Time Stamps for Status Changes

I have multiple "process status" fields that I want to time stamp when the status changes (or the last time it was changed).

I'm using both Yes/No and Choice type fields.

So when a status changes to Yes, I want to display the time that happens.

I tried using:

if 'Accepted By Processing' then
now()
end

Obviously the problem here is that this field is always changing to the Now time. How do I lock in the time when a status field changes.

I've looked through the forum and could not find a formula for this.

THANK YOU in advance!

- Sean
- 6 yrs ago
- Reported - view
I assume you have Date/Time fields setup to accept the time stamp? If so, you can add something like this to your Yes/No and Choice fields...

let t := this;
if t.'Yes / No' then
t.('Date / Time' := now())
else
t.('Date / Time' := null)
end

let t := this;
if text(t.Choice) = "YourValue" then
t.('Date / Time' := now())
else
t.('Date / Time' := null)
end
- Sean
- 6 yrs ago
- Reported - view
The code would go in the "Trigger after update" for the Yes/No and Choice fields.
- wstarnes
- 6 yrs ago
- Reported - view
Sean,

Thank you for your response. It looks like that sorts out my problem! Big Thanks!!

Cheers!

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