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Supported built-in functions

Following built-in functions are supported in Query Expression Designer.

Numbers

Functions Syntax & Descriptions
ABS
    Syntax:
    ABS(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the absolute value of the given expression.
ACOS
    Syntax:
    ACOS(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the inverse cosine (also known as arccosine) of the given numeric expression.
ASIN
    Syntax:
    ASIN(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the inverse sine (also known as arcsine) of the given numeric expression.
ATAN
    Syntax:
    ATAN(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the inverse tangent (also known as arctangent) of the given numeric expression.
COS
    Syntax:
    COS(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the cosine of the angle specified in radians, in the given expression.
DEGREES
    Syntax:
    DEGREES(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the angle in degrees for the one specified in radians, in the given numeric expression.
EXP
    Syntax:
    EXP(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the exponential value of the given expression.
LOG
    Syntax:
    LOG(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the logarithm of the given expression to the specified base.
PI
    Syntax:
    PI()
    Description:
    Returns the constant value of PI.
POWER
    Syntax:
    POWER(numeric_expression, numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the value of the given expression (expression1) to the specified power (expression2).
ROUND
    Syntax:
    ROUND(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns a rounded value.
RADIANS
    Syntax:
    RADIANS(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the angle in radians for the one specified in degrees in the given numeric expression.
SIGN
    Syntax:
    SIGN(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns a value representing the positive (+1), zero (0), or negative (-1) sign of the given numeric expression.
SIN
    Syntax:
    SIN(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the sine of the angle specified in radians, in the given expression.
SQRT
    Syntax:
    SQRT(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the square root of the given numeric expression.
TAN
    Syntax:
    TAN(numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the tangent of the given numeric expression.

Conditional

Functions Syntax & Descriptions
IF
    Syntax:
    IF(expression, true_part, false_part)
    Description:
    Returns either true part or false part, depending on the evaluation of the expression.
IFNULL
    Syntax:
    IFNULL(expression1,expression2)
    Description:
    If the expression is numeric/string/date, returns the first expression. If the first expression is NULL, returns the second expression.
ISNOTNULL
    Syntax:
    ISNOTNULL(expression)
    Description:
    If the expression is numeric/string/date is NULL, returns a string representing false, otherwise returns true.
ISNULL
    Syntax:
    ISNULL(expression)
    Description:
    Returns true if the given expression evaluates to null.

Logical

Functions Syntax & Descriptions
AND
    Syntax:
    (expression1) AND (expression2)
    Description:
    Returns true if both the expressions evaluates to true.
NOT
    Syntax:
    NOT(expression)
    Description:
    Returns the reversed logical value of the expression being evaluated.
OR
    Syntax:
    (expression1) OR (expression2)
    Description:
    Returns true if any of the expressions evaluates to true.

Date

Functions Syntax & Descriptions
DATEADD
    Syntax:
    DATEADD(numeric_expression, date_expression)
    Description:
    Adds the number of days to the specified date.
DATENAME
    Syntax:
    DATENAME(date_part, date_expression)
    Description:
    Returns a string representing the specified date_part of the given date expression.
DATEPART
    Syntax:
    DATEPART(date_part, date_expression)
    Description:
    Returns an integer value representing the specified date_part of the given date expression.
DATESUB
    Syntax:
    DATESUB(numeric_expression, date_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the date subtracted from the specified date.
DAY
    Syntax:
    DAY(date_expression)
    Description:
    Returns a numeric value representing the day part of the specified date.
DAYDIFF
    Syntax:
    DAYDIFF(start_date_expression, end_date_expression)
    Description:
    Returns a numeric value representing the difference between two specified dates.
HOUR
    Syntax:
    HOUR(date_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the hour of the given date as an integer.
MINUTE
    Syntax:
    MINUTE(date_expression)
    Description:
    Returns a numeric value representing the minute part of the date resulted from specified date expression.
MONTH
    Syntax:
    MONTH(date_expression)
    Description:
    Returns a numeric value representing the month part of the date resulted from specified date expression.
NOW
    Syntax:
    NOW()
    Description:
    Returns the current date and time.
TODAY
    Syntax:
    TODAY()
    Description:
    Returns the current date.
YEAR
    Syntax:
    YEAR(date_expression)
    Description:
    Returns a numeric value representing the year part of the date resulting from the specified date expression.
MAX
    Syntax:
    MAX(expression)
    Description:
    Returns the maximum value in the given expression.
MIN
    Syntax:
    MIN(expression)
    Description:
    Returns the minimum value in the given expression.

String

Functions Syntax & Descriptions
CHAR
    Syntax:
    CHAR(integer_expression)
    Description:
    Converts the given integer ASCII code into a character.
CONCAT
    Syntax:
    CONCAT(string_expression1, string_expression2,…, string_expressionN)
    Description:
    Returns a string value resulting from the concatenation of two or more string values.
CONTAINS
    Syntax:
    CONTAINS(string_expression, substring_expression)
    Description:
    Returns true if the given string expression contains the specified substring expression.
ENDSWITH
    Syntax:
    ENDSWITH(string_expression substring_expression)
    Description:
    Returns true if the given string expression ends with the specified substring expression.
LEFT
    Syntax:
    LEFT(string_expression, numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the specified number of characters from start of the given string expression.
LEN
    Syntax:
    LEN(string_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the number of characters in the given string expression.
LOWER
    Syntax:
    LOWER(string_expression)
    Description:
    Returns a lower case converted string value from a given string expression.
LTRIM
    Syntax:
    LTRIM(string_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the string value with any leading blanks removed from string expression.
MAX
    Syntax:
    MAX(expression)
    Description:
    Returns the maximum value in the given expression.
MIN
    Syntax:
    MIN(expression)
    Description:
    Returns the minimum value in the given expression.
RIGHT
    Syntax:
    RIGHT(string_expression, numeric_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the specified number of characters from end of the given string expression.
RTRIM
    Syntax:
    RTRIM(string_expression)
    Description:
    Returns the string value with any trailing blanks removed from string expression.
STARTSWITH
    Syntax:
    STARTSWITH(string_expression, substring_expression)
    Description:
    Returns true if the given string expression starts with the specified substring expression.
SUBSTR
    Syntax:
    SUBSTR(string_expression, starting_index, length_of_the_string)
    Description:
    Returns a specific length of string starting from specific index from the given string expression.
UPPER
    Syntax:
    UPPER(string_expression)
    Description:
    Returns an upper case converted string value from a given string expression.
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