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Create a date field, add @TODAY and @HIDDEN Action Tags. This is a hidden field which we will use to pipe today's date to another field.

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Create a second date field and add @CALCTEXT:

@CALCTEXT(if([sui]='1',[date_field],'')) This says if the "sui" field response is "Yes", pipe that first date field's value, otherwise, leave blank.

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Reference the branching logic for the field and value as an if/then else statement

[sui]='1' This says if field equals 1, pipe the value from the date_field to the 2^nd date field, otherwise leave it blank.

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More information on using CALCTEXT and other Conditional Logic can be found on the Help & FAQ page in REDCap

For additional assistance, please contact the REDCap Support Team