String with Parameter comparision

[filippo_kow]

 Hi guys,

I have a report that contains data for many companies, and I would like to add filter on the company. So I added drop-down list to my report with company values and assigned CompanyParameter to this list.

Now, I would like to show only exact values, I mean do something like this:

if company = 'CompanyParameter'p then show only records for CompanyParameter

Unfortunately when building the filter, I can't find 'equality' operator, I can use for example "Contains":

if company Contains 'CompanParameter'p then show only records for CompanyParameter

And here comes the main issue. Let's assume that I have two companies: ABC and ABCD. Because I have 'contains' operator, then when I select ABCD company the records for ABC will be also presented (because 'ABCD' contains 'ABC').

Do you know how should I resolve this issue?

 Thanks,

 Filip

[Sam_SAS]

Hello Filip,

You can use the "=" operator for both numeric and character values. It can be a little confusing because the hint text in the expression builder says "number".

For example:

IF ( 'car'n = 'Toyota' )
RETURN 1
ELSE 0

Beside the "=" operator, you could also use "In"

IF ( 'car'n In ('Toyota', 'Ford') )
RETURN 1
ELSE 0

Usually you would want to use In to match multiple values, but you can select a single value.

A tip about comparing character strings -- the comparison operators are case sensitive. So you would want to wrap the strings in the LowerCase() operator to make a case-insensitive match.

Sam