1. Using Complex U2 Conditions in Informer
PRESENTER: Tim Nicholson| Director, Informer Customer Services| April 25, 2017

2. Agenda Order of Operations Conjunctions Compound Conditions
Using Select Return
List Algebra
Associated Multivalues
Q&A

3. Order of Operations Order matters? Yes and no. Top-down
Parenthetical grouping (Compound Condition)
Most restrictive condition first
Avoid I-Descriptors/Computed Columns at top

4. Conjunctions AND = all conditions have to be true
OR = only one condition has to be true
NONE = none of the conditions are true

5. AND

6. OR

7. NONE

8. Compound Conditions Switch conjunction
Parenthetical grouping – a and (b or c)

9. SELECT/RETURNING Same as SELECT…SAVING UNIQUE…
Return distinct list of values from selected records
Used to
“Unique-ify” detailed lists

10. SELECT/RETURNING
PERSON
@ID …
ORDERS
@ID
PERSON.NO …

11. List Algebra Set Operations using multiple SELECT/RETURNING conditions
Conjunction determines operator
List A
List B

12. List Algebra - Intersect
Use AND conjunction
Values that only exist in both lists
This Year
Last Year

13. List Algebra - Union Use OR conjunction Combines Lists This Year
Last Year

14. List Algebra - Difference
Use AND with NONE Compound Condition
Values that exist in one list but not the other
This Year
Last Year

15. Multivalues Field containing multiple values
Limiter: Any, Every, No, When

16. Limiters: Any Any of the values match the condition INTEREST HEA WWW
MED
PARA
MRNI

17. Limiters: Every Every value must match the condition INTEREST HEA WWW
MED
PARA
MRNI

18. Limiters: No None of the values match the condition INTEREST HEA WWW
PARA
MRNI

19. Associated Multi-Values
Two or more related multivalue fields
Ex: Status and Status Date
Use WHEN delimiter for each condition

20. Associated Multivalues

21. Thank you! Any questions?