Description

Returns the value of the current cell.

Remark

This function is only used

in Conditional Formatting.

Example

Suppose a cell of a report displays the price of products.

Ex. CellValue()> 150

 returns True if the price of the product is greater than 150.

Description

Returns the current value of a filter as a string for display purposes.

Remark

Takes three arguments.

1. The index of the filter.

2. The sub-index used for filters that contain multiple values (i.e. between or one of).

3. (Optional) a true/false indicator if the value should be formatted following the user's culture settings. This is used for numbers and dates. 

If there are no filters the function will return an Index out of Range message.

Indexes begin with 1.

Note:

 The optional 3rd parameter is not recommended for use in computational formulas. For more information about best practices, click here.

Example

Suppose the filter summary is “Order Detail.UnitPrice > '3.6' and Products.ProductName is one of ('Boston Crab Meat', 'Tofu')”.

Ex. FilterValue(2,2)

 returns Tofu.

Description

Creates a hyperlink to an external website.

Remark

Takes two arguments.

1. The URL of the website.

2. (Optional) the text to display in the cell.

If display text is omitted, the URL will display.

Note:

 If PDF exports open in a tab within this application, then clicking the hyperlink may direct a user to leave the application.

Note:

 Cannot be used inside of an If() function.

Example

Ex. Hyperlink(

‘www.fakeWebSite.

com’, ‘click here’)

 returns a hyperlink that displays the text ‘click here’ . Clicking this text will open http://www.fakeWebSite.com.

Description

Loads a server side image based on the input path into the cell.

Remark

Can be used to load an image dynamically in place of the insert image feature. The path to the image must be in quotation marks. The entire path of the image is not required if your administrator has set a 'LoadImage' Prefix. Can also be used to load images stored in a database by using a data field as the function's argument (without quotes).

Example

Ex. LoadImage("C:/StarryNight.jpg")

Ex.

 LoadImage({Categories.Picture})

Ex. LoadImage("https://exagoinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/logo.png")

Description

Removes any HTML tags from the input string.

Remark

The input must be a string in between quotation marks.

Example

Ex. StripHtmlTags("<h1>This is heading 1</h1>") -

returns This is heading 1.

Description

Passes an Excel formula to an Excel report.

Remark

The input must be a string in between quotation marks. Must be the outermost function in a formula.

Example

Ex. ExcelFormula("SUM(A1:A100)")

 will pass the

formula SUM(A1:A100)

 to Excel, which will evaluate the formula when the spreadsheet is opened.

Description

Returns the current page number for HTML, PDF, and RTF Advanced or Express Reports.

Remark

Equivalent to

the @pageNumber@ parameter.

Available in version 2017.2 and later

.

Example

Ex. PageNumber()

Description

Returns the format the report is being exported as.

Remark

This is useful for conditionally suppressing report sections depending on the export type.

Available in version 2017.2 and later.

Example

Ex. ExportType()