Field functions

These functions can only be used in chart expressions.

Field functions either return integers or strings identifying different aspects of field selections.

Use the drop-down on each function to see a brief description and the syntax of each function. Click the function name in the syntax description for further details.

Count functions

GetSelectedCount() finds the number of selected (green) values in a field.

getselectedcount (field_name [, include_excluded])

GetAlternativeCount() is used to find the number of alternative (light gray) values in the identified field.

getalternativecount (field_name)

GetPossibleCount() is used to find the number of possible values in the identified field. If the identified field includes selections, then the selected (green) fields are counted. Otherwise associated (white) values are counted.

getpossiblecount(field_name)

GetExcludedCount() finds the number of excluded (dark gray) values in the identified field.

GetExcludedCount - chart function(field_name)

This chart function returns the number of not-selected values in the field named fieldname. The field must be in and-mode for this function to be relevant.

GetNotSelectedCount(fieldname [, includeexcluded=false])

Field and selection functions

GetCurrentSelections() returns the current selections in the app.

getcurrentselections([record_sep [,tag_sep [,value_sep [,max_values]]]])

GetFieldSelections() returns a string with the current selections in a field.

getfieldselections ( field_name [, value_sep [, max_values]])

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