# Allow to return an empty value from a formula

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-to-return-an-empty-value-from-a-formula/2983>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Tags:** formulas\
**Created:** [June 20, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-to-return-an-empty-value-from-a-formula/2983 "2022-06-20T09:22:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Claude\_de\_Loupy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/claude_de_loupy/32/1637_2.png) [@Claude\_de\_Loupy](https://community.fibery.io/u/Claude_de_Loupy)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-to-return-an-empty-value-from-a-formula/2983/3 "2022-06-22T07:37:34Z")

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And related to that :

> [@If condition: how to return nothing when the returned type is an entity?](https://community.fibery.io/t/if-condition-how-to-return-nothing-when-the-returned-type-is-an-entity/2452):
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> Hi, I am missing something? (I searched in this forum but found nothing) The if function needs 3 arguments. So you cannot use: if(test, do this) You must write: if(test, do this, do that) If I want to do nothing, it’s easy when dealing with text: just return “” → `if(test, “test ok”, “”)´ But if the result of a test is an entity (say a Contact), what can I return? What is the equivalent of “” for an entity? if(test, a\_given\_contact, ????) Thanks

I think this is a prety important feature I come by quite often and must use workarounds.

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