# The value of my calculated field has a strange format

You have made a calculated information field and it appears in the Case Manager or on a document. However, the value it displays does not look the way you expected it to. E.g. You would like the field to show as ‘Category B - Elevated Risk’ but instead it shows ‘category\_b’.

### Use ‘$’ to translate a value

When trying to access an information value from a dropdown list or a taxonomy Atfinity will provide you the key of the value. Using the dollar sign ‘$’ in front of the information reference will translate the key to the correct value format

For example: The value of the information ‘risk\_classification’ should be accessed. Possible values are listed in a taxonomy that looks like this:

![](https://1779597918-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MKsdT4MTNVRLMWXAn_s%2Fuploads%2FvNY7phN4kCACayCsWZNC%2FScreenshot%202022-04-07%20at%2016.54.41.png?alt=media\&token=bc5cd442-aefc-4194-8936-bc01149364c0)

Writing only `cr.risk_classification` in your calculated information would give you the value key ‘category\_b’.

Using ‘$’ and writing `cr.$risk_classification` will however translate the key and return the desired ‘Category B - Elevated Risk’.