Modifying a Yes/No Parameter Appearance in Schedules

You have a Yes/No Parameter you wish to include in a schedule.  By default the Yes/No parameter will appear in the schedule as the default checkbox illustrated in the example image below:

 

You can adjust the default display by creating a Calculated Value column instead with a formula to adjust the appearance.

For example say you simply want to see a Yes or No instead of the checkbox.

In the Schedule View > View Properties > Fields > Calculated Value…

Create a new calculated value column and add a formula similar to below.  In this example I specified the Type as Text since I used text values in my formula:

 

if(Paint, "Yes", "No")

In this example the formula is telling Revit if the Yes/No parameter Paint equals yes show Yes, if not show No.

Afterward you can hide the original Yes/No parameter column in the schedule, and only show the calculated value column.  To do this navigate > View Properties > Formatting > highlight the original Yes/No Field > check Hidden Field.

When complete the schedule view will appear as follows:

Comments

[Joshua Kohl]

I am placing a schedule in RAC 2011 and I have a yes/no parameter in them. When I place the schedule on a sheet it automatically changes it from a check box to the yes or no text. This also happens in RAC 2010, the check box automatically change to yes/no text.

I would like to keep the check box instead of seeing the yes or no text. Is there away to do this in 2011?