Using Model_lookup with Ui-only field - can't make it work

On the Cancellations aggregate model, can you try giving it an aggregate function (e.g. AVG of AvgCancel…).
If that doesn’t work, try re-querying the MonthlyActiveClients model when the page loads (you can do this with a tab initial load action for example).
Lastly, if that doesn’t work, try wrapping your formula in VALUE(xxxx) functions.  It should be VALUE(xxx)/VALUE(MODEL_LOOKUP(xxx)).

I have a suspicion that your UI only field is not actually getting populated.   Put that field in a template, or build a table to see if you are actually getting values. 
I think your model lookup function is returning a string,  which is not working in your divide by calculation.  You might wrap the model lookup section in a “Value()” Function. 

Thanks, Mansour. 

I think the problem lies in my model_lookup formula. I tried wrapping both parts in VALUE() functions but it’s still not returning anything.

Aggregating the field at the chart level did not work and querying the model on page load did not seem to do anything either.

Thanks, Rob.

I tried wrapping the formula with VALUE() functions:

VALUE({{TotalCancelsByMonth}}) / VALUE(MODEL_LOOKUP(“MonthlyActiveClients”,“countdistinctCoaches”,“cmSnapshotDatec”,{{cmEndDatec}}))

But it still won’t return anything. I’m not sure if I’m using the model_lookup function correctly. I think the first two arguments are correct, but I’m not sure about the last two. Both models are grouping data at the calendar month level. 

Here is a little help on the four arguments of the model lookup formula. 
Arg 1:  Model ID of what you are looking up against. 
Arg 2:  Field id of the value that you want to return into your UI only field.  (in this case - in an aggregate model, you use the alias fieldname) 
Arg 3: Field id in the Model from Arg 1 that is used to match against. 
Note - Arguments 1 - 3 need to be in quotes. 
Arg 4: Field from the model you are building the UI Only model on that you want to pass over in order to retrieve.  This argment is usually in our merge syntax. 

So… this is what you are telling skuid to do:  Retrieve the count of coaches from the MonthlyActiveClients model when the SnapshotDate month  is the same as the EndDate month from the current model. 

Does that make sense? 

Thanks for the detailed explanation!

That makes sense to me. However, it’s perplexing, because I think I’ve set up my model_lookup correctly. 

I think the issue must be in the Arg 4, because I don’t see any room for error in the first 3. Can you explain more “This argment is usually in our merge syntax” statement? 

Josh, What is cmEndDatec?

It may be that you’re passing a date that doesn’t exactly match.

Hi Matt, 

Thanks for the assistance!

cmEndDateC is the grouping on my ‘CancellationsThisYear’ model. It’s a ‘date’ field in salesforce, that I applied the calendar month “Function” to in the grouping of the model. 

I’ve attached images of the groupings and the native fields in salesforce.

In my mind, grouping a date field by calendar month should return the same thing as any other date field grouped by calendar month. Am I missing something here? I’ve used a template within a table to display the data and both cm date fields process fine. 

Yep. It seems like the formula you have should be working.

This is silly, but I think I found a way to make it work.
Create a new UI-Only field that shows the value of your close date in a number format. Do that for both fields in the models you are connecting via the MODEL_LOOKUP function. Then, when writing the formula, use the Values to connect the two instead of the actual fields.

Screenshots below may help.

THANK YOU!

It works flawlessly. I appreciate the creative solution. Had you run into a similar issue? Wondering if this is an isolated problem with dates and date functions. 

Thanks to all three of you for helping solve this problem. 

Ran into it this morning, which made me think of your post.  It seems to be specific to aggregate models.

Kudos to Mansour.  I think we’re going to have to crown him as king of the formula fields. 

I am sure I have something in the wrong order?

The UI-field is on the LeadPerson Model and I am trying to pull information in from Entity_Person. I have the Entiry_Person loading first.

Here is what I have in a formula field returning text:

MODEL_LOOKUP(“Entity_Person”,“View_Person__c”,
“Entity_ID__c”,
{{Lead_Referring_Entity_ID__c}})

Thanks in advance,
Bill

This post was very helpful. Thank you to all who contributed!