Class actuate.data.Filter

Description

Specifies filter conditions to be used by other classes when processing data. A filter has three components: a column, an operator, and a value or set of values. The condition is expressed as "value1 operator value2". For some operators, like "IN", the expression will be "value1 IN value2" where value2 is an array of strings.

Format numbers and date/time values in a locale neutral format, for example, "2.5" or "09/31/2008 01:02:03 AM".

Constructor

Syntax

actuate.data.Filter(string columnName, string operator, string[ ] value1, string[ ] value2)

Constructs a filter object.

Parameters

columnName

String. The column name.

operator

String. The operator can be any operator. Table 44‑10 lists the valid filter operators and the number of arguments to pass to the constructor or setValues( ).

Table 44‑10 Filter operators
Operator	Description	Number of arguments
BETWEEN	Between an inclusive range	2
BOTTOM_N	Matches the bottom n values	1
BOTTOM_PERCENT	Matches the bottom percent of the values	1
EQ	Equal	1
FALSE	Matches false Boolean values	0
GREATER_THAN	Greater than	1
GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL	Greater than or equal	1
IN	Matches any value in a set of values	1+
LESS_THAN	Less than	1
LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL	Less than or equal	1
LIKE	Search for a pattern	1
MATCH	Matches a pattern	1
NOT_BETWEEN	Not between an inclusive range	2
NOT_EQ	Not equal	1
NOT_IN	Does not match any value in a set of values	1+
NOT_LIKE	Search for values that do not match a pattern	1
NOT_MATCH	Does not match a pattern	1
NOT_NULL	Is not null	0
NULL	Is null	0
TOP_N	Matches the top n values	1
TOP_PERCENT	Matches the top percent of the values	1
TRUE	Matches true Boolean values	0

value1

String or array of strings. The first value to compare to the column value for the BETWEEN or NOT_BETWEEN operators.

value2

String or array of strings. This parameter is only required for the BETWEEN or NOT_BETWEEN operators.

Example

To select all of the rows matching a list of countries in their country fields, use code similar to the following:

var filter = new actuate.data.Filter("COUNTRY", actuate.data.Filter.IN,["Canada" , "USA", "UK", "Australia"]);

To create a filter to display only entries with a CITY value of NYC, use the following code:

var cityfilter = new actuate.data.Filter("CITY", actuate.data.Filter.EQ, "NYC");

Function summary

Table 44‑11 lists actuate.data.Filter functions.

Table 44‑11 actuate.data.Filter functions
Function	Description
getColumnName( )	Returns the column name
getOperator( )	Returns the filter operator
getValues( )	Returns the value or values of the filter
setColumnName( )	Sets the name of the column to filter
setOperator( )	Sets the operator for the filter
setValues( )	Sets string values for the filter

getColumnName

Syntax

string Filter.getColumnName( )

Returns the column name.

Returns

String. The name of the column.

Example

This example retrieves the name of the column:

function retrieveColumnName(myFilter){

var colname = myFilter.getColumnName( );

return colname;

}

getOperator

Syntax

string Filter.getOperator( )

Returns the filter operator.

Returns

String. Table 44‑10 lists the legal filter operator values.

Example

This example retrieves the name of the filter operator:

function retrieveFilterOperator(myFilter){

var myOp = myFilter.getOperator( );

return myOp;

}

getValues

Syntax

string Filter.getValues( )

string[ ] Filter.getValues( )

Returns the evaluated results of this filter. When the filter is constructed or set with a single argument, the returned value corresponds to the single argument. When two arguments or an array are set in the filter, the return value is an array of values.

Returns

String or array of strings. Returns the value or values from the filter.

Example

This example retrieves the name of the filter operator:

function retrieveValues(myFilter){

var myVals = myFilter.getValues( );

return myVals;

}

setColumnName

Syntax

void Filter.setColumnName(columnName)

Sets the name of the column to filter.

Parameter

columnName

String. The column name.

Example

This example sets the name of the column to filter to Sales:

function setFilterSales( myfilter ){

myfilter.setColumnName("Sales");

}

setOperator

Syntax

void Filter.setOperator(string operator)

Sets filter operator. The operator determines the comparison made between the data in the column and the value or values set in the filter.

Parameter

operator

String. The operator can be any valid operator. Table 44‑10 lists the valid filter operators and the number of arguments to pass to Filter.setValues( ).

Example

This example sets the filter to retrieve the bottom five values:

function setFilterBot5( ){

myfilter.setOperator(actuate.data.Filter.BOTTOM_N);

myfilter.setValues("5");

}

setValues

Syntax

void Filter.setValues(string value)

void Filter.setValues(string value1, string value2)

void Filter.setValues(string[ ] values)

Sets string values for the filter to compare to the data in the column according to the operator. Table 44‑10 lists the valid filter operators and the values they use. Takes either one or two values, or one array of values.

Parameters

value

String. The value to compare to the column value.

value1

String. The first value to compare to the column value for the BETWEEN operator.

value2

String. The second value to compare to the column value for the BETWEEN operator.

values

Array of strings. The values to compare to the column value for the IN operator.

Example

This example sets the filter to retrieve values between 10 and 35:

function setFilter( myfilter ){

myfilter.setOperator(actuate.data.Filter.BETWEEN);

myfilter.setValues("10","35");

}