create variable in view

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Last updated by Christian Cox 4 years, 6 months ago.

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July 9, 2020 at 5:11 pm #1693241

henriqueD

Hello, how are you?

I would like to know if there is a way to create a variable within a view.

For example, if I want to add numbers from a custom field and display the total value on the screen, can I do this?

I'm waiting

thank you

July 9, 2020 at 7:13 pm #1693647

Christian Cox

Hello, there's nothing straightforward built-in to the system that will perform calculations like this, but there are several other tickets here in the forum that discuss approaches for using custom shortcodes in the loop to add up simple numeric custom field values and display the sum total, like a spreadsheet. Here is a link where you can find more information about creating and implementing these custom shortcodes: https://toolset.com/forums/topic/nested-view-with-conditional-sums/

Hope this helps!