Data type mismatch: format other than LIST or DATE being referenced as a relation

this is the formula

IF Employed? THEN Salary *'EMP03 Employee Drivers by Role'.Bonus % [LOOKUP: 'SYS08 Employee Details'.Role,LOOKUP: 'SYS08 Employee Details'.Department] ELSE 0

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rishabh01

Hey @kebe

Make sure that item you are referencing in your lookup is list formatted. Currently, it is text formatted I believe.

Thanks,

Rishabh.

kebe

you are right, i formatted the role as text while it was a list

rishabh01

Great! You can accept the solution if it worked.

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