What are common mistakes with Boolean logic?

Missing parentheses changing the meaning. Conditions on empty values.

Core concepts

Beginner

Boolean logic

True/false conditions that drive branching in workflows. `IF contact.country === "GB" AND deal.value > 10000 THEN assign to senior rep`. Combining AND, OR, and NOT conditions creates sophisticated routing without custom code.

Expert insight

Combining several boolean conditions with mixed AND/OR logic without parentheses to make precedence explicit is a common source of workflow bugs that pass initial testing, since the platform evaluates the conditions in an order the builder didn't necessarily intend, explicit grouping removes the ambiguity.

In a real workflow

A condition "paid AND (country is US OR country is CA)" decides which shipping workflow runs.

Common mistakes

Missing parentheses changing the meaning.
Conditions on empty values.

Complexity level

Beginner

Anyone can understand this no technical background needed.

Related terms

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Quick facts

Category Core concepts

Level

Beginner

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