Answer / samir kumar sahoo

The text source variable is used for conditional formatting.
The text source variable is used to display the text source
values in the place of numerics value.

Eg:
IF revenue>50000 THEN ('high')
ELSE ('low')

Here 'high' and 'low' are text source variables.

Answer / deepesh bhatnagar

It is used for conditional formatting.

Example In a list report if want to display text item in
the place of measure item the it would be IF
quantity>100 ,then display yes for this type of situations
we use text source variable

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