Let’s say I have a FormulaMap() of a list. And within that formula map, for each item, I want to AddRow(). But then, within that Row, I want to refer to the CurrentValue I’m working with in formula map. However, when I use CurrentValue, Coda only seems to let me refer to the current value from the row, instead of the current value from the formula map. Is there a way to show WHICH list I’m referring to with CurrentValue?
Here’s a picture of the issue:
That’s a know thing:
There’s a workaround with storing the outer CurrentValue in a cell somewhere (e.g. same row dedicated column, or a helper table).
E.g. here’s the way I’m iterating over Value Drivers, then each of their Metric Uplifts, then for each of those I insert six rows with a Sequence().FormulaMap(). Note how I store _Current Value Driver and _Current Metric Uplift into a cell before using it in a nested FormulaMap:
(Fun fact: in retrospective, in my case none of this temporary cell saving was needed 
I could rewrite the formula without it )
However, in your case CurrentValue is in fact a row from Habits to condition with. It’s a bug with formula editor that incorrectly treats it as if from Messages 2 table. See:
Thanks Paul, your knowledge of Coda is truly amazing (have they considered hiring you yet?)
Does this mean that there’s a way to refer to a property of the current value even though the editor is broken? If the habit to condition has a property called “Accountability Buddy User” that’s a User, how do I refer to that given the bug in the editor?
You can use the _Deref(CurrentValue, HabitsTable.RequiredColumn) to get to the value you need. Or use the “storing to temporary cell” trick. The former is faster to do but uses a hidden formula that may break at some time in the future.
And thanks. And I don’t know, maybe they did consider hiring me, but I’m located far away 
I’m doing my own thing with Coda though, paid consulting and doc building for hire. They did many nice things for me though, like drew me this maker-style avatar or a logo for my upcoming blog.
Have any other solutions to this come to light since this thread was created, @Paul_Danyliuk?
The bulletproof solution is described here (basically the answer above expanded as a tutorial)
If you need a column formula, not an action — one way is to construct a full product of [outer CurrentValue, inner CurrentValue] pairs, then iterate over that. Example:
As for the original question, this should now be fixed. It was an editor bug.
