MetaData Process Rules

MetaData Process rules are rules that allow for the processing of raw data. There are quite a number of rules and parameters used for each rule. Below is a list of the rules and how each one is set up.

Data Cleanup Functions

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Function: Delete Function: DeDupe

Maths functions

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• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide Divide by 0 is always calculated to 0 for reporting purposes
• Modulus Modulus maths, leaves the remainder
• Positive Always makes a value positive
• Numeric Forces the value to be numeric. Defaults to 0 if string or unrecognised
• Boolean Forces the value to be Boolean. Defaults to false if unrecognised.

= String Functions

• Replace Replaces one string with another
• RemoveNumbers Removes all numbers from the values
• Trim Removes leading and trailing spaces
• TitleCase Used for tidying up names. Capitalises the first letter of each word.
• SentenceCase Reformats the data into sentence case.
• Concat Combines two strings in the order supplied
• Encapsulate Surround a string with the values provided
• Fixed Extracts a fixed amount from the string
• Append Add to the end of the string
• Prepend Add to the start of the string

==Date | Time Functions

• DateTime Format the time in Universal Date Time format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
• Date yyyy-mm-dd only
• Time hh:mm:ss only
• Zulu Zyyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss
• ReportTimeToSeconds Converts report time to a seconds value
• TimeToSeconds For normal dates, convert to a base second time for comparisons
• SecondsToReportTime When using comparison dates, after subtractions, converts to a report time format
• Percentage Divide 1 by 2, output formatted number * 100, limit to 2 decimal places

===Data Cumulative Functions

• Sum
• Count
• IsUnique

Data Transformation Functions

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• Convert_Title
• Convert_County
• Convert_Country
• Convert_StaffId
• Convert_DepartmentId
• Convert_SecurityGroupId
• Convert_DataField

Data Transfer

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Function: CrossDatabase_Update Function: CrossDatabase_Insert