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Boolean operators are functions that you can use as operators for defining a formula or a calculated key figure.

Use

The following functions are supported:

Features

Operator

Operator Name

Description

<, <=, <>, ==, >, >=

Relational Operators

<Expression1> <Operator> <Expression2>

The result is 1 if the relationship denoted by <Operator> between expression <Expression1> and <Expression2> holds (that is <Expression> <Operator> <Expression2> is true), otherwise the result is 0. Only numerical values of <Expression1> and <Expression2> are compared without taking units into account.

AND

Logical AND

<Expression1> AND <Expression2>

The result is 1 when <Expression1> and <Expression2> (both) are not equal to 0, otherwise it is 0. Only the number values of <Expression1> and <Expression2> are considered without consideration of the unit.

OR

Logical OR

<Expression1> OR <Expression2>

The result is 1 if <Expression1> or <Expression2> is not equal to 0, otherwise it is 0. Only the number values of <Expression1> and <Expression2> are considered without consideration of the unit.

XOR

Logical Exclusive OR

<Expression1> XOR <Expression2>

The result is 1 if either <Expression1> or <Expression2> (but not both) is not equal to 0, otherwise it is 0. Only the number values of <Expression1> and <Expression2> are considered without consideration of the unit.

NOT

Logical NOT

NOT <Expression>

The result is 1 if <Expression> has the result 0, otherwise it is 0. Only the number value of <Expression> is considered without the unit.

LEAF

Leaf

If the result is 0 on the results line, or the real (inner) node of a hierarchie, and value 1 on the elementary line or pages of a hierarchy.

With this operator you can execute different calculations on results lines and elementary lines.

IF-THEN-ELSE

Conditional Calculations

Boolean operators can be used to perform conditional calculations. An expression in the IF form <Logic Expression> THEN <Expression1> ELSE <Expression2> can be equivalently realized by a formula in the form <Logic Expression> * <Expression1> + NOT <Logic Expression> * <Expression2>
Example

Relational Operators (<, <=, <>, ==, >, >=)

'Costs' < 'Revenue' returns 1 if the revenue is greater than the costs and 0 if the costs are greater or equal to the revenue.

Conditional Calculations (IF-THEN-ELSE)

IF 'Actual Costs' > 'Plan Costs' THEN 'Plan Costs' + 'Plan Deviation' ELSE 'Actual Costs'

can be written as the following formula:

('Actual Costs' > 'Plan Costs')* ('Plan Costs' + 'Plan Deviation') + (NOT ('Actual Costs' > 'Plan Costs')) * 'Actual Costs'

or

('Actual Costs' > 'Plan Costs')* ('Plan Costs' + 'Plan Deviation') + ('Actual Costs' <= 'Plan Costs)) * 'Actual Costs'