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Lookup fields showing negative numbers as positibe


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Hi everyone,

I have two separate databases connected by a relationship. In Database A, I input items and their costs – sometimes it’s a reimbursement and these costs are minus numbers. I then have an almost identical  layout in Database B where I use lookup fields to pull the relevant costs. This works great with positive numbers but when they are negative, the lookup fields pulls the absolute value i.e the correct number but in a positive.

Does anyone know why this might be happening and how I can fix it? Hope that made sense and huge thank you in advance. Tearing my hair out a bit with this one! 

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Could you make a copy of these two files (they are files, right?), re-link them, remove everything except the 2 match fields and the 2 fields participating in the lookup, and post them here? Otherwise all you'll get are wild guesses.

 

 

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Hi Grapes,

It would also help if you complete your profile so we know your OS and FM versions.  Thank you, and welcome to FMForums! 😀

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