1. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Welcome To... ReportSmith & ADP PC/Payroll For Windows

2. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Welcome To... SQL Derived Fields Tips And Tricks

3. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Presented By CharlesCook.com Specializing In ReportSmith Training & Consulting Charles@CharlesCook.com

4. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Overview  If Then Else Logic  String Functions  Functions in Functions  Checking Your Syntax  Debugging Derived Fields

5. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Overview  If Then Else Logic  @DECODE  @CHOOSE  @IF

6. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @DECODE @DECODE(expr,search 1,return 1,search 2,return 2,…,[default])  Equal Comparison IF expr = search 1 THEN return 1

7. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @DECODE @DECODE(code,’A’,amount,0) IF code = ‘A’ THEN amount ELSE 0

8. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @DECODE @DECODE(expr,search 1,return 1,search 2,return 2,…,[default])  Looks For Pairs Of Parameters  search 1,return 1, search 2,return 2 IF expr = search 1 THEN return 1 ELSE IF expr = search 2 THEN return 2 ELSE IF expr = search n THEN return n

9. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @DECODE @DECODE(sex,’M’,’Male’,’F’,”Female’,’?’) IF sex = ‘M’ THEN ‘Male’ ELSE IF sex = ‘F’ THEN ‘Female’ ELSE ‘?’

10. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @DECODE @DECODE(expr,search 1,return 1,search 2,return 2,…,[default])  Unpaired Parameter Is Default [Optional]  If Default is Omitted and There Is No Match, NULL Is Returned

11. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @DECODE @DECODE(sex,’M’,’Male’,’F’,”Female’) IF sex = ‘M’ THEN ‘Male’ ELSE IF sex = ‘F’ THEN ‘Female’ ELSE NULL

12. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @DECODE @DECODE(expr,search 1,return 1,search 2,return 2,…,[default])  expr May Be Any Data Type  search n Must Be The Same Data Type As expr  return n Will Be Forced To The Same Data Type As return 1

13. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @CHOOSE @CHOOSE(index,value 0,value 1,…,value n )  Will Return A Value Based On The index IF index <= 0 THEN value 0 IF index = 1 THEN value 1 IF index = 2 THEN value 2

14. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @CHOOSE @CHOOSE((date - startdate),amount,0) IF (date - startdate) <= 0 THEN amount ELSE 0

15. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @CHOOSE @CHOOSE((date - startdate),amount,0) IF startdate <= date THEN amount ELSE 0

16. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @CHOOSE @CHOOSE(index,value 0,value 1,…,value n )  If The index Exceeds The Number Of Values, The Last Value Is Returned

17. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @IF @IF(number,value 1,value 2 )  Return value 1 If number Is Not Zero  Return value 2 If number Is Zero Or NULL

18. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @IF gross_pay / @IF(hours,hours,1) IF hours <> 0 THEN hours ELSE 1

19. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @IF @IF(test,’YES’,’NO’) IF test <> 0 THEN ‘YES’ ELSE ‘NO’

20. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Overview  String Functions  @SUBSTRING  @TRIM  @LENGTH  @FIND

21. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @SUBSTRING @SUBSTRING(string,start-pos,length)  Returns The Desired Portion Of string  The Substring Starts At start-pos  The First Character Of string Has A start-pos Of Zero  For A Length Of length

22. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @SUBSTRING @SUBSTRING(dept,0,3) dept = 101554 Results = 101 @SUBSTRING(dept,3,3) dept = 101554 Results = 554

23. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @SUBSTRING @SUBSTRING(string,start-pos,length)  If start-pos Is Greater Then The Length Of string NULL Is Returned

24. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @SUBSTRING @SUBSTRING(dept,6,3) dept = 101554 Results = NULL

25. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @TRIM @TRIM(string)  Strips Leading And Trailing Spaces From string  Compresses Multiple Spaces Within string Into Single Spaces

26. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @TRIM @TRIM(‘ Charles Cook ‘) Returns ‘Charles Cook’

27. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @LENGTH @LENGTH(string)  Returns The Length Of string

28. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @LENGTH @LENGTH(‘Charles Cook‘) Returns 12

29. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @FIND @FIND(string 1,string 2,start-pos)  Returns The Starting Position Of string 2 Within string 1  The Search Begins At start-pos  The First Character Of string 1 Has A start-pos Of Zero

30. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @FIND @FIND(‘Charles F. Cook’,’.’,0) Returns 9

31. Meeting of the Minds 1999 @FIND @FIND(‘Charles F. Cook’,’oo’,0) Returns 12

32. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Functions in Functions  Execute From The Inside Out  The Innermost Functions Are Resolved First

33. Meeting of the Minds 1999  name = ‘ Charles F. Cook ‘ @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(@FIND(@TRIM(name),’.’,0) - 2)) Functions in Functions

34. Meeting of the Minds 1999  name = ‘ Charles F. Cook ‘ @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(@FIND(@TRIM(name),’.’,0) - 2)) @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(@FIND(‘Charles F. Cook’,’.’,0) - 2)) Functions in Functions

35. Meeting of the Minds 1999  name = ‘ Charles F. Cook ‘ @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(@FIND(@TRIM(name),’.’,0) - 2)) @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(@FIND(‘Charles F. Cook’,’.’,0) - 2)) @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(9 - 2)) Functions in Functions

36. Meeting of the Minds 1999  name = ‘ Charles F. Cook ‘ @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(@FIND(@TRIM(name),’.’,0) - 2)) @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(@FIND(‘Charles F. Cook’,’.’,0) - 2)) @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(9 - 2)) @SUBSTRING(‘Charles F. Cook’,0,7) Functions in Functions

37. Meeting of the Minds 1999  name = ‘ Charles F. Cook ‘ @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(@FIND(@TRIM(name),’.’,0) - 2)) @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(@FIND(‘Charles F. Cook’,’.’,0) - 2)) @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(9 - 2)) @SUBSTRING(‘Charles F. Cook’,0,7) ‘Charles’ Functions in Functions

38. Meeting of the Minds 1999  Break Your Formula Down @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(@FIND(@TRIM(name),’.’,0) - 2)) Checking Your Syntax

39. Meeting of the Minds 1999  Break Your Formula Down @SUBSTRING(,,) @TRIM(name) 0 (- 2) @FIND(,,) @TRIM(name) ’.’ 0 Checking Your Syntax

40. Meeting of the Minds 1999  Build It One Step At A Time  Hard Code Parts Until You Understand What Is Going Wrong @TRIM(name) Debugging Derived Fields

41. Meeting of the Minds 1999  Build It One Step At A Time  Hard Code Parts Until You Understand What Is Going Wrong @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,5) Debugging Derived Fields

42. Meeting of the Minds 1999  Build It One Step At A Time  Hard Code Parts Until You Understand What Is Going Wrong @FIND(@TRIM(name),’.’,0) Debugging Derived Fields

43. Meeting of the Minds 1999  Build It One Step At A Time  Hard Code Parts Until You Understand What Is Going Wrong @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,@FIND(@TRIM(name),’.’,0)) Debugging Derived Fields

44. Meeting of the Minds 1999  Build It One Step At A Time  Hard Code Parts Until You Understand What Is Going Wrong @SUBSTRING(@TRIM(name),0,(@FIND(@TRIM(name),’.’,0) - 2)) Debugging Derived Fields

45. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Presented By CharlesCook.com Specializing In ReportSmith Training & Consulting Charles@CharlesCook.com