Why can’t a formula number field be used in the rollup summary field salesforce?

516    Asked by elonji_3393 in Salesforce , Asked on Apr 28, 2023

The child object has two formula number fields and when I want to create a rollup summary field on the parent object, one of them is not available. What can be the reason for it?

Answered by Diya tomar

A formula number field be used in rollup summary field salesforce because - Formula fields can only be used in a rollup summary if they are idempotent (in other words, if they return the same value every time when the record is not edited). This means you can't use cross-object formulas, or formulas that depend on TODAY() or NOW(). This is noted in the documentation: If a roll-up summary field doesn’t contain cross-object field references or functions that derive values on the fly, such as NOW or TODAY, it can calculate the values of formula fields.



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