phone
To convert a value to a phone value
With this function, you can display a formula field as a phone field with a call button. By clicking on the button, you can place a call via your phone client.
By clicking the little phone, you can place a call via your phone client
There is no validation if the passed content is a phone number indeed.
This is quite useful if you have a text which contains a phone number, and you'd like to extract the phone number to convert it to a callable phone number.
Syntax
phone(any)
Return
phone
Examples
phone(myNumber) To convert a number to a phone value.
phone(911)Result: The phone number will be shown as a phone field (see above) where you can place a phone call directly.
phone(string) To convert a string to a phone value.
phone(Customer.phone)Result: +1 212 567 89 10 (Shows the phone number of the linked table Customer.
One more example
You receive a message like this:
Hey Claudia,
here’s my phone number: +49 30 123 456 78.
Please give me a call, so we can discuss what we will include in our next presentation.
Kind regards, Sam
With a regular expression, you filter the phone number, which will be shown in your respective formula field.
phone(extractx(Message, "\+(\d|\s)+\d"))Result: +49 30 123 456 78 (Extracts the phone number out of the text message and shows it in a field with the call button.
See also
email To convert a given value to an email value