SI.QUERYFILTER Function

Created by Harry Lewis, Modified on Wed, 18 Dec at 3:12 PM by Harry Lewis

Applies to:

Velixo NX
Sage Intacct

The SI.QUERYFILTER function returns a STRING that can be used as input for the FILTER argument in the SI.QUERY function.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Syntax
Parameters
Examples

Syntax

SI.QUERYFILTER(Connection, Object, Column, Criteria, Column, Criteria, ..., Column, Criteria)

Parameters

The SI.QUERYFILTER function uses the following parameters:

Parameter	Required/Optional	Description
Connection	Required	The name of the connection as configured in the Connection Manager
Object	Required	The name of the Sage Intacct object to filter
Column1	Required	The name of the first column to which criteria is to be applied
Criteria1	Required	This can be: a single value an array of values a range of cells containing the criteria for the first column. Each value should contain an Excel comparison operator (<>, >, <, =, >=, <=) followed by a criteria value for the column, for example, ">=42". If the operator is not explicitly specified, the equality operator "=" is assumed. In case this parameter is an array or a range of cells, each of those will be considered an alternative, and will be joined via a logical "OR"
Column2	Optional	The name of the first column to which criteria is to be applied
Criteria2	Optional	A single value, an array of values, or a range of cells containing the criteria for the second column.
...
ColumnN	Optional	The name of the N^th column to which criteria is to be applied
CriteriaN	Optional	A single value, an array of values, or a range of cells containing the criteria for the Nth column.

Examples

Null values

=SI.QUERYFILTER("Sage","Employee","Name","null")

Result

(Name IS NULL)

Not null values

=SI.QUERYFILTER("Sage","Employee","Name","not null")

Result

(Name IS NOT NULL)

Multiple Values

When we want the data from an object where a field can be set to one of multiple values, we can use a reference to a range of cells containing those values:

or, if the values are returned by an array function, we can use array referencing:

Wildcards

Sage supports two wildcard characters:

* - Matches anything up to, or after the characters
? - Matches a single character

If a value contains one of these characters, eg. "Name", "M?k*", we get:

(Name LIKE 'M_k%')

We can also use "Name", "not like Mi*", to get:

(Name NOT LIKE 'Mi%')

All Values

When used by itself, an asterisk (*) is interpreted to mean the same thing as "is not null".

For example:

=SI.QUERYFILTER(A1,"Location","LocationID","*")

Using the asterisk and question mark (*?) can be used to match and any and all values.

For example:

=SI.QUERYFILTER(A1,"Location","LocationID","*?")

In practice, this results in a non-filter (since nothing is really being filtered).

e.g.,

(note that STATUS is not included in the resulting filter)

Empty values

Excel treats empty cells as the value 0. As such:

If the user specifies for column name and criteria, respectively, "ColumnName", A1
and A1 is an empty cell
The function will return ColumnName='0' (or ColumnName =0, depending on the data type)

In order to obtain a truly empty value, an apostrophe (') should be used in the criteria cell. Thus:

If the user specifies for column name and criteria, respectively, "ColumnName", A1
And A1 contains the value '
The function will return ColumnName=''

Similarly, when working with date columns, specifying an empty cell will result in:

(BIRTHDATE = '12/30/1899')

Which equates to 0 in the Excel date system.

Specific Data Types

Percentages

Percentages must be passed as a decimal value between 0 and 1. An Excel cell formatted as % should return values like this.

Currency

Currency values should be passed as a number only, without any monetary symbols

Date and Timestamp

Support is provided for the following formats:

yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
yyyy-MM-dd
MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss
MM/dd/yyyy
Excel dates
ISO format yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss

For example:

=SI.QUERYFILTER(A1,"GLENTRY","WHENCREATED","> 2020-04-27 23:19:10")

Boolean values

Boolean (true/false) values can be specified as:

Excel native Booleans:

=SI.QUERYFILTER($E$4,"Employee","POSTACTUALCOST",TRUE)

A string:

=SI.QUERYFILTER($E$4,"Employee","POSTACTUALCOST","true")

A zero (false) or one (true):

=SI.QUERYFILTER($E$4,"Employee","POSTACTUALCOST",1)

All the examples above should result in the same filter:

(POSTACTUALCOST = true)

Due to Excel treating empty cells as the value zero, specifying an empty cell will result in:

(POSTACTUALCOST = false)