Various circumstances call for text within databases to be capitalized in a particular format. For example, the first letters of first and last names are capitalized, while email addresses, filenames and HTML tags are typically lowercase. However, when a Formula field in Notion generates this content by combining and manipulating other fields, it is unable to modify the capitalization with available functions. The formulas below utilize the replaceAll function to simulate the LOWER , UPPER and PROPER functions from Google Sheets.

Format Text in All Lowercase

Paste this formula in a new Formula field; replace {{NON-LOWERCASE FIELD NAME}} with the field name of your non-lowercase text to be formatted:

replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(prop("{{NON-LOWERCASE FIELD NAME}}"), "A", "a"), "B", "b"), "C", "c"), "D", "d"), "E", "e"), "F", "f"), "G", "g"), "H", "h"), "I", "i"), "J", "j"), "K", "k"), "L", "l"), "M", "m"), "N", "n"), "O", "o"), "P", "p"), "Q", "q"), "R", "r"), "S", "s"), "T", "t"), "U", "u"), "V", "v"), "W", "w"), "X", "x"), "Y", "y"), "Z", "z")

Format Text in All Uppercase

Paste this formula in a new Formula field; replace {{NON-UPPERCASE FIELD NAME}} with the field name of your non-uppercase text to be formatted:

replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(prop("{{NON-UPPERCASE FIELD NAME}}"), "a", "A"), "b", "B"), "c", "C"), "d", "D"), "e", "E"), "f", "F"), "g", "G"), "h", "H"), "i", "I"), "j", "J"), "k", "K"), "l", "L"), "m", "M"), "n", "N"), "o", "O"), "p", "P"), "q", "Q"), "r", "R"), "s", "S"), "t", "T"), "u", "U"), "v", "V"), "w", "W"), "x", "X"), "y", "Y"), "z", "Z")

Capitalize the First Letter of Each Word

After creating the Lowercase field, paste this formula in another new Formula field; replace {{LOWERCASE FIELD NAME}} with the field name of your lowercase field:

replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(replaceAll(prop("{{LOWERCASE FIELD NAME}}"), "^a", "A"), "^b", "B"), "^c", "C"), "^d", "D"), "^e", "E"), "^f", "F"), "^g", "G"), "^h", "H"), "^i", "I"), "^j", "J"), "^k", "K"), "^l", "L"), "^m", "M"), "^n", "N"), "^o", "O"), "^p", "P"), "^q", "Q"), "^r", "R"), "^s", "S"), "^t", "T"), "^u", "U"), "^v", "V"), "^w", "W"), "^x", "X"), "^y", "Y"), "^z", "Z"), " a", " A"), " b", " B"), " c", " C"), " d", " D"), " e", " E"), " f", " F"), " g", " G"), " h", " H"), " i", " I"), " j", " J"), " k", " K"), " l", " L"), " m", " M"), " n", " N"), " o", " O"), " p", " P"), " q", " Q"), " r", " R"), " s", " S"), " t", " T"), " u", " U"), " v", " V"), " w", " W"), " x", " X"), " y", " Y"), " z", " Z")

A Working Template

The page linked below features a database that utilizes these formulas, with an independent view for each. The views includes a crAzY NaMe fiELd, a field that reverses the first and last names, then a field with the simulation formula. Please feel free to copy it as a template for your own leisurely use.

Bonus: Nerd Alert

For the geekiest among us, you can see how we generated these formulas efficiently with a little Google Sheets magic.