‎03-21-2025 12:54 PM

Yes, that fixed it.  Thank you.

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