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ISNULL
This function checks whether a value is unknown
Syntax
ISNULL(expression)
- expression - Expression that is checked.
Return type
- boolean - TRUE of the attribute is unknown, FALSE otherwise
Examples
Suppose the following data model.
| Person.name | Person.SequenceNumber |
|---|---|
| “Bob” | 654 |
| “Jane” | ? |
- for Bob,
ISNULL ( Person.SequenceNumber )= FALSE - for Jane,
ISNULL ( Person.SequenceNumber )= TRUE
ISUNKNOWN
This function replaces a value if that value is unknown.
Syntax
ISUNKNOWN(expression, value)
- expression- Expression of which the value has to be returned if that value is known.
- value - Value to return if the attribute value is unknown.
Return type
- any type, equals the attribute type
Examples
Suppose the following data model.
| Person.name | Person.SequenceNumber |
|---|---|
| “Bob” | 654 |
| “Jane” | ? |
| “Mary” | 667 |
| “Rick” | ? |
| “Ron” | ? |
| “Jenny” | 765 |
- for Jane,
ISUNKNOWN ( Person.SequenceNumber , 999 )= 999 - for Mary,
ISUNKNOWN ( Person.SequenceNumber , 999 )= 667
IS A
Use this function to check the type of an instance. The function returns TRUE if the selected instance is of the specified entity.
Syntax
instance IS A entity_name
- instance - Instance to check.
- entity_name - Name of the entity as string.
Return type
- boolean
Examples
Suppose a domain model in which there is a singleton entity Residence that has a multivalued relation hasRooms with Room. Room is the base entity for singleton Kitchen and not singletons Bedroom and Bathroom.
If you want to determine the number of bedrooms is the residence:
COUNT ( COLLECT Room FROM Residence.hasRooms WHERE ( Room IS A “Bedroom” ) )
If you want to determine the number of bathrooms is the residence:
COUNT ( COLLECT Room FROM Residence.hasRooms WHERE ( Room IS A “Bathroom” ) )
TYPE OF
Use this function to determine the type of an instance. The function returns the name of the entity.
Syntax
TYPE OF base_entity
- base_entity - Name of the instance's base entity.
Return type
- string
Examples
Suppose a domain model in which there is a singleton entity Residence that has a multivalued relation hasRooms with Room. Room is the base entity for singleton Kitchen and not singletons Bedroom and Bathroom.
- for the
Kitcheninstance the expressionTYPE OF Room= “Kitchen” - for the
Bedroominstances the expressionTYPE OF Room = “Bedroom”= TRUE
CHANNEL
You can get the name of the current channel by using the system attribute system.channel. This is a predefined system attribute, so you don’t have to create it yourself.
At run-time the system returns a string value with the channel you choose while logging on. This value is assigned to the attribute system.channel.
LANGUAGE
You can get the name of the current language by using the system attribute system.language. This is a predefined system attribute, so you don’t have to create it yourself.
At run-time the system returns a string value with the language that you choose while logging on. This value is assigned to the attribute system.language.
PAGE
You can get the name of the current page by using the system attribute system.currentpage. This is a predefined system attribute, so you don’t have to create it yourself.
At run-time the system returns a string value with the page name of the page you are on, this value is assigned to the attribute system.currentpage.
PRIVILEGES
You can get the name of the current privileges by using the system attribute system.privileges. This is a predefined system attribute, so you don’t have to create it yourself.
At run-time the system returns a list of string values of the privileges that you choose while logging on. These values are assigned to the attribute system.privileges.
AUTHORIZATIONROLES
Authorizationroles have been replaced with Privileges. For backwards compatibility, after logging on to the runtime, the system.authorization roles attribute will be filled with the user's privileges.
See also:
EVENT
You can capture the parameters associated with an event by using the system attribute system.event. This is a predefined system attribute, so you don’t have to create it yourself.
At run-time the system returns the string values with the parameters associated with the event on the current page. This value is assigned to the attribute system.event.
Beside these user defined event parameters, there are some container types that come with their own built-in buttons. Standard container types with this behaviour are:
| Container type | Button | Action |
|---|---|---|
| AQ_InstanceSelector | Edit | _edit_instance, _edit_instance <entityName>, _edit_instance <relation_attr> |
| Delete | _delete_instance | |
| Add | _edit_instance, _add_instance, _edit_instance <entityName>, _edit_instance <relation_attr> | |
| Not applicable | Cancel | _clear_instance, _void |
| Save | _save_instance | |
| AQ_DecisionTreeSelector | matchButton | _matchTree |
| selectButton | _selectTree | |
| AQ_DecisionTreeEvaluator | continueButton | _continueTree |
| stopButton | _stopTree | |
| retryButton | _retryTree |
Even though some action labels are the same, the system handles them in a different way, this depends on the context. For instance ‘Edit’ will open an existing instance, ‘Add’ will create a new instance, however the action ‘_edit_instance’ is the same.
Special behaviour of the AQ_InstanceSelector
The AQ_InstanceSelector adds the following actions to system.event, depending on the action that was taken in the instance selector:
- _add_instance: this action is added when a new instance is created
- _edit_instance: this action is added when an existing instance has been edited
- _delete_instance: this action is added when an instance has been deleted
- _update_instance: this action is added when an instance has been updated
- instanceType<entity name>: this action describes the entity of the instance that has been edited. For example, adding an instance of type Person puts the following actions in system.event: “_add_instance, instanceType_Person”
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