Calculated Field in SharePoint 2010 OOTB

Introduction
 
Today, in this article let's play around with one of the interesting and most useful concepts in SharePoint 2010.
 
Question: What is calculated field?
 
In simple terms "You can have any type of numeric calculations for any field in a list or to perform any string data manipulations".
 
Step 1: Open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration and navigate to a specific site.
 
Step 2: Create a new custom list; see:

create-custom-list-in-sharepoint.png
 
Step 3: The design view of the created new list looks like this:

design-of-custom-list-in-sharepoint.png
 
Step 4: Creating a calculated field with formula output of the application looks like this:

formula-output-in-sharepoint.png
 
Step 5: The output of employee data form looks like this:

output-of-custom-list-in-sharepoint1.png
 
Step 6: The output of list data entering form looks like this:

output-of-custom-list-in-sharepoint2.png
 
Step 7: The output of list data entered looks like this:

custom-listdata-in-sharepoint.png

I hope this article is useful for you. I look forward for your comments and feedback. Thanks Vijay Prativadi


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