Formula function reference
Learn the operators and functions you can use to create formulas in ThoughtSpot.
ThoughtSpot allows you to create derived columns in worksheets using formulas. You create these columns by building formulas using the Formula Assistant. An individual formula consists of n combinations of operators and functions.
This reference lists the various operators and functions you can use to create formulas.
Aggregate functions (group aggregate)
Use the following functions to aggregate data.
- average
-
Returns the average of all the values of a column.
average (revenue)
- average_if
-
Returns the average of all the columns that meet a given criteria.
average_if(city = "San Francisco", revenue)
- count
-
Returns the number of rows in the table containing the column.
count (product)
- count_if
-
Returns the number of rows in the table containing the column that meets the specified condition.
count_if(region =’west’, region)
- cumulative_average
-
Takes a measure and one or more attributes. Returns the average of the measure, accumulated by the attribute(s) in the order specified.
cumulative_average (revenue, order date, state)
- cumulative_max
-
Takes a measure and one or more attributes. Returns the maximum of the measure, accumulated by the attribute(s) in the order specified.
cumulative_max (revenue, state)
- cumulative_min
-
Takes a measure and one or more attributes. Returns the minimum of the measure, accumulated by the attribute(s) in the order specified.
cumulative_min (revenue, campaign)
- cumulative_sum
-
Takes a measure and one or more attributes. Returns the sum of the measure, accumulated by the attribute(s) in the order specified.
cumulative_sum (revenue, order date)
- group_aggregate
-
Takes a measure and optional attributes and filters. Used to aggregate measures with different granularities and filters than the columns used in the search. Commonly used in comparison analysis.
This formula takes the following form:
group_aggregate (<aggregation(measure)>, <groupings>, <filters>)
Define lists using curly brackets,
{ }
. Optional list functionsquery_groups
orquery_filters
specify the lists or filters used in the original search. Use+
(plus) and-
(minus) to add or exclude specific columns for query groups.group_aggregate (sum (revenue), {ship mode, date}, {} )
group_aggregate (sum (revenue), {ship mode , date}, {day_of_week (date) = 'friday'} )
`group_aggregate (sum (revenue), query_groups(), query_filters() ) `
group_aggregate (sum (revenue), query_groups() + {date}, query_filters() )
- group_average
-
Takes a measure and one or more attributes. Returns the average of the measure grouped by the attribute(s).
group_average (revenue, customer region, state)
- group_count
-
Takes a measure and one or more attributes. Returns the count of the measure grouped by the attribute(s).
group_count (revenue, customer region)
- group_max
-
Takes a measure and one or more attributes. Returns the maximum of the measure grouped by the attribute(s).
group_max (revenue, customer region)
- group_min
-
Takes a measure and one or more attributes. Returns the minimum of the measure grouped by the attribute(s).
group_min (revenue, customer region)
- group_stddev
-
Takes a measure and one or more attributes. Returns the standard deviation of the measure grouped by the attribute(s).
group_stddev (revenue, customer region)
- group_sum
-
Takes a measure and one or more attributes. Returns the sum of the measure grouped by the attribute(s).
group_sum (revenue, customer region)
- group_unique_count
-
Takes a measure and one or more attributes. Returns the unique count of the measure grouped by the attribute(s).
group_unique_count (product , supplier)
- group_variance
-
Takes a measure and one or more attributes. Returns the variance of the measure grouped by the attribute(s).
group_variance (revenue, customer region)
- max
-
Returns the maximum value of a column.
max (sales)
- max_if
-
Returns the maximum value among columns that meet a criteria.
max_if( (revenue > 10) , customer region )
- median
-
Returns the value of the measure from the row that has the 50th percentile value.
median (sales)
- min
-
Returns the minimum value of a column.
min (revenue)
- min_if
-
Returns the minimum value among columns that meet a criteria.
min_if( (revenue < 10) , customer region )
- moving_average
-
Takes a measure, two integers to define the window to aggregate over, and one or more attributes. The window is (current - Num1…Current + Num2) with both end points being included in the window. For example, “1,1” will have a window size of 3. To define a window that begins before Current, specify a negative number for Num2. Returns the average of the measure over the given window. The attributes are the ordering columns used to compute the moving average.
moving_average (revenue, 2, 1, customer region)
- moving_max
-
Takes a measure, two integers to define the window to aggregate over, and one or more attributes. The window is (current - Num1…Current + Num2) with both end points being included in the window. For example, “1,1” will have a window size of 3. To define a window that begins before Current, specify a negative number for Num2. Returns the maximum of the measure over the given window. The attributes are the ordering columns used to compute the moving maximum.
moving_max (complaints, 1, 2, store name)
- moving_min
-
Takes a measure, two integers to define the window to aggregate over, and one or more attributes. The window is (current - Num1…Current + Num2) with both end points being included in the window. For example, “1,1” will have a window size of 3. To define a window that begins before Current, specify a negative number for Num2. Returns the minimum of the measure over the given window. The attributes are the ordering columns used to compute the moving minimum.
moving_min (defects, 3, 1, product)
- moving_sum
-
Takes a measure, two integers to define the window to aggregate over, and one or more attributes. The window is (current - Num1…Current + Num2) with both end points being included in the window. For example, “1,1” will have a window size of 3. To define a window that begins before Current, specify a negative number for Num2. Returns the sum of the measure over the given window. The attributes are the ordering columns used to compute the moving sum.
moving_sum (revenue, 1, 1, order date)
- percentile
-
Returns the value of the measure from the row that has a
rank_percentile
less than or equal to N. If there is norank_percentile
below N, the value of the measure of the first row above N will be returned.percentile (sales , 99 , 'asc' )
percentile (sales , 99, 'desc' )
- rank
-
Returns the rank for the current row. Identical values receive an identical rank. Takes an aggregate input for the first argument. The second argument specifies the order,
'asc' | 'desc'
.rank (sum (revenue) , 'asc' )
rank (sum (revenue) , '`desc' )
- rank_percentile
-
Returns the percentile rank for the current row. Identical values are assigned an identical percentile rank. Takes an aggregate input for the first argument. The second argument specifies the order,
'asc' | 'desc'
.rank_percentile (sum (revenue) , 'asc' )
rank_percentile (sum (revenue) , 'desc' )
- stddev
-
Returns the standard deviation of all values of a column.
stddev (revenue)
- stddev_if
-
Returns a standard deviation values filtered to meet a specific criteria.
stddev_if( (revenue > 10) , (revenue/10.0) )
- sum
-
Returns the sum of all the values of a column.
sum (revenue)
- sum_if
-
Returns sum values filtered by a specific criteria.
sum_if(region=’west’, revenue)
- unique count
-
Returns the number of unique values of a column.
unique count (customer)
- unique_count_if
-
Returns the number of unique values of a column provided it meets the specified condition.
unique_count_if( (revenue > 10) , order date )
- variance
-
Returns the variance of all the values of a column.
variance (revenue)
- variance_if
-
Returns the variance of all the values of a column provided it meets a criteria..
variance_if( (revenue > 10) , (revenue/10.0) )
Conversion functions
Use these functions to convert data from one data type into another data type.
ThoughtSpot does not support date data type conversion.
to_bool
-
Returns the input as a
boolean
ordata type (
true`false
).- Examples
-
to_bool (0) = false to_bool (married)
to_date
-
Accepts a date represented as an integer or text string, and a second string parameter that can include
strptime
date formatting elements.Replaces all the valid strptime date formatting elements with their string counterparts and returns the result.
Does not accept epoch-formatted dates as input.
Does not accept datetime values. Only accepts month, day, and year.
- Examples
-
to_date (date_sold, '%Y-%m-%d')
to_double
-
Returns the input as a
double
data type.- Examples
-
to_double ('3.14') = 3.14 to_double (revenue * .01)
to_integer
-
Returns the input as an integer.
- Examples
-
to_integer ('45') + 1 = 46 to_integer (price + tax - cost)
to_string
-
Returns the input as a text string. To convert a date data type to a string data type, specify the date format you want to use in the second argument (for example,
to_string ( <date column> , "%Y-%m-%d" )
). Use strftime for the date format.- Examples
-
to_string (45 + 1) = '46' to_string (revenue - cost) to_string (date,'%m/%d/%y')
Date functions
add_days
-
Returns the result of adding the specified number of days to the given date.
- Examples
-
add_days (01/30/2015, 5) = 02/04/2015 add_days (invoiced, 30)
add_minutes
-
Returns the result of adding the specified number of minutes to the given date, datetime, or time.
- Examples
-
add_minutes ( 01/30/2015 00:10:20 , 5 ) = 01/30/2015 00:15:20 add_minutes ( invoiced , 30 )
add_months
-
Returns the result of adding the specified number of months to the given date.
- Examples
-
add_months ( 01/30/2015, 5 ) = 06/30/2015 add_months ( invoiced_date , 5 )
add_seconds
-
Returns the result of adding the specified number of seconds to the given date/ datetime/ time.
- Examples
-
add_seconds ( 01/30/2015 00:00:00, 5 ) = 06/30/2015 00:00:05 add_seconds ( invoiced_date , 5 )
add_weeks
-
Returns the result of adding the specified number of weeks to the given date.
- Examples
-
add_weeks ( 01/30/2015, 2 ) = 02/13/2015 add_weeks ( invoiced_date , 2 )
add_years
-
Returns the result of adding the specified number of years to the given date.
- Examples
-
add_years ( 01/30/2015, 5 ) = 01/30/2020 add_years ( invoiced_date , 5 )
date
-
Returns the date portion of a date.
- Examples
-
date (home visit)
day
-
Returns the number (1-31) of the day of the month for a date.
- Examples
-
day (01/15/2014) = 15 day (date ordered)
day_number_of_quarter
-
Returns the number of the day in a quarter for a date. You can add an optional second parameter to specify whether a 'fiscal' or 'calendar' year is used to calculate the result. The default is 'calendar'.
- Examples
-
day_number_of_quarter (01/30/2015) = 30 day_number_of_quarter (01/30/2015, 'fiscal') = 91 // May 1 is start of fiscal year
day_number_of_week
-
Returns the number (1-7) of the day in a week for a date. Monday is 1, and Sunday is 7.
- Examples
-
day_number_of_week(01/15/2014) = 3 day_number_of_week (shipped)
day_number_of_year
-
Returns the number (1-366) of the day in a year from a date. You can add an optional second parameter to specify whether a 'fiscal' or 'calendar' year is used to calculate the result.
- Default
-
'calendar'
- Examples
-
day_number_of_year (01/30/2015) = 30 day_number_of_year ( 01/30/2015, 'fiscal' ) = 275 // May 1 is start of fiscal year day_number_of_year (invoiced)
day_of_week
-
Returns the day of the week for the given date.
- Examples
-
day_of week (01/30/2015) = Friday day_of_week (serviced)
diff_days
-
Subtracts the second date from the first date and returns the result in number of days, rounded down if not exact.
- Examples
-
diff_days (01/15/2014, 01/17/2014) = -2 diff_days (purchased, shipped)
diff_time
-
Subtracts the second date from the first date and returns the result in number of seconds.
- Examples
-
diff_time (01/30/2014, 01/31/2014) = -86,400 diff_time (clicked, submitted)
hour_of_day
-
Returns the hour of the day for the given date.
- Examples
-
hour_of_day (received)
is_weekend
-
Returns
true
if the date is a Saturday or a Sunday.- Examples
-
is_weekend (01/31/2015) = true is_weekend (emailed)
month
-
Returns the month from the date.
- Examples
-
month (01/15/2014) = January month (date ordered)
month_number
-
Returns the number (1-12) of the month from a given date. You can add an optional second parameter to specify whether a 'fiscal' or 'calendar' year is used to calculate the result.
- Default
-
'calendar'
- Examples
-
month_number (09/20/2014) = 9 month_number ( 09/20/2014, 'fiscal' ) = 5 // May 1 is start of fiscal year month_number (purchased)
month_number_of_quarter
-
Returns the month (1-3) number for the given date in a quarter. You can add an optional second parameter to specify whether a 'fiscal' or 'calendar' year is used to calculate the result.
- Default
-
'calendar'
- Examples
-
month_number_of_quarter (02/20/2018) = 2
In the following example, May 1st is the start of the fiscal year.
month_number_of_quarter (02/20/2018,'fiscal' ) = 1
now
-
Returns the current date and time in your locale’s standard date and time format. For example, if your locale is English (United States), it returns
MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss
(04/27/2022 12:34:00).- Examples
-
now ()
quarter_number
-
Returns the number (1-4) of the quarter associated with the date. You can add an optional second parameter to specify 'fiscal' or 'calendar' dates.
- Default
-
'calendar'
- Examples
-
quarter_number ( 04/14/2014) = 2 quarter_number ( 04/14/2014, 'fiscal' ) = 4 // May 1 is start of fiscal year quarter_number ( shipped )
start_of_month
-
Returns
MMM yyyy
for the first day of the month. Your installation configuration can override this setting so that it returns a different format, such asMM/dd/yyyy
. Speak with your ThoughtSpot administrator for information on doing this.- Examples
-
start_of_month ( 01/31/2015 ) = Jan FY 2015 start_of_month (shipped)
start_of_quarter
-
Returns the date for the first day of the quarter for the date. You can add an optional second parameter to specify whether a 'fiscal' or 'calendar' year is used to calculate the result.
- Default
-
'calendar'
- Examples
-
start_of_quarter ( 04/30/2014) = Apr 2014 start_of_quarter ( 04/30/2014, 'fiscal') = Feb 2014 // May 1 is the start of the fiscal year start_of_quarter (sold)
start_of_week
-
Returns the date for the first day of the week for the given date.
- Examples
-
start_of_week ( 01/31/2020 ) = 01/27/2020 start_of_week (emailed)
start_of_year
-
Returns the date for the first day of the year for the date. You can add an optional second parameter to specify whether a 'fiscal' or 'calendar' year is used to calculate the result. The default is 'calendar'.
- Examples
-
start_of_year (04/30/2014) returns Jan 2014 start_of_year (04/30/2014, 'fiscal') // May 1 is start of fiscal year start_of_year (joined)
time
-
Returns the time portion of a date.
- Examples
-
time (1/31/2002 10:32) = 10:32 time (call began)
today
-
Returns the current date in your locale’s standard date format. For example, if your locale is English (United States), it returns
MM/dd/yyyy
(04/27/2022).- Examples
-
today ()
week_number_of_month
-
Returns the week number for the date in a month.
- Examples
-
week_number_of_month(03/23/2017) = 3
week_number_of_quarter
-
Returns the week number for the given date in a quarter. You can add an optional second parameter to specify whether a 'fiscal' or 'calendar' year is used to calculate the result.
- Default
-
'calendar'
- Examples
-
week_number_of_quarter (01/31/2020) = 5 week_number_of_quarter (05/31/2020, 'fiscal') = 5 // May 1 is start of fiscal year
week_number_of_year
-
Returns the week number for the date in a year. You can add an optional second parameter to specify whether a 'fiscal' or 'calendar' year is used to calculate the result.
- Default
-
'calendar'
- Examples
-
week_number_of_year (01/17/2014) = 3 week_number_of_year ( 01/17/2014, 'fiscal') = 38. // May 1 is start of fiscal year
year
-
Returns the year from a given date. You can add an optional second parameter to specify whether a 'fiscal' or 'calendar' year is used to calculate the result. The default is 'calendar'.
- Examples
-
year (01/15/2014) = 2014 year (12/15/2013, 'fiscal' ) = 2014. // May 1 is start of fiscal year year (date ordered)
Mixed functions
These functions can be used with text and numeric data types.
- =
-
Returns
true
if the first value is equal to the second value.- Examples
-
2 = 2 = true revenue = 1000000
- >
-
Returns true if the first value is greater than the second value.
- Examples
-
3 > 2 = true revenue > 1000000
- >=
-
Returns true if the first value is greater than or equal to the second value.
- Examples
-
3 >= 2 = true revenue >= 1000000
- greatest
-
Returns the larger of the values.
- Examples
-
greatest (20, 10) = 20 greatest (q1 revenue, q2 revenue)
- least
-
Returns the smaller of the values.
- Examples
-
least (20, 10) = 10 least (q1 revenue, q2 revenue)
- <
-
Returns true if the first value is less than the second value.
- Examples
-
3 < 2 = false revenue < 1000000
- ⇐
-
Returns true if the first value is less than or equal to the second value.
- Examples
-
1 <= 2 = true revenue <= 1000000
- !=
-
Returns true if the first value is not equal to the second value.
- Examples
-
3 != 2 = true revenue != 1000000
Number functions
- * (multiply)
-
Returns the result of multiplying two numbers.
- Examples
-
3 * 2 = 6 price * taxrate
- + (add)
-
Returns the result of adding two numbers.
- Examples
-
1 + 2 = 3 price + shipping
- − (subtract)
-
Returns the result of subtracting the second number from the first number.
- Examples
-
3 - 2 = 1 revenue - tax
- / (divide)
-
Returns the result of dividing the first number by the second number.
- Examples
-
6 / 3 = 2 markup / retail price
- ^
-
Returns the first number raised to the power of the second number.
- Examples
-
3 {caret} 2 = 9 width {caret} 2
- abs
-
Returns the absolute value of a number.
- Examples
-
abs (-10) = 10 abs (profit)
- acos
-
Returns the inverse cosine, in degrees.
- Examples
-
acos (0.5) = 60 acos (cos-satellite-angle)
- asin
-
Returns the inverse sine, in degrees.
- Examples
-
asin (0.5) = 30 asin (sin-satellite-angle)
- atan
-
Returns the inverse tangent, in degrees.
- Examples
-
atan (1) = 45 atan (tan-satellite-angle)
- atan2
-
Returns the inverse tangent, in degrees.
- Examples
-
atan2 (10, 10) = 45 atan2 (longitude, latitude)
- cbrt
-
Returns the cube root of a number.
- Examples
-
cbrt (27) = 3 cbrt (volume)
- ceil
-
Returns the rounded up integer value of a fraction.
- Examples
-
ceil (5.9) = 6 ceil (growth rate)
- cos
-
Returns the cosine of an angle that is specified in degrees.
- Examples
-
cos (63) = 0.45 cos (beam angle)
- cube
-
Returns the cube of a number, or the number to the 3rd power.
- Examples
-
cube (3) = 27 cube (length)
- exp
-
Returns Euler’s number (~2.718) raised to a power specified by the number.
- Examples
-
exp (2) = 7.38905609893 exp (growth)
- exp2
-
Returns 2 raised to a power specified by the number.
- Examples
-
exp2 (3) = 8 exp2 (growth)
- floor
-
Returns the rounded down integer value of a fraction.
- Examples
-
floor (5.1) = 5 floor (growth rate)
- ln
-
Returns the natural logarithm of a number.
- Examples
-
ln (7.38905609893) = 2 ln (distance)
- log10
-
Returns the base 10 logarithm of a number.
- Examples
-
log10 (100) = 2 log10 (volume)
- log2
-
Returns the base 2 logarithm, or the binary logarithm, of a number.
- Examples
-
log2 (32) = 5 log2 (volume)
- mod
-
Returns the remainder of a division of the first number by the second number.
- Examples
-
mod (8, 3) = 2 mod ( revenue , quantity )
- pow
-
Returns the first number raised to the power of the second number.
- Examples
-
pow (5, 2) = 25 pow (width, 2)
- random
-
Returns a random number between 0 and 1.
- Examples
-
random ( ) = .457718 random ( )
- round
-
Returns the first number rounded to the second number (the default is 1).
- Examples
-
round (35.65, 10) = 40 round (battingavg, 100) round (48.67, .1) = 48.7
- safe_divide
-
Returns the result of dividing the first number by the second.
If the second number is 0, returns 0 instead of NaN (not a number).
- Examples
-
safe_divide (12, 0) = 0 safe_divide (total_cost, units)
- sign
-
Returns +1 if the number is greater than zero, -1 if less than zero, 0 if zero.
- Examples
-
sign (-250) = -1 sign (growth rate)
- sin
-
Returns the sine of an angle that is specified in degrees.
- Examples
-
sin (35) = 0.57 sin (beam angle)
- spherical_distance
-
Returns the distance, in km, between two points on Earth, as defined by their latitude and longitude.
The order of parameters is:
lat1
,long1
,lat2
,long2
.- Examples
-
spherical_distance ( 37.465191, -122.153617, 37.421962, -122.142174) = 4,961.96 spherical_distance ( start_latitude, start_longitude, end_latitude, end_longitude)
- sq
-
Returns the square of a numeric value, or the number to the power of 2.
- Examples
-
sq (9) = 81 sq (width)
- sqrt
-
Returns the square root of a number, or the number to the power of 1/2.
- Examples
-
sqrt (9) = 3 sqrt (area)
- tan
-
Returns the tangent of an angle that is specified in degrees.
- Examples
-
tan (35) = 0.7 tan (beam angle)
Operators
and
-
Returns
true
when both conditions aretrue
, otherwise returnsfalse
.- Examples
-
(1 = 1) and (3 > 2) = true lastname = 'smith' and state ='texas'
Not available for row-level security (RLS) formulas.
if…then…else
-
Conditional operator. Allows for multiple clauses.
- Examples
-
if (cost > 500) then 'flag' else 'approve' if ( item type in {'shirts', 'jackets', 'sweatshirts', 'sweaters'}) then 'tops' else if ( item type in {'shorts', 'pants'}) then 'bottoms' else 'all other apparel'
ifnull
-
Returns the first value if it is not
null
, otherwise returns the second value.- Example
-
ifnull (cost, 'unknown')
in
-
Takes a column name and a list of values. It checks each column value against the list of values in the formula, and returns
true
if the column value matches one of the values in the formula.- Example
-
state in { 'texas' , 'california' }
isnull
-
Returns
true
if the value isnull
.- Example
-
isnull (phone)
not
-
Returns
true
if the condition isfalse
, otherwise returnsfalse
.- Examples
-
not (3 > 2) = false not (state = 'texas')
not in
-
Takes a column name and a list of values. It checks each column value against the list of values in the formula, and returns
true
if the column value does not match any of the values in the formula.- Example
-
state not in { 'texas' , 'california' }
or
-
Returns
true
when either condition istrue
, otherwise returnsfalse
.- Examples
-
(1 = 5) or (3 > 2) = true state = 'california' or state ='oregon'
Text functions
concat
-
Returns two or more values as a concatenated text string. Use single quotes around each literal string, not double quotes.
- Examples
-
concat ( 'hay' , 'stack' ) = 'haystack' concat (title, ' ', first_name , ' ', last_name)
contains
-
Returns true if the first string contains the second string, otherwise returns false.
- Examples
-
contains ('broomstick', 'room') = true contains (product, 'trial version')
edit_distance
-
Accepts two text strings. Returns the edit distance (minimum number of operations required to transform one string into the other) as an integer. Works with strings under 1023 characters.
- Examples
-
edit_distance ('attorney', 'atty') = 4 edit_distance (color, 'red')
edit_distance_with_cap
-
Accepts two text strings and an integer to specify the upper limit cap for the edit distance (minimum number of operations required to transform one string into the other). If the edit distance is less than or equal to the specified cap, returns the edit distance. If it is higher than the cap, returns the cap plus 1. Works with strings under 1023 characters.
- Examples
-
edit_distance_with_cap ('pokemon go', 'minecraft pixelmon', 3) = 4 edit_distance_with_cap (event, 'burning man', 3)
left
-
Returns the portion of the given string of given length, beginning from the left-hand side of the string.
- Examples
-
left ( 'persnickety' , 4 ) = 'pers' left ( lastname , 5 )
right
-
Returns the portion of the given string of given length, beginning from the right-hand side of the string.
- Examples
-
right ( 'persnickety' , 4 ) = 'kety' right ( lastname , 5 )
similar_to
-
Accepts a document text string and a search text string. Returns true if relevance score (0-100) of the search string with respect to the document is greater than or equal to 20. Relevance is based on edit distance, number of words in the query, and length of words in the query which are present in the document.
- Examples
-
similar_to ('hello world', 'hello swirl') = true similar_to (current team, drafted by)
similarity
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Accepts a document text string and a search text string. Returns the relevance score (0-100) of the search string with respect to the document. Relevance is based on edit distance, number of words in the query, and length of words in the query which are present in the document. If the two strings are an exact match, returns 100.
- Examples
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similarity ('where is the burning man concert', 'burning man') = 46 similarity (tweet1, tweet2)
sounds_like
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Accepts two text strings. Returns true if they sound similar when spoken, and false if they do not.
- Examples
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sounds_like ( 'read' , 'red' ) = true sounds_like ( owner , promoter )
spells_like
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Accepts two text strings. Returns true if they are spelled similarly and false if they are not. Works with strings under 1023 characters.
- Examples
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spells_like ('thouhgtspot', 'thoughtspot') = true spells_like (studio, distributor)
strlen
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Returns the length of the text.
- Examples
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strlen ('smith') = 5 strlen (lastname)
strpos
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Returns the numeric position (starting from 0) of the first occurrence of the second string in the first string, or -1 if not found.
- Examples
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strpos ('haystack_with_needles', 'needle') = 14 strpos (complaint, 'lawyer')
substr
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Returns the portion of the given string, beginning at the location specified (starting from 0), and of the given length.
- Examples
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substr ('persnickety', 3, 7) = snicket substr (lastname, 0, 5)
Variables
These variables can be used in your expressions.
- ts_groups
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Returns a list of all the groups the current logged in user belongs to. For any row, if the expression evaluates to
true
for any of the groups, the user can see that row.- Example
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ts_groups = 'east'
- ts_username
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Returns the user with the matching name.
- Example
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ts_username != 'mark'
You cannot use these variables (ts_groups and ts_username ) within an expression. For example, ts_groups = substr(rls_group_name, 0, 3) is valid, but substr(ts_groups,0,3) = rls_group_name is NOT valid.
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Embrace passthrough functions
The following passthrough SQL functions are supported in connections for all cloud data warehouses:
- sql_bool_aggregate_op
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Returns the boolean data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function and runs it against the datasource. Subsequent arguments pass the values to the external function.
- Example
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sql_bool_aggregate_op ( "booland_agg ({0})", is_delivered )
- sql_bool_op
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Returns the boolean data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Examples:
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sql_bool_op ( "is_decimal ({0})", itemCount ) sql_bool_op ( "boolor ({0}, {1})", 2, 0 ) = True
- sql_date_aggregate_op
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Returns the date data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Example:
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sql_date_aggregate_op ( "max ({0})" , orderdate )
- sql_date_op
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Returns the date data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Example:
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sql_date_op ( "previous_day ({0})", ship_date )
- sql_date_time_aggregate_op
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Returns the timestamp data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Example:
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ql_date_time_aggregate_op ( "max ({0})", delivery_time )
- sql_date_time_op
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Returns the timestamp data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Example:
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sql_date_time_op ( "timestamp_sub ({0}, {1})", sale_time, 'INTERVAL 30 MINUTE')
- sql_double_aggregate_op
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Returns the double data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Example:
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sql_double_aggregate_op ( "approx_percentile ({0}, {1})", unrealised_gain, 0.99 )
- sql_double_op
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Returns the double data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Examples:
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sql_double_op ( "acosh ({0})", quantity ) sql_double_op ( "radians ({0})", 180 ) = 3.141592654
- sql_int_aggregate_op
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Returns the int data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Examples:
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sql_int_aggregate_op ( "approx_count_distinct ({0})", sale_volume ) sql_int_aggregate_op ( "bitand_agg({0}) OVER ( [ partition by {1} ] )", user_permissions, user_type )
- sql_int_op
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Returns the int data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Examples:
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sql_int_op ( "ceil ({0})", itemCount ) sql_int_op ( "charindex ({0}, {1})", "qwerty", "rty" ) = 4
- sql_string_aggregate_op
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Returns the string data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Example:
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sql_string_aggregate_op ( "min ({0})", username )
- sql_string_op
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Returns the string data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Example:
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sql_string_op ( "soundex ({0})", "Marks" )
- sql_time_aggregate_op
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Returns the time data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Example:
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sql_time_aggregate_op ( "max (time ({0}))", delivery_time )
- sql_time_op
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Returns the time data type. The first argument takes the signature of the external function to be executed against the datasource. Subsequent arguments take the values to be passed to the external function.
- Example:
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sql_time_op ( "time_from_parts ({0}, {1}, {2})", 12, 30, 20 ) = 12:30:20