OrgPlus 7 User Guide

OrgPlus User Guide
Available Formulas
The following formulas are available in OrgPlus.
Numeric Formulas
The following formulas are for use with number fields.
Average: Compute an average of the selected number field for all specified
boxes.
Non-zero count: Count the number of specified boxes that do not contain a
number field with a zero value.
Fraction of Total: Compute the percentage of a total. First sum the field across
all specified boxes, and then divide into the field value for each box.
Maximum/Minimum: Determines the maximum or minimum value of the
selected field across all specified boxes.
Product: Multiply the values of the selected field across the specified boxes.
Standard Deviation: Compute the standard deviation for the selected field and
boxes.
Total: Sum the selected field across the specified boxes.
Variance: Compute the variance for the selected field.
General Formulas
Equals: Perform a calculation using a field or set of fields. For example,
performance change = current performance – last year’s performance.
ReportsTo: Get a value from a manager’s field.
Text Formulas
The following formulas are for use with text fields.
Upper: Convert a text field to all upper case.
Lower: Convert all letters in a text field to lowercase.
Trim: Remove all spaces from a text field except for single spaces between
words.
Len: Return the number of characters in a text field.
Count: Count the number of specified boxes.
Mid: Return a sub-string from the middle of a text field. For example,
Mid(3,3,”ABC123”) = C12.
Left: Return a sub-string from the start of a text field. For example,
Left(3,”ABC123”) = ABC.
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