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General syntax for chart expressions

The following general syntax structure can be used for chart expressions, with many optional parameters:

expression ::= ( constant | expressionname | operator1 expression | expression operator2 expression | function | aggregation function | (expression ) )

where:

constant is a string (a text, a date or a time) enclosed by single straight quotation marks, or a number. Constants are written without thousands separator and with a decimal point as decimal separator.

expressionname is the name (label) of another expression in the same chart.

operator1 is a unary operator (working on one expression, the one to the right).

operator2 is a binary operator (working on two expressions, one on each side).

function ::= functionname ( parameters )

parameters ::= expression { , expression }

The number and types of parameters are not arbitrary. They depend on the function used.

aggregationfunction ::= aggregationfunctionname ( parameters2 )

parameters2 ::= aggrexpression { , aggrexpression }

The number and types of parameters are not arbitrary. They depend on the function used.

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