It’s frustrating that we can’t perform simple formatting on calculations, such as displaying units or restricting the number of decimal places.
The above comment is a full description of what I’d like to see changed, but I thought that it might be interesting to hear the use case that prompted it.
We have a data collection form (inspection) where we apply some in-form validation checks. This will be something like “sum of answers A, B, C must be less than or equal to D”. We then apply logic where if D-(A+B+C) <0, then display information (question) indicating that the user has entered the data incorrectly.
From a presentation perspective, we don’t actually care to display the value - just whether it’s a pass or fail. The ideal option would be that a calculation supported conditional logic and different output data types (e.g. if x=y then “Pass”, else “Fail”). This could be complicated for SafetyCulture to program, so a simpler alternative would just be to make the resulting number less obtrusive; e.g. set the text colour to white; make it so the value isn’t ridiculously long compared to other numbers (1.3333333333 when everything around it is two decimal places); etc.
