# Datasets - IF Formulas

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/datasets-if-formulas/54667>\
**Category:** Data Hub\
**Created:** [April 8, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/datasets-if-formulas/54667 "2022-04-08T12:36:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/datasets-if-formulas/54667/1 "2022-04-08T12:36:34Z")

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Hi, i’m hoping to use an If statement in dataset formula field to identify when particular multi-select properties were chosen.

I’m getting a syntax error showing, referring me the support documentation, but i cant find any info relating to multi-select fields - my query is essentially If ([event] = BIOMUK 2022, ‘true’, ‘false’) In this case BIOMUK 2022 is a selectable option within the multi-select ‘event’ field. I’ve tried ‘=’, is, LIKE and other operators but no luck. Am i missing something obvious/is there a way to phrase the formula that would work?