Calculated Tokens

This property box allows you to define the custom tokens created by the Token Calculator activity.

To configure Calculated Tokens

1. Add the Token Calculator activity to your workflow definition by dragging it from the Toolbox Pane and dropping it in the Designer Pane.
2. Select the activity in the Designer Pane.
3. Under Calculated Tokens, in the Properties Pane, select New Token.

4. In the New Token dialog box, type a name for your new token next to Token Name.
5. Under Expression, input a standard mathematical expression. Type in numbers and/or click the token button (right arrow) to use tokens. To insert an operator, click one of the operator links under Insert operator. Show me an example.



Note: To use mathematical expressions to create custom date and time tokens, use the Date Token Calculator activity.

Note: Typing in decimal numbers (e.g., 3.5) in the Sum and Average functions is not supported when your regional settings use a comma as the decimal separator.

6. Click OK.
7. Optional: You can add to and organize your custom tokens in the Calculated Tokens property box in the Properties Pane.



• Hide the expression details in the Calculated Tokens Pane by clicking Hide Details.
• Modify a custom token by clicking on the custom token's name or expression.
• Create additional tokens by clicking New Token.
• Delete a token by clicking the red X .
• Reorder custom tokens in the Calculated Tokens property box by clicking the green arrows to move the tokens up or down on the list.

Note: You can use tokens created with this activity to create more tokens within the same activity. To reference a token created in this activity, the referenced token must be listed before the token that refers to it in the Calculated Tokens property box.

Tip: To easily create a complex mathematical expression, first create a series of simpler expressions. Then, reference the tokens of those simpler expressions in an additional calculated token. See an example.

Example: An event planning company gets bids from catering agencies. The agencies quote the meal price but do not include tax and tip. The event planning company has created a workflow that uses the Retrieve Field Values activity to retrieve the meal prices from these bids. The company also has created a series of custom tokens within a Token Calculator activity. The tokens are listed in the following order under Calculated Tokens: First, a token named Sales Tax multiplies the meal price by the local sales tax. Second, a token named Gratuity multiplies the meal price by 18% to account for tips. Third, a token named Total Meal Cost adds the meal price, the Sales Tax token, and the Gratuity token together. Instead of creating a complex equation that calculates the total cost in one token, the company has created a series of simpler tokens. Not only does this method keep the equation organized, but the company can also use the Gratuity token later in the workflow when calculating the amount the company spent on tips for all events.