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Appendix 1: Formula Functions
Logi Report provides the following types of the built-in formula functions: Array, Date Range, Date/Time, Financial, Math, String, and Others. This topic describes the usage of each function with examples.
Array
You can use the Array functions to summarize field data in several different ways.
Date Range
You cannot used any of the Date Range functions to return a value singly.
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| Aged0To30Days() | This function returns a range of Date values that is within the previous 30 days from today. For example, if today is 10/14/99, the return range is from 09/15/99 to 10/14/99. | The return value of the following statement is Not Expired.
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| Aged31To60Days() | This function returns a range of Date values that is within the previous 31 to 60 days from today date. For example, if today is 10/13/99, the return range is from 08/12/99 to 09/13/99. | If today is 10/13/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| Aged61To90Days() | This function returns a range of Date values that is within the previous 61 to 90 days from today date. For example, if today is 10/13/99, the return range is from 07/13/99 to 08/11/99. | If today is 10/13/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| AllDatesFromToday() | This function returns a range of Date values that include any date from the present day to a date about 10000 years in the future Date value. For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from 04/15/98 to the future. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| AllDatesFromTomorrow() | This function returns a range of Date values that include any date from tomorrow to any future Date value. For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from 04/16/98 to the future. | If today is 10/10/99, the return of the following statement is false.
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| AllDatesToToday() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates up through the present day. For example, if today is 4/15/98, the return range is from the past to 04/15/1998. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is true.
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| AllDatesToYesterday() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates up through the previous day. For example, if today is 4/15/98, the return range is from the past to 04/14/1998. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is true.
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| Calendar1stHalf() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates from January 1st through June 30th. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| Calendar1stQtr() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates from January 1st through to March 31st. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| Calendar2ndHalf() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates from July 1st through to December 31st. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is true.
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| Calendar2ndQtr() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates from April 1st through to June 30th. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| Calendar3rdQtr() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates from July 1st through to September 30th. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| Calendar4thQtr() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates from October 1st through December 31st. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is true.
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| Last4WeeksToSun() | This function returns a range of Date values that include the four weeks previous to last Sunday. For example, if today is 4/15/95, the return range is from 3/13/95 to 4/9/95. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| Last7Days() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates from seven days ago to today (including today). For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from (include) 04/09/98 to 04/15/98. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| LastFullMonth() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates from the first to the last day of the previous month. For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from 03/01/98 to 03/31/98. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| LastFullWeek() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates from the Sunday to the Saturday of the previous week. For example, if today is 04/10/95, the return range is from 04/02/95 to 04/08/95. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| LastYearMTD() | This function returns a range of Date values that fall on any date in the current month last year, up to the current date last year. For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from 04/01/97 to 04/15/97. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| LastYearYTD() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates in the last year, up to the current date last year. For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from 01/01/97 to 04/15/97. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is true.
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| MonthToDate() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all dates from the first day of the month to today. For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from 04/01/98 to 04/15/98. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is true.
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| Next30Days() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all days in the next 30 days starting from today (including today). For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from 04/15/98 to 05/15/98. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| Next31To60Days() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all days in the next 31 to 60 days starting from today. For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from 05/16/98 to 06/14/98. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| Next61To90Days() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all days in the next 61 to 90 days starting from today. For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from 06/15/98 to 07/14/98. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| Next91To365Days() | This function Returns a range of Date values that include all days in the next 91 to 365 days starting from today. For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from 07/15/98 to 04/15/99. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| Over90Days() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all days that are more than 90 days older than the current date. For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from the past to 01/14/98. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is true.
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| WeekToDateFromSun() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all days from last Sunday to today (including today). For example, if today is 04/13/95, the return range is from 04/09/95 to 04/13/95. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is false.
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| YearToDate() | This function returns a range of Date values that include all days from the first day of the calendar year to today (including today). For example, if today is 04/15/98, the return range is from 01/01/98 to 04/15/98. | If today is 10/10/99, the return value of the following statement is true.
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Date/Time
Date functions allow you to convert numbers to dates and dates to numbers.
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| CurrentDate() | This function returns the current date on a report. | A Date value. | If today is Oct. 6,1999, the return value of the following statement is 10/06/99.
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| CurrentDateTime() | This function returns the current date and time on a report. | A DateTime value. | If today is Oct.6,1999, the current time is 5:10:27 p.m., the return value of the following statement is 1999-10-06 05:10:27 PM.
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| CurrentTime() | This function returns the current time on a report. | A Time value. | If the current time is 5:10:27 p.m., the return value of the following statement is 05:10:27 PM.
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| DateAdd(intervalType, nIntervals, startDateTime) | This function returns a DateTime value to which a specified number of time intervals have been added. It is used to add interval of time to a DateTime. Its main feature is that the DateTime returned will always be valid. For example, the function takes into account such factors as the number of days in a month and leap years. If you want to add or subtract days to a DateTime, you could use the addition and subtraction operators instead of the function with the "d" parameter. However, this function also handles other types of intervals such as adding months or hours to a DateTime. |
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| DateDiff(intervalType, startDateTime, endDateTime, firstDayOfWeek)
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| This function returns a number of time intervals between two specified dates. |
| A Number value. |
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| DatePart(intervalType, inputDateTime, firstDayOfWeek, firstWeekOfYear)
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| This function returns a number that specifies a given part of a given date. |
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| A Number value. |
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| DateTimeTo2000(Datetime, Number) |
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Note: If the year is less than or equal to 1899, and greater than or equal to 100, there will be no change to the date.
| A Date field with a four digit year. |
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| DateTimeToDate(Datetime a) | This function evaluates the specified DateTime value and returns only the date. |
| A Date value. | If the current date is Oct. 17, 1999 and the current time is 12:27:15, the return value of the following statement is 10/17/99.
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| DateTimeToSeconds(Datetime a) | This function evaluates the specified value and converts the time to the number of seconds from 00:00:00 to the specified time. |
| An Integer value. | If the current date is Oct. 17, 1999 and the current time is 12:27:15, the return value of the following statement is 44835.
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| DateTimeToTime(Datetime a) | This function evaluates the specified DateTime value and returns only the time. |
| A Time value. | If the current date is Oct. 17, 1999 and the current time is 12:27:15, the return value of the following statement is 12:27:15.
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| DateTo2000(date, number) |
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| Day() | This function returns the day of the month. | An Integer value. | If today is Oct. 17, 1999, the return value of the following statement is 17.
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| Day(Date a) | This function extracts the day portion of a specified Date value. |
| An Integer value. | If the current date is Oct. 17, 1999, the return value of the following statement is 17.
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| Day(Datetime a) | This function extracts the day portion of a specified Date value. |
| An Integer value. | If the current date is Oct. 17, 1999 and the current time is 12:27:15, the return value of the following statement is 17.
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| DayOfWeek() | This function returns the day of the week. | An Integer value. | If today is Thursday, the return value of the following statement is 5.
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| DayOfWeek(Date a) | This function extracts the day portion of a specified Date value, and indicates which day of the week. |
| An Integer value. | If today is Oct. 17, 1999 and today is Sunday, the return value of the following statement is 1.
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| DayOfWeek(Datetime a) | This function extracts the day portion of a specified Date value, and indicates which day of the week. |
| An Integer value. | If the current date is Oct. 17, 1999, current time is 12:27:15 and today is Sunday, the return value of the following statement is 1 (Sunday is the first day of the week).
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| DayOfYear() | This function returns the day of the year. | An Integer value. | If today is Oct. 17, 1999, the return value of the following statement is 290.
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| DTSTo2000(DateString, Number) |
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Note: If the year is less than or equal to 1899 and greater than or equal to 100, there will be no change to the date.
| A DateTime string with a four digit year. |
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| DTSToSeconds(string) | This function evaluates the specified string, and converts the Time value to the number of seconds from 00:00:00 (12:00 midnight) to the specified time. |
| A Whole number value. | DTSToSeconds("2004/06/11 13:42:15")- Returns 49335. | |||||||||||||||
| FirstDayOfMonth(Date a) | This function returns the first day of the month. |
| A Date value. | The return value of the following statement is 10/01/2008.
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| FirstDayOfQuarter(Date a) | This function returns the first day of the quarter. |
| A Date value. | The return value of the following statement is 10/01/2008.
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| FirstDayOfWeek(Date a) | This function returns the first day of the week. |
| A Date value. | The return value of the following statement is 11/23/2008.
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| FirstDayOfYear(Date a) | This function returns the first day of the year. |
| A Date value. | The return value of the following statement is 01/01/2008.
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| FirstSundayOfMonth(Date a) | This function returns the first Sunday of the month. |
| A Date value. | The return value of the following statement is 11/02/2008.
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| FirstSundayOfYear(Date a) | This function returns the first Sunday of the year. |
| A Date value. | The return value of the following statement is 01/06/2008.
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| ForEachDay(Datetime a) | This function returns the Date portion of a specified DateTime value. |
| A Date value. | If the DateTime is Dec.25,1999 20:12:50, the return value of the following statement is 12/25/99.
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| ForEachHalfMonth(DateTime a) | If the day in the DateTime is less than 15, this function will return to the first day of the month. If the day is more than 15, it will return to the 16th day of the month. |
| A Date value. |
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| ForEachHalfYear(DateTime a) | If the month of a specified DateTime is before July, this function will return Jan.1 of the year; otherwise it will return July 1 of the year. |
| A Date value. |
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| ForEachMonth(DateTime a) | This function returns the first day of the month in a specified DateTime value. |
| A Date value. | If the datetime is Sep.24,1999 12:05:56, the return value of the following statement is 09/01/99.
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| ForEachQuarter(DateTime a) | If the month of a specified DateTime is before April, the function will return Jan. 1 of the year. If the month is after April but before July, the function will return April. 1 of the year. If the month is after July but before October, the function will return July. 1 of the year. If the month is after October, the function will return Oct.1 of the year. |
| A Date value. |
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| ForEachWeek(DateTime a) | This function returns the Date of the first day of the week. |
| A Date value. | If the DateTime is Oct. 15,1999 5:15:20 and it is Friday, the return value of the following statement is 10/10/99.
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| ForEachYear(DateTime a) | This function returns Jan.1 of the year. |
| A Date value. | If the datetime is Aug. 28,1999 10:10:25, the return value of the following statement is 01/01/99.
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| Hour() | This function extracts the hour portion of the current time. | An integer value. | If the current time is 8:15:30, the return value of the following statement is 8.
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| Hour(DateTime a) | This function extracts the hour portion of a specified DateTime value. |
| An integer value. | Suppose the datetime is Oct. 15,1999 9:35:22. The return value of the following statement is 9.
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| Hour(Time a) | This function extracts the hour portion of a specified Time value. |
| An integer value. | Suppose the time is 10:05:26. The return value of the following statement is 10.
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| IsDate(number or string) | This function returns true if the given String or Number value can be converted to a valid Date and returns false otherwise. A valid Date is any Date between 100-1-1 and 9999-12-31. |
| A Boolean value. |
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| IsDateTime(number or string) | This function returns True if the given Number or String value can be converted to a valid DateTime, and returns False otherwise. |
| A Boolean value. |
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| IsTime(number or string) | This function returns True if the given Number or String value can be converted to a valid Time, and returns False if otherwise. |
| A Boolean value. |
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| Minute() | This function returns the minute portion of the current time. | An Integer value. | If the current time is 12:41:27, the return value of the following statement is 41.
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| Minute(DateTime a) | This function returns the minute portion of a specified DateTime. |
| An Integer value. | Suppose the datetime is Sep. 21,1997 12:20:25. The return value of the following statement is 20.
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| Minute(Time a) | This function returns the minute portion of a specified time. |
| An Integer value. | Suppose the time is 8:30:27. The return value of the following statement is 30.
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| Month() | This function adding one returns the current month of the year. | An Integer value, which ranges from 0 to 11. | If the current month is September, the return value of the following statement is 8.
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| Month(Date a) | This function extracts the month portion from a specified Date value. |
| An Integer value. | If the date is June 15,1999, the return value of the following statement is 6.
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| Month(DateTime a) | This function extracts the month portion from a specified DateTime value. |
| An Integer value. | If the date time is July 15, 1999 10:10:10, the return value of the following statement is 7.
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| MonthName(month, abbreviate) | This function returns a String name for the specified month. |
| A String value. |
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| Now() | This function prints the current time on a report. | A Time value. | If the current time is 1:24:35 in the afternoon, the return value of the following statement is 1:24:35 PM.
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| Quarter()
Overloads:
| This function returns the quarter for the given date (1 for the first quarter). |
| An integer value (1, 2, 3, 4). |
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| Second() | This function extracts the second portion of the current time. | An Integer value. | If the current time is 4:55:03, the return value of the following statement is 3.
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| Second(Datetime a) | This function extracts the second portion of a specified DateTime. |
| An Integer value. | Suppose the datetime is Oct. 15,1999 10:15:17, the return value of the following statement is 17.
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| Second(Time a) | This function extracts the second portion of a specified time. |
| An Integer value. | Suppose the time is 7:51:59, the return value of the following statement is 59.
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| SelectedDate() | This function returns the date selected in the calendar or returns today() when no calendar is available for selecting a date. The built-in expression Selected Date in Calendar calls this function. You can find the expression in the Template drop-down list in the Calendar dialog. | A Date value. | If the calendar date is March 12, 2012, the function returns 03/12/2012. | ||||||||||||||||
| Timer() | This function returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight. | A Number value. | If the current time is 9:28:30am, the function returns 34110. | ||||||||||||||||
| ToDate(number or string) | This function uses IsDate(number or string) to check whether the number/string is right or not. If the number/string is right, the function returns a Date value between 100-1-1 and 9999-12-31. If the number/string is wrong, it returns null. |
| A Date value or null. |
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| ToDate(Date a) | This function returns the specified date. |
| A Date value. | Suppose the date is July 15, 1999, the return of the following statement is 07/15/99.
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| ToDate(Datetime a) | This function extracts the date portion of a specified DateTime. |
| A Date value. | Suppose the DateTime is July 15,1999 12:20:30, the return value of the following statement is 07/15/99.
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| ToDate(integer d) | This function converts the argument d (a millisecond value represents the number of milliseconds that have passed since January 1, 1970 00:00:00.000 GMT) to a date value. |
Note: When the millisecond value is larger than 2³², you should use DBField or parameter instead. | A Date value. | The return value of the following statement is 01/02/70.
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| ToDate(integer y, Integer m, Integer d) | This function creates a Date value from arguments y, m and d. |
| A Date value. | The return value of the following statement is 07/15/99.
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| ToDate(integer y, Integer m, Integer d, String timezone) | This function creates a Date value from arguments y, m, d, and timezone. |
| A Date value. | The return value of the following statement is 9/27/2018.
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| ToDateTime(number or string) | This function use IsDateTime(number or string) to check whether the number/string is right or not. If it is right, the function returns a DateTime value between 100-1-1 and 9999-12-31, otherwise the function returns null. |
| A DateTime value or null. |
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| ToDateTime(date a) |
| A DateTime value. | ToDateTime(ToDate("2004-2-23")) - Returns 2004-02-23 00:00:00. | ||||||||||||||||
| ToDateTime(Date a, Time b) | This function creates a DateTime value from arguments a and b. |
| A DateTime value. | Suppose the date is July 15,1999 and the time is 12:20:30, the return value of the following statement is 1999-07-15 12:20:30.
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| ToDateTime(Integer d) | This function converts the argument d (a millisecond value represents the number of milliseconds that have passed since January 1, 1970 00:00:00.000 GMT) to a DateTime value. The function calculating is based on the time zone. You must adjust argument d to reflect your desired time zone. |
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| ToDateTime(Integer y, Integer m, Integer d) | This function creates a DateTime value from arguments y, m and d. |
Note: In this function, because you only specify year, month and day, the system will output 12:00:00 as the default time. Also you can decide the display format by selecting the format from the Report Inspector. The format of the example above is yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss. | A DateTime value. | Suppose the date is July 15,1999, the return value of the following statement is 1999-07-15 12:00:00.
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| ToDateTime(Integer y, Integer m, Integer d, Integer h, Integer i, Integer s) | This function creates a DateTime value from arguments y, m, d, h, i and s. |
| A DateTime value. | Suppose the date is July 15,1999 and time is 8:05:30, the return value of the following statement is 1999-07-15 08:05:30.
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| ToDateTime(Integer y, Integer m, Integer d, Integer h, Integer i, Integer s, String timezone) | This function creates a DateTime value while converting the time zone from arguments y, m, d, h, i, s, and timezone. |
| A DateTime value. | The return value of the following statement is 10/19/2018 6:23:54 PM.
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| Today() | This function returns the current date in a report. | A Date value. | If the current date is Oct. 11, 1999, the return value of the following statement is 10/11/99.
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| ToTime(number or string) | This function uses IsTime(number or string) to check whether the number/string is right or not. If the number/string is right, the function returns a Time value between 00:00:00 and 23:59:59, otherwise it will return null. |
| A Time value or null. |
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| ToTime(DateTime a) | This function extracts the time portion from a specified DateTime value. |
| A Time value. | Suppose the date is July 15,1999 and time is 10:55:45. The return value of the following statement is 10:55:45.
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| ToTime(Integer t) | This function converts the argument t (a millisecond value represents the number of milliseconds that have passed since January 1, 1970 00:00:00.000 GMT) to a Time value. |
Note: When the millisecond value is larger than 2³², you should use DBField or parameter instead. | A Time value. | The return value of the following statement is 08:00:01.
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| ToTime(Integer a, Integer b, Integer c) | This function creates a Time value from arguments a, b and c. |
| A Time value. | The return value of the following statement is 10:10:10.
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| ToTime(Integer a, Integer b, Integer c, String timezone) | This function creates a Time value from arguments a, b, c and timezone. |
| A Time value. | The return value of the following statement is 4:20:15 PM.
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| WeekdayName(weekday, abbreviate, firstDayOfWeek)
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| This function returns a string indicating the name of the specified day of the week. |
| A String value. |
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| WeekFrom1970() | This function computes the total number of weeks from 1970 to the current date. | An Integer value. | If the current date is Oct. 13,1999, the return value of the following statement is 1554.
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| WeekFrom1970(Date, a) | This function computes the total number of weeks from 1970 to a specified date. |
| An Integer value. | Suppose the date is July 8,1995. The return value of the following statement is 1331.
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| WeekFrom1970(DateTime, a) | This function computes the total number of weeks from 1970 to a specified DateTime. |
| An Integer value. | Suppose the DateTime is Jan. 2,1988 10:40:50. The return value of the following statement is 940.
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| WeekOfMonth() | This function returns the week of the current month. | An Integer value. | If the current date is Oct. 13,1999, the return value of the following statement is 3.
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| WeekOfMonth(Date a) | This function returns the week of the month of a specified date. |
| An Integer value. | If the current date is Oct. 13,1999, the return value of the following statement is 3.
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| WeekOfMonth(DateTime a) | This function evaluates the week of the month of a specified DateTime. |
| An Integer value. | Suppose the date time is Jan. 20,1999 10:40:50. The return value of the following statement is 4.
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| WeekOfYear() | This function returns the week of the current year. | An Integer value. | If the current date is Oct. 13,1999, the return value of the following statement is 42.
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| WeekOfYear(Date a) | This function returns the week of the year in a specified date. |
| An Integer value. | Suppose the date is July 8,1999. The return value of the following statement is 28.
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| WeekOfYear(DateTime a) | This function returns the week of the year in a specified DateTime. |
| An Integer value. | Suppose the date time is Feb. 4,1999 10:40:50. The return value of the following statement is 6.
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| Year() | This function returns the current year. | An Integer value. | If the current year is 1999, the return value of the following statement is 1999.
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| Year(Date a) | This function extracts the year portion of a specified date. |
| An Integer value. | Suppose the date is Jan.15,1995. The return value of the following statement is 1995.
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| Year(DateTime a) | This function extracts the year portion of a specified DateTime value. |
| An Integer value. | Suppose the date time is July 15,1988 10:40:50. The return value of the following statement is 1988.
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Financial
| Function | Description | Parameter | Return Value | Example |
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| DDB(cost, salvage, life, period, factor)
Overloads:
| This function returns a number specifying the depreciation of an asset for a specific time period, using the double-declining balance method or another method as specified by the factor argument. |
| A Number value. | Suppose a company purchases a fleet of cars for $560,000. The cars have a lifetime of 12 years and a salvage value of $30,000. They are depreciated using the double-declining method.
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| FRAccRecTurnover(Number accountReceivable, Number sales, DbDouble numOfDays) | This function computes the turnover of the account receivable. |
| A Number value. |
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| FRCashFlowVsTotalDebt(Number cashFlow,Number totalDebt) | This function returns the result of cash flow vs total debt. |
| A Number value. | If the cash flow is 250000.00, the total debt is 280000.00, the return value of the following statement is 0.89.
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| FRCurrentRatio(Number curAssets, Number curLiabilities) | This function computes the current ratio. |
| A Number value. | If the current assets are 1800000.00, the current liabilities are 150000.00, the return value of the following statement is 12.00.
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| FRDebtEquityRatio(Number totalLiabilities, Number totalEquity) | This function computes the debt equity ratio. |
| A Number value. | If the total liabilities are 175000.00, the total equity is 215000.00, the return value of the following statement is 0.81.
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| FRDividendYield(Number dividEnd, Number marketPrice) | This function computes the dividend yield. |
| A Number value. | If the dividend is 9.85, the market price is 10.87, the return value of the following statement is 0.91.
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| FREarningsPerCommonShare(Number netProfit, Number preferredDividend, DbDouble numOfCommonShare) | This function computes the earnings of per common share. |
| A Number value. | If the net profit is 300000.00, the preferred dividend is 180000.00, the number of common shares is 10000, the return value of the following statement is 12.
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| FREquityVsTotalAssets(Number totalEquity, Number totalAssets) | This function returns the result of equity vs. total assets. |
| A Number value. | If the total equity is 215000.00, the total assets are 2200000.00, the return value of the following statement is 0.10.
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| FRGrossProfitMargin(Number grossProfit, Number sales) | This function is used to compute the gross profit margin. |
| Number value. | If the gross profit is 350000.00, the sales value is 450000.00, the return value of the following statement is 0.78.
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| FRInterestCoverage(number cashFlow, number interestExpenses) | This function computes the interest coverage. |
| A Number value. | If the cash flow is 250000.00, the interest expenses are 350000.00, the return value of the following statement is 0.71.
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| FRInventoryTurnover(Number inventory, Number sales, Number numOfDays) | This function computes the turnover of the inventory. |
| A Number value. | If the inventory is 165000.00, the sales value is 450000.00, the number of days is 100, the return value of the following statement is 36.67.
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| FRNetProfitMargin(Number netProfit, Number sales) | This function is used to compute the net profit margin. |
| A Number value. | If the net profit is 300000.00, the sales value is 450000.00, the return value of the following statement is 0.67.
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| FROperatingProfitMargin(Number operatingProfit, Number sales) | This function computes the operating profit margin. |
| A Number value. | If the operating profit is 380000.00, the sales value is 450000.00, the return value of the following statement is 0.84.
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| FRPriceEarningsRatio(Number marketPrice, Number earningsPerShare) | This function computes the price earning ratio. |
| A Number value. | If the market price is 10.87, the earning per share is 12, the return value of the following statement is 0.91.
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| FRQuickRatio(Number curAssets, Number inventories, Number curLiabilities) | This function computes the quick ratio. |
| A Number value. | If the current assets are 1800000.00, the inventory is 165000.00, the current liabilities are 150000.00, the return value of the following statement is 10.90.
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| FRReturnOnCommonEquity(Number netProfit, Number preferredDividend, Number commonEquity) | This function returns the result of return on common equity. |
| A Number value. | If the net profit is 300000.00, the preferred dividend is 180000.00, the common equity is 208000.00, the return value of the following statement is 0.58.
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| FRReturnOnEquity(Number netProfit, Number totalEquity) | This function returns the results of return on equity. |
| A Number value. | If the net profit is 300000.00, the total equity is 215000.00, the return value of the following statement is 1.40.
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| FRReturnOnInvestedCapital(Number netProfit, Number totalBankDebts, Number totalEquity) | This function returns the result of return on invested capital. |
| A Number value. | If the net profit is 300000.00, the total bank debts are 100000.00, the total equity is 215000.00, the return value of the following statement is 0.95.
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| FRReturnOnNetFixedAssets(Number netProfit, Number netFixedAssets) | This function returns the result of return on net fixed assets. |
| A Number value. | If the net profit is 300000.00, the net fixed assets are 400000.00, the return value of the following statement is 0.75.
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| FRReturnOnTotalAssets(Number netProfit, Number totalAssets) | This function returns the results of return on total assets. |
| A Number value. | If the net profit is 300000.00, the total assets are 2200000.00, the return value of the following statement is 0.14.
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| FV(rate, periods, payment, presentMoney, type)
Overloads:
| This function returns a number specifying the future value of an annuity based on periodic, fixed payments and a fixed interest rate. |
| A Number value. |
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| IPmt(rate, period, periods, presentMoney, futureMoney, type)
Overloads:
| This function returns a number specifying the interest payment for a given period of an annuity based on periodic, fixed payments and a fixed interest rate. |
| A Number value. |
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| IRR(values, guess)
Overloads:
| This function returns a number specifying the internal rate of return for a series of periodic cash flows (payments and receipts). |
Note: The NPV and IRR functions are related since NPV (IRR (values), values) = 0. That is, the internal rate of return of a sequence of cash flows is the interest rate for which that sequence of cash flows has a net present value of 0. There is no direct formula for the IRR function and so Logi Report calculates the value by iteration. The process depends on the initial guess for the internal rate of return. If the program reports an error, try changing the value of the guess argument to be closer to what you expect the internal rate of return to be. | A Number value. | Suppose that you can choose one of two offers: $20,000 now or guaranteed payments of $5,000 after 1 year, $10,000 after 2 years and $15,000 after 3 years. Which is the better offer? One way to quantify this is to calculate the internal rate of return. If you take the second offer, you cannot take the first, which is like experiencing an initial payment of $20,000 followed by the receipts:
Returns 0.201 (rounded to 3 decimals) or 20.1 percent interest. With all other things being equal, if you think that 20.1 percent is a good rate of return, you would prefer the second offer. |
| MIRR(valueArray, financeRate, reinvestRate) | This function returns a number specifying the modified internal rate of return for a series of periodic cash flows (payments and receipts). |
| A Number value. | Suppose that you run a business that makes equipment investments, which results in a loss in the first and fourth years. Your expected annual returns are: -$60,000, $60,000, $45,000, -$50,000, $65,000, $40,000. Your losses are financed at 10 percent while you reinvest your earnings in an account at 6 percent. The modified internal rate of return is:
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| NPer(rate, payment, presentMoney, futureMoney, type)
Overloads:
| This function returns a number specifying the number of periods for an annuity based on periodic, fixed payments and a fixed interest rate. |
| A Number value. |
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| NPV(rate, values) | This function returns a number specifying the net present value of an investment based on a series of periodic cash flows (payments and receipts) and a discount rate. |
Note: The NPV and IRR functions are related since NPV (IRR (values), values) = 0, which means that the internal rate of the return of a sequence of cash flow is the discount rate for which that sequence of cash flow has a net present value of 0. | A Number value. | Suppose that someone offers to pay you $15000 after 1 year, $20000 after 2 years, $25000 after 3 years and $12000 after 4 years. If the discount rate (the Time value of money) is 6.5 percent, the value of this offer to you today is:
The formula returns 61741.8. So this scheme is worth $61,741.8 to you today. This is less than the sum of the payments, which is $72000, since you have to wait for this money. |
| Pmt(rate, periods, presentMoney, futureMoney, type)
Overloads:
| This function returns a number specifying the payment for an annuity based on periodic, fixed payments and a fixed interest rate. To find the total amount paid out over the whole loan, multiply the payment per period (the value returned by Pmt) by the total number of periods. |
| A Number value. |
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| PPmt(rate, period, periods, presentMoney, futureMoney, type)
Overloads:
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| A Number value. |
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| PV(rate, periods, payment, futureMoney, type)
Overloads:
| This function returns a number specifying the present value of an annuity based on periodic, fixed payments to be paid in the future and at a fixed interest rate. |
| A Number value. | Suppose that you want to buy a condo and can make payments of $1100 twice a month (24 annual payments). If the mortgage rates are 6.5 percent, and you want to pay off the condo in 10 years, what is the maximum loan that you can take out?
You can therefore afford a loan of about $194,000. Notice that the payment argument is negative since you are paying out the money each month. |
| Rate(periods, payment, presentMoney, futureMoney, type, guess)
Overloads:
| This function returns a number specifying the interest rate per period for an annuity. The units of the returned value are consistent with the units of periods. For example, if periods is in months, then the rate returned will be a monthly interest rate. |
Note: There is no direct formula for the Rate function and so Reports calculates the value by iteration. The process depends on the initial guess for the rate. If the program reports an error, try changing the value of the guess argument to be closer to what you expect the interest rate to be.
| A Number value. |
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| SLN(cost, salvage, life) | This function returns a number specifying the straight-line depreciation of an asset for a single period. |
| A Number value. | Suppose a company purchases a fleet of cars for $560,000. The cars have a lifetime of 12 years and a salvage value of $30,000. The depreciation per year is:
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| SYD(cost, salvage, life, period) | This function returns a number specifying the sum-of-years' digits depreciation of an asset for a single period. |
| A Number value. | Suppose a company purchases a fleet of cars for $560,000. The cars have a lifetime of 12 years and a salvage value of $30,000. They are depreciated as follows:
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Math
You can use mathematical functions for a variety of mathematics-oriented calculations and operations.
| Function | Description | Parameter | Return Value | Example |
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| Abs(Integer, a) | The function returns the absolute value of an Integer value. If the argument is not negative, the argument will be returned. If the argument is negative, the negation of the argument will be returned. |
| An Integer value. | The return value of the following statements is 3534.
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| Abs(Currency, a) | The function returns the absolute value of a Currency value. If the argument is not negative, the argument will be returned. If the argument is negative, the negation of the argument will be returned. |
| A Currency value. | The return value of the following statement is $3.67.
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| Abs(Number, a) | The function returns the absolute value of a Number value. If the argument is not negative, the argument will be returned. If the argument is negative, the negation of the argument will be returned. |
| A Number value. | The return value of the following statements is 2.4785.
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| atan(Number) | The function returns a number specifying the arctangent of the given number parameter. In other words, it returns the angle whose tangent is the given number parameter. This function works in a similar way to the Java Math function with the same name. The range of values returned by atan is between -pi/2 and pi/2 radians. |
| A Number value, which is an angle specified in number of radians. | atan(1) - Returns an angle of 0.7854 radians (rounded to 4 radians). To convert this angle to degrees multiply by 180 / pi. For instance, atan (1) * 180 / pi is 45 degrees. |
| Average(DBField a) | The function is used to get the average value of the values referred to by the argument. |
| A Number or Currency value. |
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| Average(DBField a, String groupby) | This function is used to get the average value of values referred to by the argument. |
| A Number or Currency value, which depends on the data type of the first argument respectively. |
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| Average(Number a[]) | This function computes the average of all the values in the array. |
Note: If a field is assigned to a variable, for example x, the variable x will lose the characteristic of representing a group of values. The following formula will then be treated as incorrect.
| A Number or a Currency value. |
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| cos(number) | The function returns a number specifying the cosine of an angle given in radians. It takes a right-angle triangle, and returns the length of the side adjacent to the specified angle divided by the length of the hypotenuse. |
| A Number value between 1 and -1. |
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| Count(Array a[ ]) | This function computes the number of the values in an array. |
| An Integer value. |
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| Count(DBField a) | The function is used to count the number of values referred to by the argument. |
| A Number value. |
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| Count(DBField a, String groupby) | The function is used to count the number of values referred to by the first argument. |
Note: If a field is assigned to a variable, for example x, the variable x will lose the characteristic of representing a group of values. The following formula will then be treated as incorrect.
| A Number value. |
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| DistinctCount(DBField a) | This function computes the number of distinct values referred to by a DBField. |
| An Integer value. | If you build a report about customer order, the return value of the following statement is 19.
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| DistinctCount(DBField a, String groupby) | This function is used to count the number of distinct values referred to by the first argument. |
| A Number value. |
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| DistinctCount(Number a[ ]) | This function computes the number of distinct values in an array. |
Note: If a field is assigned to a variable, for example x, the variable x will lose the characteristic of representing a group of values. The following formula will be treated as incorrect.
| An Integer value. | The return value of the following statement is 4.
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| e() | The Mathematical value of e, which is 2.7182818 (if rounded to 7 decimal places). | |||
| exp(Number) | The function returns a number specifying e (the base of natural logarithms) raised to a power. The value of e is approximately 2.7182818284590452354. This function works like the Java Math function with the same name. Numeric overflow occurs if the given number parameter is larger than approximately 705. |
| A number which is the value of e ^ Number. |
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| integDiv(numbera, numberb) | The function returns the integer portion of the value numbera/numberb. |
| A Whole Number value. | integDiv(33, 2) - Returns 16. |
| log(number) | The function returns a number specifying the natural logarithm of a given number. The natural logarithm is the logarithm to the base e, where e is approximately 2.7182818284590452354. If the value of number is less than 0, the function will return NaN. |
| The number which is the value of ln(Number). |
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| Maximum(a[ ]) | This function returns the highest value in an array. |
| A Number or Integer value, which depends on the data type of the parameter a. |
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| Maximum(DBField a) | This function is used to pick up the maximum value from the values referred to by the argument. |
| The returned value type is dependent on the data type of the parameter. It may be Number, Currency, String, Date, Time, DateTime or Boolean. |
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| Maximum(DBField a, String groupby) | This function is used to pick up the maximum value from the values referred to by the first argument. |
Note: If a field is assigned to another variable, for example x, the variable x will lose the characteristic of representing a group of values. The following formula will then be treated as incorrect.
| The returned type is dependent on the data type of the first argument. It may be Number, Currency, String, Date, Time, DateTime or Boolean. |
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| Minimum(a[ ]) | This function returns the lowest value in an array. |
| A Number or Integer value, which depends on the data type of the parameter a. |
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| Minimum(DBField a) | This function is used to pick up the minimum value from the values referred to by the argument. |
| The returned value type is dependent on the data type of the parameter. It can be Number, Currency, String, Date, Time, DateTime or Boolean. |
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| Minimum(DBfield a, String groupby) | This function is used to pick up the minimum value from the values referred to by the first argument. |
Note: If a field is assigned to a variable, for example x, the variable x will lose the characteristic of representing a group of values. The following formula will then be treated as incorrect.
| The returned value type is dependent on the first argument. It may be Number, Currency, String, Date, Time, DateTime or Boolean. |
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| MRound()
Overloads:
| This function rounds up (away from zero) if the remainder of the division is greater than or equal to half of the value of the second parameter.
Expression (take MRound(Currency,Number) for example):
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Note: Regardless of the positive/negative sign of the second parameter, the result of the function takes the positive/negative sign of the first parameter. | A number value that is a multiple of the second parameter and at the same time is nearest to the first parameter. |
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| pi() | The Mathematical value of pi, which is 3.1415926 (if rounded to 7 decimal places). | |||
PopulationStdDev()
| This function computes the population standard deviation of the values referred to by the argument. |
Note: If a field is assigned to a variable, for example x, the variable x will lose the characteristic of representing a group of values. Therefore, the following formula will be treated as incorrect.
| A Number value. |
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PopulationVariance()
| This function computes the population variance of the values referred to by the argument. |
Note: If a field is assigned to a variable, for example x, the variable x will lose the characteristic of representing a group of values. Therefore, the following formula will be treated as incorrect.
| A Number value. |
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| pow(numbera, numberb) | The function returns the value of numbera ^ numberb. |
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| random(), random(seed)
Overloads:
| The function returns a random number greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. If seed is equal to 0, Random returns the random number that was returned from the previous call to random. If seed is not supplied or is greater than 0, then Random will return the next random number in the internally generated sequence of random numbers. If seed is less than 0, then Random will use this value of seed to start a new random number sequence and returns the first value in the sequence. This function is typically used when your formula requires a randomly generated number, for example, statistical calculations or selecting records at random to limit the data in a report. |
Note: You can call Random without ever starting a new random number sequence by specifying a negative seed parameter. If you do so, an internal seed will be generated using the system clock. The reason to start a new random number sequence by calling Random with a negative seed parameter, and then making subsequent calls to Random without a parameter (or with a positive parameter) is so that the report will look exactly the same every time it is previewed. In other words, it allows you to make use of random numbers, but to return a reproducible result. | A Number value. |
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| Remainder(Integer a, Integer b) | This function is used to evaluate the remainder after numerator has been divided by a denominator. |
| An Integer value. |
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| Round(Number a) | This function returns the integer portion after a specified number has been rounded. |
| An Integer value. | The return value of the following statement is 3.00.
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| Round(Number a, Integer b) | This function is used to round to a specified scale determined by argument b for Double value a. |
| A Number value. | The return value of the following statement is 2.46.
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| Round(Number a, Integer b, Integer c) | This function is used to round to a specified scale determined by argument b and a specified rounding mode determined by argument c for Double value a. |
| A Number value. | The return value of the following statement is 2.03.
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| Round(Number a, Integer b, String c) | This function is use to round to a specified scale determined by argument b using the rounding mode c. |
Note: The digits of the decimal fraction of the rounded number must be bigger than the scale specified in the formula.
| A Number value. | The return value of the following statement is 123.457.
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RunningAvg()
| This function takes the average of all the numerical values in a field on running records. For details about the arguments, return type, and examples, refer to Average(). | |||
RunningCount()
| This function takes a total count on running records of the values in a field. For details about the arguments, return type, and examples, refer to Count(). | |||
RunningDistinctCount()
| This function takes a total count of all the distinct fields in a report on running records. For details about the arguments, return type, and examples, refer to DistinctCount(). | |||
RunningMaximum()
| This function finds the largest numerical value in a field on running records. For details about the arguments, return type, and examples, refer to Maximum(). | |||
RunningMinimum()
| This function finds the smallest numerical value in a field on running records. For details about the arguments, return type, and examples, refer to Minimum(). | |||
RunningSum()
| This function sums up all the numerical values in a field on running records. For details about the arguments, return type, and examples, refer to Sum(). | |||
| sgn(data) | The function returns the sign value of the given number (whose value is data). If data is greater than 0, it will return 1. If data is less than 0, it will return -1. If data is equal to 0, it will return 0. |
| 1, 0 or -1. |
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| sin(number) | The function returns a number specifying the sine of an angle given in radians. It takes a right-angle triangle, and returns the length of the side opposite to the specified angle divided by the length of the hypotenuse. |
| A Number value between -1 and 1. |
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| sqr(number) | The function returns the square root of a given number. If the value of the number is less than 0, this function returns NaN. It is designed to work like the Java Math function of sqrt(). |
| A Number value. | sqr(100) - Returns 10. |
StdDev()
| This function computes the standard deviation of the values referred to by the argument. |
Note: If a field is assigned to a variable, for example x, the variable x will lose the characteristic of representing a group of values. The following formula will then be treated as incorrect.
| A Number value. |
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Sum()
| This function computes the sum of all the values referred to by the argument. |
Note: If a field is assigned to a variable, for example x, the variable x will lose the characteristic of representing a group of values. So, the following formula will be treated as incorrect.
| The returned value type is dependent on the parameter. It can be Number, Integer or Currency. |
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| tan(number) | The function returns a number specifying the tangent of an angle given in radians. It takes a right-angle triangle, and returns the length of the side opposite the specified angle divided by the length of the side adjacent to the angle. |
| A Number value. |
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| ToBinary(Integer a) | This function changes a specified integer to its binary form. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 1011.
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| ToHex(Integer a) | This function returns the HEX form of a specified value. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 20.
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| ToInt(number a) | This function changes a specified number to an Integer. |
| An Integer value. | The return value of the following statement is 100.
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| ToOctal(Integer a) | This function returns the octal form of a specified value. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 64.
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| Truncate(Number a) | This function returns a number by truncating the decimal portion. |
| A Number value. | The return value of the following statement is 25.00.
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| Truncate(Number a, Integer b) | This function returns a number by truncating the number at the decimal point. The number is truncated to the decimal place indicated by argument b, and the function returns a fractional number. |
| A Number value. | The return value of the following statement is 25.430.
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Variance()
| This function computes the variance of all the values referred to by the argument. |
Note: If a field_variable is assigned to a variable, for example x, the variable x will lose the characteristic of representing a group of values. So, the following formula will be treated as incorrect.
| A Number value. |
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Rounding Mode
The parameter c in the function Round(Number a, integer b, integer c) is used to represent the following different seven rounding modes, which can be specified as an integer between 0 and 6.
- ROUND_UP = 0
Rounding mode to round away from zero. Always increments the digit prior to a non-zero discarded fraction. Note that this rounding mode never decreases the magnitude of the calculated value. - ROUND_DOWN = 1
Rounding mode to round towards zero. Never increments the digit prior to a discarded fraction (that is, truncates). Note that this rounding mode never increases the magnitude of the calculated value. - ROUND_CEILING = 2
Rounding mode to round towards positive infinity. If the value is positive, behaves as for ROUND_UP; if negative, behaves as for ROUND_DOWN. Note that this rounding mode never decreases the calculated value. - ROUND_FLOOR = 3
Rounding mode to round towards negative infinity. If the BigDecimal is positive, behave as for ROUND_DOWN; if negative, behave as for ROUND_UP. Note that this rounding mode never increases the calculated value. - ROUND_HALF_UP = 4
Rounding mode to round towards "nearest neighbor" unless both neighbors are equidistant, in which case round up. Behaves as for ROUND_UP if the discarded fraction is >= .5; otherwise, behaves as for ROUND_DOWN. Note that this is the rounding mode that most of us were taught in grade school. - ROUND_HALF_DOWN = 5
Rounding mode to round towards "nearest neighbor" unless both neighbors are equidistant, in which case round down. Behaves as for ROUND_UP if the discarded fraction is > .5; otherwise, behaves as for ROUND_DOWN. - ROUND_HALF_EVEN = 6
Rounding mode to round towards the "nearest neighbor" unless both neighbors are equidistant, in which case, round towards the even neighbor. Behaves as for ROUND_HALF_UP if the digit to the left of the discarded fraction is odd; behaves as for ROUND_HALF_DOWN if it's even. Note that this is the rounding mode that minimizes cumulative error when applied repeatedly over a sequence of calculations.
String
| Function | Description | Parameter | Return Value | Example |
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| Asc(Char a) | This function evaluates the ASCII value of the first character of the argument. |
| An Integer value. | The return value of the following statement is 97.
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| ByteToText(byte) | This function returns the size of a message in the "appropriate" unit.
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| A String value. |
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| Chr(Integer a) | This function returns a single character string associated with the ASCII value passed as the argument. |
| A String value. |
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| ExchGetId (address) | This function begins by determining whether the address is in X500 or X400 format. Once this has been ascertained, the function will then determine the ID.
Note: The fields must follow the address type standards for the functions to operate them. |
| A String value. |
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| ExchGetOrganization(address) | This function begins by determining whether the address is in X500 or X400 format. Once this has been ascertained, the function will then determine the Organization Name.
Note: The fields must follow the address type standards for the functions to operate on them. |
| A String value. |
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| ExchGetPath(path) | This function returns the container information in an address field.
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| A String value. |
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| ExchGetSite(address) | The function begins by determining whether the address is in X500 or X400 format. Once this has been ascertained, the function will then determine the Site Name.
Note: The fields must follow the address type standards for the functions to operate on them. |
| A String value. |
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| ExtractString(String origin, String start, String end) | This function is used to evaluate an origin string and returns the first occurrence of a String that starts with the Start String and ends with the End String (the End String is excluded). If the End String is not found, the string that starts with the Start String till its end will be returned. |
| A String value. |
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| filter(inString, searchString)
Overloads:
| This function is designed to search the string in the specified strings. It searches an array of strings for a specified string, and returns the strings in an array. |
| Array of String values. | Suppose that inString = [ "abc", "Abc", "abcdfg", "asdfabc", "sdfdfd"], searchString = "abc"
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| InStr(String a, String b) | This function returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another. If String a is not found in String b, the InStr function will return -1. |
| An Integer value. |
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| InStr(Number a, String b, String c) | This function returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another, starting at the position specified by argument a. If String c is not found in String b, the InStr function will return -1. |
| An Integer value. |
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| join(stringArray)
Overloads:
| The function returns a string created by joining a number of sub strings contained in an array. |
| A String value. | Assume that the stringArray list in the examples consists of the following three elements: Welcome, Use and Logi Report.
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| LastIndexOf(String a, String b) | This function returns the position of the last occurrence of one string within another, if String b is not found in String a, the InStr function will return -1. |
| An Integer value. |
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| LastIndexOf(Integer a, String b, String c) | This function returns the position within this string of the first occurrence of the specified sub string, searching backward starting at the position specified by argument a. If String c is not found in String b, the InStr function will return -1. |
| An Integer value. | |
| Left(String a, Number b) | This function returns a sub string that contains the specified number of characters from the left side of a string. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is he is.
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| Length(String a) | This function returns the number of characters in a String. |
| An Integer value. | The return value of the following statement is 16.
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| LooksLike(String a, String b) | This function enables you to locate field values using standard DOS wildcards ( ? is a wildcard for a single character, * is a wildcard for any number of characters). It does this by comparing a String to a mask which contains one or more wildcards. The function returns True if the string matches the mask, and False if the string does not match the mask. |
| A Boolean value. |
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| LowerCase(String a) | This function returns a String that contains all lowercase letters converted from String a. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is this is her book.
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| Mid(String a, Integer b) | This function returns a number of characters from a specified position of a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is my father.
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| Mid(String a, Integer b, Integer c) | This function returns a specified number of characters from a specified position of a String. |
| A String value. |
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| NumericText(String a) | This function is used to test if the content of the string is a Number. |
| A Boolean value. |
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| Picture(String a, String b) | This function prints a string or values in a string in a predetermined format. |
| A String value. |
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| ProperCase()
Overloads: ProperCase(String) | The function capitalizes the first letter in a text string and any other letter that follows a character other than a letter, and converts all other letters to lowercase letters. |
| A String value. |
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| ReplaceString(inString, searchString, replaceString, startPosition, count, compare)
Overloads:
| The function returns a String in which a specified sub string has been replaced with another sub string a specified number of times. As an option, you can also specify a location in the string where the replacing process will begin from (returns a string starting from that position). This function is typically used in a string to systematically replace one sub string with another. |
Note: The return value of the replace function is a String, with the specified sub string replacements made, beginning at the position specified by startPosition, and endings at the end of the inString string. It is not a start to finish copy of the original string. | A String value. | Assume that inStrings = "abc Abc abcdfg asdfabc sdfdfd", searchString = "abc", replaceString = "ABC".
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| ReplicateString(String a, Integer b) | This function replicates the string in String a the number of times specified by b. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is Stop! Stop! Stop!.
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| Right(String a, Integer b) | This function is used to extract the specified number of characters in String a from the right side. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is mother.
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| Soundex(string) | The function evaluates a text string and returns a four-character value that symbolizes the way the string sounds. Use this function whenever you want to locate records based on two or more field values that are spelled differently yet sound alike. This function can also be used to find customer names that have been misspelled. |
| Text string. |
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| Space(Integer a) | This function returns a String value that contains a specified number of spaces. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is .
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| StrCmp(String a, String b) | This function is used to compare two strings. It returns positive if String a is greater than String b, returns 0 if String a is equal to String b, and returns negative if String a is less than String b. |
| An Integer value. |
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| StringSplit(inString, delimiterString, count, compare)
Overloads:
| This function takes a String that contains a number of sub strings, breaks it up into a specified number of sub strings and returns an array containing the sub strings. |
Note: If count, c, is less than the total number of substrings in inString, then at most c substrings will be returned as elements in the resultant array. The last element in the array is a concatenation of the sub string and all the remaining sub strings. | Array of String values. | Assume that inString = "Welcome use Logi Report"
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| strReverse(inString) | This function is designed to reverse the string. It returns a String in which the character order of inString is reversed. If inString is a zero-length string (" "), a zero-length string will be returned. |
| A String value. |
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| toLongString(String a) | This function converts a string to a long string. |
| A LongString value. | The return value of the following statement is aa.
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| ToNumber(Currency a) | This function converts a Currency to a Number. |
| A Number value. |
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| ToNumber(String a) | This function converts a specified string to a Number. |
Note: In this function, the format of the string should be [#] or [#].[#]. If you specify a character string as the argument, the return value will be NULL. | A Number value. | The return value of the following statement is 123.00.
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| toString(LongString a) | This function converts a long string to a string. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is aa.
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| ToText(Bit a) | This function converts a Bit value to a String, either true or false. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is false.
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| ToText(Currency a) | This function converts a Currency value to a String. |
| A String value. | he return value of the following statement is $123.45.
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| ToText(Currency a, String b) | This function converts a Currency value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is $123.45.
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| ToText(Currency a, String b, Integer c) | This function converts a Currency value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is $123.5.
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| ToText(Currency a, String b, Integer c, String d) | This function converts a Currency value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is $1*234.57.
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| ToText(Currency a, String b, Integer c, String d, String e) | This function converts a Currency value to a String. |
| A String value. |
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| ToText(Currency a, Integer c) | This function converts a Currency value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is $123.46.
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| ToText(Currency a, Integer c, String d) | This function converts a Currency value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is $1,234.57.
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| ToText(Currency a, Integer c, String d, String e) | This function converts a Currency value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is $1,234.57.
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| ToText(Date a) | This function converts a Date value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose the date is July 15,1999, the return value of the following statement is 15-Jul-99.
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| ToText(Date a, String b) | This function converts a Date value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose the date is July 15,1999, the return value of the following statement is 15-Jul-99.
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| ToText(DateTime a) | This function converts a DateTime value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose the date is July 15,1999 and time is 7:42:51, the return value of the following statement is 15-Jul-99 7:42:51 AM.
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| ToText(DateTime a, String b) | This function converts a DateTime value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose the date is July 15,1999 and time is 7:42:51, the return value of the following statement is 07-15-99 7:42:51.
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| ToText(DateTime a, String b, String c) | This function converts a DateTime value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose the date is July 15,1999 and time is 7:42:51, the return value of the following statement is 15-Jul-99 7:42:51 AM.
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| ToText(DateTime a, String b, String c, String d) | This function converts a DateTime value to a String. |
| A String value. |
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| ToText(Integer a) | This function converts an Integer value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 456.
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| ToText(Integer a, String b) | This function converts an Integer value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 456.
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| ToText(Integer a, String b, Integer c) | This function converts an Integer value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 456.00.
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| ToText(Integer a, String b, Integer c, String d) | This function converts an Integer value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 1,234.00.
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| ToText(Integer a, String b, Integer c, String d, String e) | This function converts an Integer value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 1,234.00.
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| ToText(Integer a, Integer c) | This function converts an Integer value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 123.00.
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| ToText(Integer a, Integer c, String d) | This function converts an Integer value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 1,234.00.
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| ToText(Integer a, Integer c, String d, String e) | This function converts an Integer value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 12,345.00.
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| ToText(Number a) | This function converts a Double value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 123.456.
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| ToText(Number a, String b) | This function converts a Double value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 1236.46.
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| ToText(Number a, String b, Integer c) | This function converts a Double value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 123.46.
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| ToText(Number a, String b, Integer c, String d) | This function converts a Double value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 1,234.57.
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| ToText(Number a, String b, Integer c, String d, String e) | This function converts a Double value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 1,234.57.
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| ToText(Number a, Integer c) | This function converts a Double value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 123.46.
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| ToText(Number a, Integer c, String d) | This function converts a Double value to a string. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 1,234.6.
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| ToText(Number a, Integer c, String d, String e) | This function converts a Double value to a String. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is 1,234,57.
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| ToText(String timezone, Date a) | This function converts a Date value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose that today is 2018.09.27, the return value of the following statement is 26-Sep-18.
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| ToText(String timezone, Date a, String pattern) | This function converts a Date value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose that today is 2018.09.27, the return value of the following statement is 2018/09/26.
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| ToText(String timezone, Datetime a) | This function converts a DateTime value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose that the current date time is 2018.09.27 5:07:37 PM, the return value of the following statement is 27-Sep-18 9:07:37 AM.
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| ToText(String timezone, Datetime a, String pattern) | This function converts a DateTime value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose that the current date time is 2018.09.27 5:07:37 PM, the return value of the following statement is 2018/09/27 09:07:37.
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| ToText(String timezone, Datetime a, String pattern, String am) | This function converts a DateTime value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose that the current date time is 2018.09.27 5:07:37 PM, the return value of the following statement is 2018/09/27 09:07:37 AM.
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| ToText(String timezone, Datetime a, String pattern, String am, String pm) | This function converts a DateTime value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose that the current date time is 2018.09.27 5:07:37 PM, the return value of the following statement is 2018/09/27 09:07:37 AM.
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| ToText(String timezone, Time a) | This function converts a Time value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose that the current time is 5:07:37 PM, the return value of the following statement is 9:07:37 AM.
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| ToText(String timezone, Time a, String pattern) | This function converts a Time value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose that the current time is 5:07:37 PM, the return value of the following statement is 09:07:37.
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| ToText(String timezone, Time a, String pattern, String am) | This function converts a Time value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose that the current time is 5:07:37 PM, the return value of the following statement is 09:07:37 am.
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| ToText(String timezone, Time a, String pattern, String am, String pm) | This function converts a Time value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose that the current time is 5:07:37 PM, the return value of the following statement is 09:07:37 am.
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| ToText(Time a) | This function converts a Time value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose the time is 12:40:30, the return value of the following statement is 12:40:30 PM.
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| ToText(Time a, String b) | This function converts a Time value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose the time is 08:48:58, the return value of the following statement is 8:48:58.
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| ToText(Time a, String b, String c) | This function converts a Time value to a String. |
| A String value. | Suppose the time is 8:48:58 in the morning, the return value of the following statement is 8:48:58 AM.
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| ToText(Time a, String b, String c, String d) | This function converts a Time value to a String. |
| A String value. |
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| ToWords(Currency a) | This function converts a Number field value or the result of a numeric calculation to words. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is three and 15/100.
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| ToWords(Currency a, Integer b) | This function converts a Number field value or the result of a numeric calculation to words. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is three and 5/10.
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| ToWords(Integer a) | This function converts a Number field value or the result of a numeric calculation to words. | a - An Integer value to be converted into words. | A String value. | The return value of the following statement is twenty and xx/100.
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| ToWords(Integer a, Integer b) | This function converts a Number field value or the result of a numeric calculation to words. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is three and x/10.
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| ToWords(Number a) | This function converts a Number field value or the result of a numeric calculation to words. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is ten and 12/100.
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| ToWords(Number a, Integer b) | This function converts a Number field value or the result of a numeric calculation to words. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is three and 1/10.
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| Translate(String a) | This function searches for the NLS translation of current field value in the bound data mapping file. For an illustrate example, see Built-in Functions for NLS. |
| A String value. It is the NLS translation of the field value if a data mapping file is bound to it and the NLS translation can be found, or null if the string is null, or the string itself when the corresponding NLS translation cannot be found in the data mapping file or the file cannot be found. | The return value of the following statement is "美国" and the locale is China if the language of the data mapping file bound to it is Chinese and it contains the mapping: ["USA", "美国"].
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| Translate(String a, String b) | This function accesses the corresponding data mapping file dynamically according to the language selected from the language drop-down list on the NLS language toolbar and searches for the NLS translation of String b in the data mapping file. For an illustrate example, see Built-in Functions for NLS. | a - A String to which a corresponding data mapping file can be bound. | A String value. It is the NLS translation of the field value if a data mapping file is bound to it and the NLS translation can be found, or null if the string is null, or the string itself when the corresponding NLS translation cannot be found in the data mapping file or the file cannot be found. | The return value of the following statement is "美国" and the locale is China if the language of the data mapping file bound to it is Chinese and it contains the mapping: ["USA", "美国"].
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| Trim(String a) | This function is used to remove the leading and the trailing spaces from string arguments. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is he is a boy.
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| TrimLeft(String a) | This function is used to remove the spaces on the left side of the string. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is he is a boy.
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| TrimRight(String a) | This function is used to remove the spaces on the right side of the string. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is he is a boy.
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| UpperCase(String a) | This function converts all letters in string a to uppercase letters. |
| A String value. | The return value of the following statement is HE IS A BOY.
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| Val(String a) | This function reads a string containing numbers (for example, address, phone or social security number), and converts them to a decimal value. Val stops reading when it finds the first character in the string. | a - A String value. | A Number value. | The return value of the following statement is 63,550,513.00.
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Soundex(string)
You need to pay attention to the following when using this function:
- The value string must be in quotes.
- Soundex works only with values that begin with the same letter. For example, Soundex will return the same value for Chris and Cris C620 but not for Kris K620. Soundex creates a code based on the first character in the string plus three characters based on the following:
- Non-alpha characters like numbers and punctuation become -1.
- The characters a, e, i, o, u, y, h, and w are ignored (except when they are the first character in the original string).
- The characters b, f, p, and v become 1.
- The characters c, g, j, k, q, s, x, and z become 2.
- The characters d and t become 3.
- The character l becomes 4.
- The characters m and n become 5.
- The character r becomes 6.
- If the resulting code is only 2 or 3 characters long, Soundex uses zeros to fill it out to four characters. For example, in the name Lauren, only the L, r, and n are translated (Lrn), so the resulting Soundex code becomes L650.
- If the resulting code is more than four characters long, all characters after the fourth character will be ignored. For example, in the name Patrick, the P, t, r, c, and k can be translated (Ptrck), but the resulting Soundex code will only be four characters P362.
ToText(Time a, String b, String c, String d)
You need to pay attention to the following when using this function:
- When converting a Double value, Currency value or an Integer value to a String, special characters used as format in argument b are following:
Symbol Meaning Notes 0 a digit * a digit, zero shows as a star Can't mix 0, *, and _ in same format _ a digit, zero shows as a space Can't mix 0, *, and _ in same format # a digit, zero shows as absent . placeholder for decimal separator , placeholder for grouping delimiter Shows the interval to be used ; separates formats positive and negative. - if there is no explicit negative sign, - is prefixed "0.00" -> "0.00;-0.00" % divide by 100 and show as percentage X any other characters can be used in the prefix or suffix - Time format syntax: The time format is specified by means of a String time pattern. In this pattern, all ASCII letters are reserved as pattern letters, which are defined as the following:
Symbol Meaning Presentation Example G era designator Text AD y year Number 1996 M month in year Text & Number July & 07 d day in month Number 10 h hour in am/pm (1~12) Number 12 H hour in day (0~23) Number 0 m minute in hour Number 30 s second in minute Number 55 S millisecond Number 978 E day in week Text Tuesday D day in year Number 189 F day of week in month Number 2 (2nd Wed in July) w week in year Number 27 W week in month Number 2 a am/pm marker Text PM k hour in day (1~24) Number 24 K hour in am/pm (0~11) Number 0 z time zone Text Pacific Standard Time ' escape for text '' single quote
Others
| Function | Description | Parameter | Return Value | Example |
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| Choose(Integer, Array) | This function returns a value from the array based on the value of Integer. For example, if integer is 0, it returns the first element in the array, and if index is 1 it returns the second element in the array. |
| A value from the element in the given array. The type of the returned value is the same as the type of the element. |
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| currentBurstingSchema() | This function returns the names of the applied bursting schemas in the current report. When isRunBursting() returns false, the returned value of currentBurstingSchema()is NULL. | A String value. | If the current report has been applied two bursting schemas: VP and Manager, the return value of the following statement is VP,Manager:
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| eqv(booleanx, booleany) | This function returns a Boolean value of booleanx eqv booleany,
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| A Boolean value. |
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| GetInfo(String) | This function is used to get information of a given key in the global level information container of the Information Bus. |
| A String value. | If you want to get information containing a key-value pair, TestKey and TestValue, use the following statement:
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| getLanguage() | This function returns the language name of the locale that the current running task is based on. | The return value will either be the empty string or a lowercase ISO 639 code. | When the locale is set to en_US, the return value of the following statement is en:
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| getLocale() | This function returns the language and locale name that the current running task is based on. | A string value containing language and locale information, for example, country. | When the locale is set to en_US, the return value of the following statement is en_US:
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| GetOrgInfo(String) | This function is used to get information of a given key in the organization level information container of the Information Bus that the current user can access. |
| A String value. | If you want to get information containing a key-value pair, TestKey and TestValue, use the following statement:
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| getSecurityContext() | This function returns a Security Context object, which provides the method get() to get the Security Context instance from Logi Report Server or Logi Report Designer. | A DbSecurityContext object. | Import userClass from "UserFunction"; | |
| GetUserInfo(String) | This function is used to get information of a given key in the user level information container of the Information Bus that the current user can access. |
| A String value. | If you want to get information containing a key-value pair, TestKey and TestValue, use the following statement:
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| isAll(Array) | This function checks whether the value of the specified parameter is "ALL". | A Boolean value. | When the parameter PEndDate supports multiple values and its value is set to "All", the following statement returns true.
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| isCountry(String) | This function compares the specified parameter with that of the country setting of JVM based on default locale. The specified string must be an uppercase 2-letter ISO 3166 code. | A Boolean value. |
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| IsNoRecord() | This function tells whether a report has returned a record or not. If the report has no value returned, the function will return True, otherwise False.
A formula that calls this function cannot be applied to queries, and this formula only takes effect when laying out this report which contains it. | A Boolean value. | When using this function, you should refer to a DBField to identify whether this formula is a record level formula so that it can be calculated when fetching the record. For example,
In this example, if no data returned, a tip "There is no data" will be displayed. If data is returned, the Total number of records will be displayed. | |
| IsNull(DBfield a) | This function tells whether a specified value (especially the value of a DBField) is null or not. If the value is Null, the function will return True, otherwise False. |
| A Boolean value. |
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| isNumeric(inString) | This function returns a Boolean value if the inString is a math number string. |
| A Boolean value. |
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| isRunBursting() | This function returns true if the current report is running based on a bursting schema, else returns false. | A Boolean value. |
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| Next(DBfield a) | This function returns the next value of the current DBField. |
| A DBField value. | Suppose you build a report about customer orders. If you use this function on "Ship Date" and insert it into the Detail Section, then when you run the report, you will see after each record, the next records will be displayed according to the following statement.
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| Next(DBfield a, Integer b) | This function returns the next Nth record decided by the argument b. |
Note: Due to some implementation limitation, the argument b cannot be equal to or larger than 2. | A DBField value. | Suppose you build a report about customer orders. If you use this function on "Ship Date" and set the argument b as 1, then when you run the report, you will see after each record, the next first record will be displayed according to the following statement.
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| nextMember() | This function is used in the custom aggregation expression to locate the next member of a group or detail object.
| Suppose that a group or detail object contains x members (confined to all parent groups' current members) and the custom aggregation is executed on the ith member, if i = x, this function cannot locate any member. | A member of a group or detail object. | When a detail object contains these members: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and the custom aggregation is executed on 20, the following expression returns 30.
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| nextMember(n) | This function is used in the custom aggregation expression to locate the next nth member of a group or detail object.
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Suppose that a group or detail object contains x members (confined to all parent groups' current members) and the custom aggregation is executed on the ith member, if i + n > x , this function cannot locate any member. | A member of a group or detail object. | When a detail object contains these members: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and the custom aggregation is executed on 20, the following expression returns 50.
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| nextMember(n, start) | This function is used in the custom aggregation expression to locate the next nth member after the member specified in the start parameter.
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Suppose that a group or detail object contains x members (confined to all parent groups' current members), when start is the jth member, if j + n > x , this function cannot locate any member. | A member of a group or detail object. | When a detail object contains these members: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, the following expression returns 50.
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| openBinFile(string a) | This function is used to open an image file which is saved in your file system according to the specified path. It allows user access to the computer file system and possibly passwords which may cause security issue, so if you have security concerns you can disable the function by setting the propertyenable_openBinFile to false in the FormulaConfig.properties file in <install_root>\bin. After being disabled, the function will return null but is still available in the Formula Editor for reference. |
| The return value is a binary image file. | Suppose you have an image file photo1.gif which is saved in the following directory c:\images. The following example will open this image file.
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| openBinURL(string a) | This function is used to open an image file according to the specified URL. It allows user access to the computer file system and possibly passwords which may cause security issue, so if you have security concerns you can disable the function by setting the property enable_openBinURL to false in the FormulaConfig.properties file in <install_root>\bin. After being disabled, the function will return null but is still available in the Formula Editor for reference. |
| A binary image file. | Suppose you have an image file in the following URL http://www.jinfonet.com/../../asset/images/Pic1.gif. The following example will open this image file Pic1.gif.
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| openTxtFile(string a) | This function is used to open a text file which is saved in your file system according to the specified path. It allows user access to the computer file system and possibly passwords which may cause security issue, so if you have security concerns you can disable the function by setting the property enable_openTxtFile to false in the FormulaConfig.properties file in <install_root>\bin. After being disabled, the function will return null but is still available in the Formula Editor for reference. |
| A long varchar value. | Suppose you have a text file report.int in the following directory C:\LogiReport\Designer. The following example will open this text file report.ini.
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| openTxtURL(string a) | This function is used to open a text file according to the specified URL. It allows user access to the computer file system and possibly passwords which may cause security issue, so if you have security concerns you can disable the function by setting the property enable_openTxtURL to false in the FormulaConfig.properties file in <install_root>\bin. After being disabled, the function will return null but is still available in the Formula Editor for reference. |
| A long varchar value. | Suppose you have a text file at the following URL http://www.logianalytics.com/logireport/report.ini. The following example will open the text file report.ini.
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| Prev(DBfield a) | This function returns the previous value of the current DBField. |
| A DBField value. | Suppose you build a report about customer orders. If you use this function on "Ship Date" and insert it into the Detail Section, after the report has been run, you will see the previous records displayed after each record, according to the following statement.
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| Prev(DBfield a, Integer b) | This function returns the previous Nth record decided by the argument b. |
Note: Due to some implementation limitation, the argument b cannot be equal to or less than -2. | A DBField value. | Suppose you build a report about customer orders. If you use this function on "Ship Date" and set the argument b as 4, then when you run the report, you will see before each record, the previous 4th record displayed according to the following statement.
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| prevMember() | This function is used in the custom aggregation expression to locate the previous member of a group or detail object.
| Suppose that a group or detail object contains x members (confined to all parent groups' current members) and the custom aggregation is executed on the ith member, if i = 1, this function cannot locate any member. | A member of a group or detail object. | When a detail object contains these members: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and the custom aggregation is executed on 20, the following expression returns 10.
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| prevMember(n) | This function is used in the custom aggregation expression to locate the previous nth member of a group or detail object.
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Suppose that a group or detail object contains x members (confined to all parent groups' current members) and the custom aggregation is executed on the ith member, if i - n < 1 , this function cannot locate any member. | A member of a group or detail object. | When a detail object contains these members: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and the custom aggregation is executed on 40, the following expression returns 10.
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| prevMember(n, start) | This function is used in the custom aggregation expression to locate the previous nth member before the member specified in the start parameter. |
Suppose that a group or detail object contains x members (confined to all parent groups' current members), when start is the jth member, if j - n < 1 , this function cannot locate any member. | A member of a group or detail object. | When a detail object contains these members: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, the following expression returns 30.
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| PutInfo(String a, String b) | This function is used to put or replace information of a given key in the global level information container of the Information Bus. |
| No return value. | If you want to put information containing a key-value pair, TestKey and TestValue, use the following statement:
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| PutOrgInfo(String a, String b) | This function is used to put or replace information of a given key in the organization level information container of the Information Bus that the current user can access. | No return value. | If you want to put information containing a key-value pair, TestKey and TestValue, use the following statement:
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| PutUserInfo(String a, String b) | This function is used to put or replace information of a given key in the user level information container of the Information Bus that the current user can access. |
| No return value. | If you want to put information containing a key-value pair, TestKey and TestValue, use the following statement:
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| RemoveInfo(String) | This function is used to remove information of a given key in the global level information container of the Information Bus. |
| No return value. | If you want to remove information containing a key named TestKey, use the following statement:
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| RemoveOrgInfo(String) | This function is used to remove information of a given key in the organization level information container of the Information Bus that the current user can access. |
| No return value. | If you want to remove information containing a key named TestKey, use the following statement:
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| RemoveUserInfo(String) | This function is used to remove information of a given key in the user level information container of the Information Bus that the current user can access. |
| No return value. | If you want to remove information containing a key named TestKey, use the following statement:
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| reportName() | This function returns the current report name. | A String value. | If the current report name is Employee Information List, the return value of the following statement is Employee Information List.
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| Switch(Boolean[], Array) | The elements in the two parameters corresponding with each other. This function evaluates the elements in the first parameter from left to right, and returns element associated with the first element to evaluate to True.
For example,
if 1 is true, Switch returns a. If 2 is true, Switch returns b. If 3 is true, Switch returns c. |
| One of the elements of the parameter array. The type of the returned value is the same as the element in the array. | Insert the following function into the Detail section of a report,
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| toBool(number or currency) | This function returns True if the parameter is positive or negative but not 0, and returns False if the parameter is 0. | Can be either a Number, Currency value, or expression. | A Boolean value. | toBool(@Discount) - Returns false if the discount is 0. Otherwise, returns true. |
| toNumber(Boolean) | This function returns 1 if the parameter is True, and returns 0 if the parameter is False. | 1 or 0. |
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| xor(booleanx, booleany) | This function returns a Boolean value of booleanx Exclusive OR booleany,
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| A Boolean value. |
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