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Workflow Criteria Custom Formula - SuiteAnswers?

edited Jun 1, 2020 10:24PM in SuiteCloud / Customization 2 comments

I know that the Functions available in a normal formula field are referred to as 'SQL Expressions' (even though NetSuite runs on Oracle!) and there is a very good article in SuiteAnswers explaining all of these.

When you try to create a custom formula for a Workflow Criteria, the list of Functions is completely different.

What 'type' are these, and is there a similar SuiteAnswers page that documents them?

What I am trying to do is check if the first two digits of a telephone number field are 07 and then trigger a workflow action. In SQL expressions I would probably use something like TO_CHAR and then SUBSTR to extract the first two characters for comparison. How can I do this in Workflow Criteria?

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