Formulas

Types of formulas
Operators. Run simple calculations likea + b, a * b, a / b, a != b
Functions. Run more complex formulas by adding some custom code (see more below)
Primitives. Run formulas combining different types of data
Numbers: 5, 42, -1, 3.14, etc.
Strings: "foo", 'Clay', they need to be in " or '
Booleans: true, false
Lists: [ "do", "ray", "me" ]
Javascript operators we support: 
+, - (in their unary and binary forms, i.e. 5-3 and -3 or +3)
~ - bitwise negation
! - logical negation
*, / - multiplication, division
||, && - logical OR, logical AND
|, &, ^ - bitwise OR, bitwise AND, bitwise XOR
= - equality test
!= - inequality test
<, >, <=, >= - comparison operators
<<, >> - bit shift operators
% - modulo
Popular formulas
Splitting first and last names into two columns
Split a name or a term into two columns, i.e. Split Full Name into First Name & Last Name
e.g. Split full name into first and last names First name: {{ "Full Name" }}.split(' ')[0] Last name: {{ "Full Name" }}.split(' ')[1]
Sanitize URLs
Clean urls if they include unwanted characters like https:// or unwanted paths like /index.html, i.e. Strip https://www.loom.com/about-us down to just loom.com​
{{ "Domain" }}.replace("https://", "").replace("www.", "").split("/")[0]
Conditional runs
Run actions based on specific conditions, e.g. run only if another action has run, run only if a prior action has returned a specific output, run only if box is checked
The formula is applied via the action input and reads **if( {{condition}} , {{input}} )**
In this example we want to run Clearbit only if BuiltWith has returned a match for Hubspot. We will apply **if( {{ "Uses Hubspot" }} , {{Domain}} )**
Automatic checkbox
Write a formula to show a checkbox in your table, checked or unchecked based on conditions of your choice, i.e. If A is true, show checkbox in this row
if({{ "Email" }}.includes("gmail"))
Set your column type to checkbox, this will allow it to automatically check and uncheck depending on your true/false formula
Tier or filter your leads by grouping
Create buckets that records fall into using ternary operators that can help tiering or filtering, i.e. If A is between B and C, label D
E.g. Segment companies according to employee count ranges of 1000+, 500-1000, 100-500, 100-500, 50-100, 25-50, 5-25 if({{ "Employee Count" }} >= 1000 ? "1000+" : {{ "Employee Count" }} >= 500 ? "500-1000" : {{ "Employee Count" }} >= 100 ? "100-500": {{ "Employee Count" }} >= 50 ? "50-100" : {{ "Employee Count" }} >= 25 ? "25-50" : {{ "Employee Count" }} >= 5 ? "5-25":"1-5")
Scoring leads
Automate your lead scoring and use a checkbox to identify qualified leads based on certain properties in your table ⚡️ Here are a few examples to get you started:
Checkbox for work emails only: if(["hotmail","gmail", "yahoo", "icloud", "outlook", "comcast", "proton"].some((domain)=>{{{ "Email Address" }}.includes(domain)}), false, true)
Checkbox for specific industries: if({{ "Industry" }} && ["software", "internet", "information technology"].some((i)=>{{{ Industry }}.toLowerCase().includes(i)}), true, false)
Checkbox if company has a certain amount of employees: if({{ "Employee Count" }} && {{ "Employee Count" }} > 50 && {{ "Employee Count" }} < 200, true, false)
And now, get creative and combine! Once you've set up all of your individual checkbox columns, add a Final Scoring using a chain of operators to flow through the qualification logic.
i.e.!{{ "Only work emails" }} ? false : {{ "In ideal industry" }} ? true : {{ "At least 20 employees"}} ? true : false
Add some code
Clay formulas can support:
Lodash → _ will refer to lodash, so _.chunk( [ 10, 20, 30, 40 ], 2 ) will result in [ [ 10, 20 ], [ 30, 40 ] ]
Lambda functions → the syntax for lambda function is: (arg1, arg2, ...) => { expression }. The extra {} are necessary. The above is equal to Javascript's (arg1, arg2, ...)=> expression and (arg1, arg2, ...)=> { return expression }.
Javascript Object functions → Eg. strings do have .length property, and methods like .split() or .substring(). Arrays have .length, .concat, .indexOf, .map, .filter etc.

Basics of Clay tables

Conditional formulas

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