Database Reference
In-Depth Information
FuNCTIoN
DESCrIPTIoN
HASONEFILTER(<
column
>)
Returns
TRUE
when the number of
directly filtered values on
column
is
one; otherwise returns
FALSE
.
HASONEVALUE(<
column
>)
Returns
TRUE
when the context for
column
has been filtered down to one
distinct value only; otherwise, the
function returns
FALSE
.
ISCROSSFILTERED(<
column
>)
Returns
TRUE
when
column
or another
column in the same or related table is
being filtered.
ISFILTERED(<
column
>)
Returns
TRUE
when
column
is being
filtered directly. If there is no filter
on the column or if the filtering hap-
pens because a different column in
the same table or in a related table
is being filtered, then the function
returns
FALSE
.
INForMATIoN FuNCTIoNS
Information functions, as shown in Table B-3, return additional information,
such as a data type.
TABle B-3
Information Functions
FuNCTIoN
DESCrIPTIoN
CONTAINS(<
table
>,
<
column1
>, <
value1
>,
<
column2
>, <
value2
>,…)
Returns
TRUE
if values for all referred
columns exist, or are contained, in
those columns; otherwise, the func-
tion returns
FALSE
.
ISBLANK(<
value
>)
Checks whether a value is blank, and
returns
TRUE
or
FALSE
.
ISERROR(<
value
>)
Checks whether a value is an error,
and returns
TRUE
or
FALSE
.
ISLOGICAL(<
value
>)
Checks whether a value is a logical
value (
TRUE
or
FALSE
), and returns
TRUE
or
FALSE
.
ISNONTEXT(<
value
>)
Checks whether a value is not text
(blank cells are not text), and returns
TRUE
or
FALSE
.