As you will see as you create a variety of action definition types, some action types can copy data from a selected Grid or Calendar Display item, some can populate items with static data from the action definition, and some can prompt the user to populate certain columns when the action is executed. There are a few guidelines to keep in mind regarding the types of column data that can be copied and/or populated by an action.
The following data types can either be copied from a list item in a data display or populated with static data from the action definition:
•Boolean
•Choice
•Currency
•DateTime
•Multi-Choice
•Note
•Number
•Text
•URL
•User
•SharePoint 2010/2013 Server Managed Metadata (effective with the v11.2 release)
Calculated fields are not supported. They display a value that is calculated at run-time, so they do not store a value that can be copied or referenced.