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    wnicole is offline Competent Performer
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    IIf statment expiration date not excluding NULL

    Can you assist?
    I have this IIF statement however all empty cells are also coming up as Expired.
    How do I exclude empty cells?

    Status: IIf([Expiration Date]>=Date(),"CURRENT","EXPIRED")

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    JoeM is offline VIP
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    You can use the NZ function to tell it what to use in the case of a Null. If you want it to come up as "CURRENT" instead in that situation, you could do it like:
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    Status: IIf(NZ([Expiration Date],Date())>=Date(),"CURRENT","EXPIRED")

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    wnicole is offline Competent Performer
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    Got it...I think I would prefer it to say "NA" if no date is supplied or just leave blank.
    How would I write that?

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    JoeM is offline VIP
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    Then you will need to nest IIF statements, as IIF statements can only return up to 2 options, not 3 ("CURRENT","EXPIRED","N/A").
    Code:
    Status: IIf(IsNull([Expiration Date]),"N/A",IIf([Expiration Date]>=Date(),"CURRENT","EXPIRED"))

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    wnicole is offline Competent Performer
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    Perfect! Thanks so much!

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