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# How Do I Get a Specific Attribution value?

## How to pull an attribution value for a specific month.

**Formula**

=ALLOCATOR\_ATTRIBUTION\_VALUE( *\[Text\]* ID, *\[Text\]* Categorization, *\[Text\]* Table, *\[Text\]* Variable, *\[Text\]* Category, *\[Date\]* Month)

**Arguments**

**ID** - Required - *Text -* ***Eg****: fdedb7                            * The Fund, Company, Series, Portfolio ID.

**Categorization** - Hypothetical - *Text                     * How you want the data to be fetched.

**Table** - Required - *Text -* ***Eg****: Long & Short            * The table to load.

**Variable** - Hypothetical - *Text -* ***Eg****: Short              * The type of data you want.

**Category** - Hypothetical – *Text                               * Path to the category you want the value of.

**Month** - Required - *Date -* ***Eg****: 2021-12-31           * The date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

**Example**

The attribution value for fund “fdedb7” as of December 31st 2021.

=ALLOCATOR\_ATTRIBUTION\_VALUE( "fdedb7","Mapped","Long & Short","Long", ,"2021-12-31")

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**Remarks**

*![](https://www.allocator.com/hubfs/image-png-Aug-18-2022-01-43-39-09-PM.png) \[Category\]* This is Required as long as there are categories available.

![](https://www.allocator.com/hubfs/image-png-Aug-18-2022-01-43-54-37-PM.png) The date field is not format sensitive if you input a cell reference.

![](https://www.allocator.com/hubfs/image-png-Aug-18-2022-01-43-56-29-PM.png) If the dates are ignored, **Attribution Value** will return everything without any date restriction.

*![](https://www.allocator.com/hubfs/image-png-Aug-18-2022-01-43-41-80-PM.png) \[Categorization\]* If ID is a Portfolio then Categorization is Ignored and = Mapped**.**

*![](https://www.allocator.com/hubfs/image-png-Aug-18-2022-01-43-43-70-PM.png) \[Category\]* In case there is no category available, Category is Ignored and = Variable.

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