Conditional Select Expert

Hi,
I am trying to write a formula in the select expert based on a condition. For certain departments, I want to include specific employee hours, but, for other departments, I want to exclude them.
Department is based on a number: 010 or 020 etc...
Employee Job: 0020, 1020, 0430, etc...
Here is what I am trying to accomplish:
Ex: If (Department = 010) then DO NOT count employee job 0020 Else count employee job 0020
Department and employee job are two separate fields in the database.

I tried the above code and wasn't able to get it to work properly. It only worked when the department was 010. For the other departments, I got no records. I used the formula below, and it works great.
(if({VP_TIMESHEETITEM.LABORLEVELNAME2} = '010') then {VP_TIMESHEETITEM.LABORLEVELNAME3} <> '0020'
else {VP_TIMESHEETITEM.LABORLEVELNAME3} <> '' )

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Post Author: greg_zen
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Post Author: SKodidine
CA Forum: Formula
For your first formula, why not try with wildcards and see if it works, since you mentioned that the intent was for the user to enter a part of a string?
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Post Author: barflyz
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Post Author: MarcS
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> I want to have 2 different reports - 1 for make and 1 for buy.
>
> the thing I can figure out is how I can build the statement to compare words. I hit select expert then hit the new button. I select the field: {IM1_InventoryMasterfile.ProcureTypeBuyMakeSub} = what? What do I put on the other side of equals for it to know?
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