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Aggregate Functions

Aggregate Functions calculate values based on two factors: the input cell, which is usually but not always a data field, and the report section that the function is located, relative to the input. The location of the function determines which, and how many cell values will be sent to the input. For example, an AggCount() function in a Group Footer will count the values in the group, but that same function in a Report Footer will count the values for the entire report. Aggregate Functions can also be used in Group Headers.

Note

Aggregate Functions cannot be nested, used in conditional formulas, in the static sections of a report or ExpressView formula columns.

Aggregating One-to-Many Relationships

Aggregate Functions have an optional argument that indicates how to count aggregates for one-to-many relationships named recordLevel. This argument indicates whether aggregation should occur at the record level or entity level. Pass True() to force aggregation to occur for every record, regardless of whether or not the record represents a unique instance of the entity that is being aggregated. This is called record level aggregation.

By default aggregation occurs only for every unique instance of the entity being aggregated, not for repeat values that occur from a one-to-many data relationship.

In application v2019.2+ by default aggregation occurs for all values in a one-to-many data relationship. To aggregate only for each unique instance, False() must be passed to force aggregation on the entity level. This default behavior can be changed by a system administrator.
In application versions pre-v2019.2 by default aggregation occurs only for every unique instance of the entity being aggregated, not for repeat values that occur from a one-to-many data relationship. This default behavior can be changed by a system administrator.

For example, in the two reports below, the Category Name column is being aggregated with the AggCount() function. The top figure aggregates on the entity level (recordLevel argument is False), and the bottom figure aggregates on the record level (recordLevel argument is True). Since the Category Name does not change, when aggregating by entity level, the count is 1. When aggregating on the record level, all records are considered for the aggregation and the count is 11.

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Aggregating CategoryName on entity level (recordLevel is False)

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Aggregating CategoryName on record level (recordLevel is True)

Most users can choose to ignore this option by simply omitting the argument.

To count at the Entity level, the application checks for changes in the Unique Key Fields of the object on the one- side of the join. Therefore, it is important to sort the report by the one– side’s unique key fields, otherwise the result is undefined and may be nonsensical.

In application v2019.2, an administrator can add their own aggregate functions to the application, called a Custom Aggregate Function. Consult with your administrator for more details about what functions are available when building reports.

Note

The application will not include null values when aggregating in-memory. If the system administrator has enabled aggregation in the data source, the data source will determine how null values are handled during aggregation.

AggAvg

Description Returns the average of the values in a group.
Remark

Accepts data fields or cell references.


Optional
second argument indicates whether to count:

  • Records: True (default)
  • Entities: False

Due to a limitation in Google BigQuery Data Sources, calculating the aggregate average on a floating point column may cause non-deterministic results.

Example AggAvg({OrderDetail.Quantity})
returns the average quantity of sales orders.

AggCount

Description Returns the number of unique entities in a Data Object.
Remark

The AggCount() function uses the Data Object, not the Data Field. For example, the function AggCount({Officer.Salary}) counts the number of Officers. You could replace Officer.Salary with any other field in the Officer Data Category and the function would still count the number of officers.

When passing a cell reference, the function will count the rows in the group section, not the rows in the data object. See the example below.

Optional second argument indicates whether to count:

  • Records: True (default)
  • Entities: False
Example Consider this sample report that displays all of the products in each category. Cell B3‘s formula =AggCount({Categories.CategoryName}) will count the number of times a product has an associated category name (in this example, that is all of the products). However, cell C3‘s formula =AggCount([A1]) will count the number of categories in the header section.
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Therefore, the expected report output should look like this:
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Where 12 is the number of products by virtue that they are all associated with the Beverages category, and 1 is the number of product categories referenced by cell A1.

AggDistinctCount

Description Returns the number of unique values in a group.
Remark

Accepts data fields or cell references.

Optional second argument indicates whether to count:

  • Records: True (default)
  • Entities: False

Optional third argument indicates whether to count null as a distinct value.

  • Count: True (default)
  • Ignore: False
Example AggDistinctCount({OrderDetail.Quantity})
returns the number distinct quantities in an order.

AggMax

Description Returns the maximum value in a group.
Remark

Accepts data fields or cell references.


Optional
second argument indicates whether to count:

  • Records: True (default)
  • Entities: False
Example AggMax({OrderDetail.Discount})
returns the largest discount.

AggMin

Description Returns the minimum value in a group.
Remark

Accepts data fields or cell references.


Optional
second argument indicates whether to count:

  • Records: True (default)
  • Entities: False
Example AggMin({OrderDetail.Discount})
returns the smallest discount.

AggSum

Description Returns the sum of the values in a group.
Remark

Accepts data fields or cell references.


Optional
second argument indicates whether to count:

  • Records: True (default)
  • Entities: False

Due to a limitation in Google BigQuery Data Sources, calculating the aggregate sum on a floating point column may cause non-deterministic results.

Example AggSum({OrderDetail.Quantity})
returns the total quantity of units ordered.

RunningSum

Description Returns a running total of the input cell.
Remark

The cell you want to sum.

Optional second argument of a Data Field or Category. The running sum will reset to 0 whenever there is a new value for this Data Field or Category.

Optional third argument indicates whether to count:

  • Records: True (default)
  • Entities: False
Examples
  1. RunningSum({Employees.Salary})
    returns running total of all the employee’s salary.
  2. RunningSum({Employees.Salary}, {Employees.Region})
    returns a running total of employee’s salary for each region.
  3. RunningSum({Employees.Salary}, {Company})
    returns a running total of employee’s salary for each Company.

AggMedian v2017.2+

Description Returns the median, or the middle value, of a data set.
Remark

Accepts data fields or cell references.

Optional second argument indicates whether to count:

  • Records: True (default)
  • Entities: False
Example AggMedian({OrderDetail.Quantity})
returns the median order quantity.

AggMode v2017.2+

Description Returns the mode, or the value that appears most often, of a data set.
Remark

Accepts data fields or cell references.

Optional second argument indicates whether to count:

  • Records: True (default)
  • Entites: False
Example AggMode({OrderDetail.Quantity})
returns the mode of order quantity.

AggStandardDeviation v2017.2+

Description Returns the standard deviation (SD) of a data set. SD is used to quantify the spread of the values in a data set. A lower SD indicates that values are close to the mean, and a higher SD indicates that values are more spread.
Remark

Accepts data fields or cell references.

Takes one, two, or three arguments:

The cell to get the standard deviation

Optional second argument indicates whether to calculate:

  • Sample-based standard deviation: “String”
  • Population-based standard deviation: “Population”

Optional third argument indicates whether to count:

  • Records: True (default)
  • Entities: False
Example AggStandardDeviation({OrderDetail.Quantity})
returns the standard deviation of order quantities.

AggVariance v2017.2+

Description Returns the variance of a data set. Variance is used to quantify the spread of the values in a data set, and is equal to the square of the standard deviation. Variance weighs outliers more heavily than standard deviation.
Remark

Accepts data fields or cell references.

Takes one, two, or three inputs:

The cell to get the variance

Optional second argument indicates whether to calculate:

  • Sample-based standard deviation: “String”
  • Population-based standard deviation: “Population”

Optional third argument indicates whether to count:

  • Records: True (default)
  • Entities: False
Example AggVariance({OrderDetail.Quantity})
returns the variance of order quantities
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