Generic Functions in QPR ProcessAnalyzer

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Aggregation Functions

There are following aggregation functions: Average, Count, Median, Min, Max and Sum. The aggregation operations work for numbers, DateTimes and TimeSpans, except Sum for DateTime is not possible.

Examples: 

Sum([3, 2, 4])
Returns: 9

Count([[1, 2], [3, 4, 5]])
Returns: [2, 3]

Sum([[1, 2], [3, 4, 5]])
Returns: [3, 12]

Sum([])
Returns: null

When aggregating numerical values and there are null values, nulls are treated as zeros. When aggregating DateTimes and TimeSpans, and there are null values, error is given. In the Min and Max functions, nulls are ignored. Null values can be removed before aggregating (the following example shows how). 

Average([1, 5, null])
Returns: 2

Average([1, 5, null].(_ ?? _remove))
Returns: 3

Aggregation operations are performed to the leaf level. i.e. the deepest level in the hierarchy. When aggregating, the leaf level arrays are replaced by the aggregated values, and thus the depth of the hierarchy decreases by one. In addition to the aggregation functions, functions that modify the contents of leaf arrays (OrderBy, Distinct, ...), the operation will be performed separately for every leaf array. 

OrderByValue([[4, 3], [2, 1]])
Returns: [[3, 4], [1, 2]]

Mathematical functions

Function Parameters Description
Ceiling (Integer)
  • Number (Float)

Returns the smallest integer that is greater than or equal to the specified number. Example: 

Ceiling(1.3)
Returns: 2
Floor (Integer)
  • Number (Float)

Returns the largest integer that is less than or equal to the specified number. Examples: 

Floor(1.9)
Returns: 1
Round (Float)
  1. Number to be rounded (Float)
  2. Number of decimals (Integer)

For numbers, rounds a value to the nearest integer or to the specified number of fractional digits. For DateTimes, rounds given date time by given time span or given number of seconds,

Examples: 

(1.254).Round(1)
Returns: 1.3

DateTime(2017, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).Round(10)
Returns: DateTime(2017, 1, 2, 3, 4, 10)

DateTime(2017, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).Round(TimeSpan(1))
Returns: DateTime(2017, 1, 2)

Set functions

Function Parameters Description
Distinct
  1. Array or hierarchical object

Modify given array by filtering out all duplicate values leaving only distinct values in the input array into the result. If given a hierarchical object, applies the function at the level that is one level up from the leaf level.

Examples: 

Distinct([1])
Returns: [1]

Distinct([1, 1])
Returns: [1]

Distinct([1, 1, 2, 2])
Returns: [1, 2]

Distinct([1, 1, 2, 2, "a", DateTime(2017), DateTime(2017), "b", DateTime(2016), "a"])
Returns: [1, 2, "a", DateTime(2017), "b", DateTime(2016)]
Intersect
  • First array
  • Second array
  • ...

Creates an intersection of multiple arrays. Returns a single array which contains an intersection of all the items in all the arrays given as parameter. If a parameter is not an array, it will be converted into an array having only the given element.

Examples: 

Intersect([1, 2, "a", DateTime(2017), 5], ["a", 2, 3, DateTime(2017), 5], [DateTime(2017), "a", 2])
Returns: [2, "a", DateTime(2017)]
Except
  • First array
  • Second array
  • ...

Creates an substract given items from an array. Returns a single array which contains all the elements that were in the first array that were not in any of the subsequent arrays. If a parameter is not an array, it will be converted into an array having only the given element.

Examples: 

Except([1, 2, "a", DateTime(2017), 5, "b", 6], ["a", 2, 3, DateTime(2017), 5], [DateTime(2017), "a", 2, 6])
Returns: [1, "b"]
Union
  • First array
  • Second array
  • ...

Creates an union of multiple arrays. Returns a single array which contains an union of all the items in all the arrays given as parameter. If a parameter is not an array, it will be converted into an array having only the given element.

Examples: 

Union([1, 2, "a", DateTime(2017), 5], ["a", 2, 3, DateTime(2017), 5], [DateTime(2017), "a", 2, "b"])
Returns: [1, 2, "a", DateTime(2017), 5, 3, "b"]

Ordering functions

Function Parameters Description
OrderBy (array)
  1. Array to order
  2. Order expression

Orders the given array using values from the given order expression. The order expression is evaluated once for each item in the array. The order expression supports all atomic (=not collection) primitive value types.

Examples: 

OrderBy(["a", "x", "b", "z", "n", "l", "a"], _)
Return:
["a", "a", "b", "l", "n", "x", "z"]

OrderBy([9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1], _%3)
Returns:
[9,6,3,7,4,1,8,5,2]

OrderBy([9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1], _%3 + _/30)
Returns:
[3,6,9,1,4,7,2,5,8]
OrderByDescending (array)
  1. Array to order
  2. Order expression
 Result is same as in the OrderBy function, except the order is reverse.
OrderByTop (array)
  1. Array to order
  2. Order expression

Orders given top-level array by the value of given expression using ascending order. Supports all value types, including multi-dimensional arrays.

Order expression is evaluated in the context of each array item whose value determines the order of that item.

Examples: 

OrderByTop([[1, 2, 3], [2, 2, 2], [3, 2, 1]], _[2])
Returns: [[3, 2, 1], [2, 2, 2], [1, 2, 3]]
OrderByValue (array)
  1. Array to order

Orders the given array using the natural order of items, for example numbers it's the increasing order, and for strings it's text ordering. 

OrderByValue(["a", "x", "b", "z", "n", "l", "a"])
Return:
["a", "a", "b", "l", "n", "x", "z"]
OrderByValueDescending (array)
  1. Array to order

Result is same as in the OrderByValue function, except the order is reverse.

Looping functions

Function Parameters Description
For
  1. Iterated variable name (String)
  2. Initial value for iterated property (object)
  3. Iteration condition expression
  4. Next iteration step expression
  5. Expression to calculate iterated items

Iterates the given expression until the given condition is met, and returns the results of the iterated expressions for every iteration as an array.

Examples: 

For("i", 0, i < 4, i + 1, i)
Returns: [0, 1, 2, 3]

For("x", 0, x < 3, x + 1, For("y", 0, y < 3, y + 1, StringJoin(",", [x, y]))
Returns: [["0,0", "0,1", "0,2"], ["1,0", "1,1", "1,2"], ["2,0", "2,1", "2,2"]]

For("i", 0, i < 4, i + 1, DateTime(2010 + i))
Returns: [DateTime(2010), DateTime(2011), DateTime(2012), DateTime(2013)]

For("str", "a", str != "aaaaa", str + "a", str)
Returns: ["a", "aa", "aaa", "aaaa"]
ForEach
  1. Variable to repeat (String)
  2. Array to repeat
  3. Expression to calculate repeated items

Repeats the given expression as many times there are items in the given array. Item in the array is available as the given variable in the expression. Examples: 

ForEach("i", [1,2,3], "Value is: " + i)
Returns:
Value is: 1
Value is: 2
Value is: 3

ForEach("item", EventLogById(1).Cases, Let("c" + item.Name, item))
Results: Creates expression variable variables like "c<casename>" for every case in the model.

ForEach("myVariable", ["a", "b", "c"], myVariable + myVariable)
Returns:
aa
bb
cc
NumberRange
  1. Start (Number)
  2. End (Number)
  3. Interval (Number)

Creates an array of numbers within given range with the given interval. Interval parameter is optional, and by default it is one.

Examples: 

NumberRange(1, 3)
Returns: [1, 2, 3]

NumberRange(1, 3, 0.5)
Returns: [1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3]

NumberRange(1, 3, 0.8)
Returns: [1, 1.8, 2.6]
Repeat
  1. Number of times to repeat (Integer)
  2. Expression to repeat

Repeats the defined expression the defined number of times. Examples: 

Repeat(3, "Repeat me!")
Returns:
"Repeat me!"
"Repeat me!"
"Repeat me!"

Repeat(1, 5)
Returns
5
TimeRange
  1. Start (DateTime)
  2. End (DateTime)
  3. Interval (Timespan)

Generates a timestamp array starting from the start timestamp with the defined interval, and ending when the end timestamp is reached. Note that this function only creates timestamps with equal durations, so it's not possible to e.g. create timestamps for each month (to do that, you can use the loops). 

Generate datetimes starting from Monday 2017-01-01 and ending to Monday 2017-12-31 including all Mondays between them:
Timerange(Datetime(2018,1,1), Datetime(2018,1,1), Timespan(7))

Recursion functions

Function Parameters Description
Recurse
  1. Expression to call recursively
  2. Stop condition expression
  3. Maximum depth (Integer)

Evaluates the given expression recursively until given condition or recursion depth is met. The function returns all the traversed objects in a single array. When the stop condition expression evaluates to false, it will stop the current recursion without including the false evaluated object into the result. Default stop condition is !IsNull(_). The default maximum depth is 1000.

Examples: 

(1).Recurse(_ + 1, _ < 5)
Returns: [1, 2, 3, 4]

event.Recurse(NextInCase)
Returns: An array of all the events following given event inside the same case.

event.Recurse(NextInCase, Type.Name != "Invoice")
Returns: An array of all the events following given event inside the same case until event whose type name is "Invoice", which will itself not be included into the result.

event.Recurse(NextInCase, Type.Name != "Invoice", 2)
Returns: An array of all the events following given event inside the same case until event whose type name is "Invoice" or until the recursion depth of 2 has been reached, which will itself not be included into the result.
RecurseWithHierarchy
  1. Expression to call recursively
  2. Stop condition expression
  3. Maximum depth (Integer)

Evaluates the given expression recursively until given condition or recursion depth is met. The function returns the traversed object hierarchy. When the stop condition expression evaluates to false, it will stop the current recursion without including the false evaluated object into the result. Default stop condition is !IsNull(_). The default maximum depth is 1000.

Examples: 

[1,2].RecurseWithHierarchy([1,2], false, 2)
Returns: [1:[1:[1,2],2:[1,2]],2:[1:[1,2], 2:[1,2]]]

(1).RecurseWithHierarchy(_ + 1, _ < 5)
Returns: 1:[2:[3:[4]]]

RemoveLeaves(eventLog.Flows:From.Where(IsNull(_))).To.RecurseWithHierarchy(OutgoingFlows.To, !IsNull(_), 2)
Returns: A hierarchy consisting of all the starter events of given event log and recursively all the event types reachable from them via flows until depth of 2 is reached.
RecursiveFind
  1. Expression to call recursively
  2. Find condition expression
  3. Stop condition expression
  4. Continue after finding (Boolean)
  5. Maximum depth (Integer)

Evaluates given expression recursively until given condition or recursion depth is met. The function collects all the traversed objects that match the given find expression along the way. When the find condition expression evaluates to true for the current object, it causes the following:

  • Current object is added to the result array returned by the function call
  • If continue after finding is false, the recursion will not be continued on this branch

When the stop condition expression evaluates to false, it will stop the current recursion without including the false evaluated object into the result. Default stop condition is !IsNull(_). The default maximum depth is 1000.

Continue after finding tells should the recursion be continued after a match has been found in the current branch.

Examples: 

(1).RecursiveFind(_ + 1, _ == 100)
Returns: 100

eventLog.Cases:GetAt(0, Events).RecursiveFind(NextInCase, Organization=="Finance", !IsNull(_))
Returns: For each case, returns the first (by time) event whose organization equals to "Finance".

eventLog.Cases:Events.Where(Organization=="Finance")
eventLog.Cases:GetAt(0, Events).RecursiveFind(NextInCase, Organization=="Finance", true, true)
Returns: Both return for each case all events whose organization equals to "Finance".

Variable handling functions

Function Parameters Description
Def
  1. Function name (String)
  2. Variable 1 name (String)
  3. Variable 2 name (String)
  4. ...
  5. Function expression

Creates a new user defined function. Parameters starting from the second, are the parameters that user gives when calling the function. The last parameter is the expression to evaluate when the function is called. In that definition expression the named parameters are used. The created function is valid only within the current scope and all its child scopes.

Examples: 

Def("Inc", "a", a + 1); Inc(2);
Returns: 3

Def("Add", "a", "b", a + b); [1, 2, 3].Add(_, 2);
Returns: [3, 4, 5]

Def("AddSelf", "b", _ + b); [1, 2, 3].AddSelf(2);
Returns: [3, 4, 5]

Def("Fib", "a", If(a < 2, 1, Fib(a - 1) + Fib(a - 2))); Fib(10);
Returns: 89
Let
  1. Variable 1 name (String)
  2. Variable 1 value (Object)
  3. Variable 2 name (String)
  4. Variable 2 value (Object)
  5. ...
  6. Expression to evaluate

Defines one or several user defined variables which can be used in the expression provided as the last parameter. Note that user defined variables cannot override existing properties.

Examples: 

Let("var1", "Orange"); "Value is " + var1;
Returns: Value is Orange

Let("var1", "Orange", "var2", "Mango"); "Values are " + var1 + " and " + var2);
Returns: Values are Orange and Mango
Set
  1. Variable 1 name (String)
  2. Variable 1 value (Object)
  3. Variable 2 name (String)
  4. Variable 2 value (Object)
  5. ...

Sets a value for an existing user defined variable. Can also be used to set several variable values at once. The variable to set must have been created in some visible scope by Let function. There can be any number of variable name and variable value pairs as long as the number of parameters is even number.

If the number of parameters was two, the function returns that single set value. If the number of parameters is more than two, the function returns an array of all the set values.

Variable
  1. Variable name (String)

Function to get a variable value. The function is needed when there are spaces in a variable name, because that variable cannot be referenced otherwise in the expressions.

JSON functions

Function Parameters Description
ParseJson jsonData (String)

1. Converts given JSON string into an object. 1.1. Uses https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.web.script.serialization.javascriptserializer.deserialize?view=netframework-4.7.2 for de-serialization of the object.

JSON objects will be represented as StringDictionary objects in the expression language.

Examples: 

ParseJson("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}").Get("b")
Returns: 2

Sum(ParseJson("[1, 2, 3, 4]"))
Returns: 10

ToJson(ParseJson("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}"))
Returns: {"a":1,"b":2}
ToJson Object

Converts given object into JSON. Uses https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.web.script.serialization.javascriptserializer.serialize?view=netframework-4.7.2 for serialization of the object.

It is recommended that hierarchical arrays (#29290#) and objects (#29286#) are first converted to dictionaries (#48320#) before converting to JSON since JSON does not have exactly identical construct and thus converting JSON back to expression object will not result object similar to the original.

Examples: 

ToJson(ParseJson("{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}"))
Returns: {"a":1,"b":2}

ToJson(ToDictionary().Set("a", 1, "b", 2))
Returns: {"a":1,"b":2}

ToJson([1,[[2,ToDictionary().Set("a", 1)],4]])
Returns: [1,[[2,{"a":1}],4]]

ToJson(null)
Returns: null

ToJson(_empty)
Returns: {}

ToJson(["a": 1, "b": 2])
Returns: [{"Root":"a","Array":[1]},{"Root":"b","Array":[2]}]

Hierachical object functions

Function Parameters Description
FindRepeats
  1. Array
  2. Minimum repeated length (Integer)
  3. Longest repeat length (Integer)

Searches for repeating patterns in given array. Parameters:

  1. Array to search the patterns in.
  2. Minimum integer length of a repeat that can be returned by this function (default = 0).
  3. Boolean value indicating whether to return all the repeating patterns (true) or only the ones having the longest length (false) (default = false)

Returns an array of arrays indicating the repeating patterns and their positions in the array formatted as follows:

  • Every repeating pattern has its own entry in the top-level array.
  • Every repeating pattern item in the top-level array is formatted internally as an array consisting of:
    • An array constining the repeating pattern itself.
  • An array consisting of all the indexes from which this pattern was found to start from.
  • Allows overlapping patterns.
  • Results are sorted primarily by the length of the pattern and secondarily by the number of indexes the pattern was found in.

Examples: 

FindRepeats([0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2])
Returns: [
  [[0, 1, 2], [0, 3]],
  [[0, 1], [0, 3]],
  [[1, 2], [1, 4]],
  [[0], [0, 3]],
  [[1], [1, 4]],
  [[2], [2, 5]]
]

FindRepeats([0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2], 0, true)
Returns: [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 3]]]

FindRepeats([1, "b", DateTime(2017), 1, "b", DateTime(2017)], 3)
Returns: [[1, "b", DateTime(2017)], [0, 3]]
Flatten
  1. Array or hierarchical object
  2. Include context object (boolean)

Collects all the actual leaf values from given array, array of arrays or hierarchical object and returns them in a single array. If given a hierarchical object, this function collects actual leaf values instead of leaf level values. Elements in the returned array are in the same order they were found when traversing the input object using depth first search.

When context object is included, should context objects in the internal nodes of a hierarchical object be also included into the result. Default is false.

Examples: 

Flatten(1)
Returns: 1

Flatten([1, 2])
Returns: [1,2]

Flatten([[[1, 2],[3, 4]],[[5, 6]]])
Returns: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Flatten([[1, 2], 3])
Returns: [1, 2, 3]

Flatten([[1,2,3,4], null, [5], [1, null]])
Returns: [1, 2, 3, 4, null, 5, 1, null]

Flatten(["a":1, "b":2])
Flatten(["a":1, "b":2], false)
Returns: [1, 2]

Flatten(["a":1, "b":2], true)
Returns: ["a", 1, "b", 2]
RemoveLeaves
  1. Hierarchical object

Remove one level of hierarchy from a hierarchical object replacing all the bottom level hierarchical arrays with the context objects of the hierarchical arrays. Returns the given object with all the bottom level hierarchical arrays with the context objects of the hierarchical arrays.

Examples: 

RemoveLeaves(["foo":1, "bar":2])
Returns: ["foo", "bar"]

RemoveLeaves(eventLog.Flows:From.Where(IsNull(_)))
Results: All the flows starting the cases in the event log.
ReplaceLeafValues
  1. Array or hierarchical object
  2. Variable name used in the iteration (String)
  3. Expression to get the result of each iteration
  4. Number of levels up from the leaf level to operate (Integer)

Replace all leaf values of given array or hierarchical object at given levels up from the leaf level with results of given expression.

Examples: 

ReplaceLeafValues([1,2, null], "x", If(IsNull(x), null, x+1), 0)
Result: [2, 4, null]

ReplaceLeafValues([[[1,2],[2,3]],[[3,4],[4,5]]], "x", Flatten(x), 0)
Result: [[[[1],[2]],[[2],[3]]],[[[3],[4]],[[4],[5]]]]

ReplaceLeafValues([[[1,2],[2,3]],[[3,4],[4,5]]], "x", Flatten(x), 1)
Result: [[[1,2],[2,3]],[[3,4],[4,5]]]

ReplaceLeafValues([[[1,2],[2,3]],[[3,4],[4,5]]], "x", Flatten(x), 2)
Result: [[1,2,2,3],[3,4,4,5]]

ReplaceLeafValues([[[1,2],[2,3]],[[3,4],[4,5]]], "x", Flatten(x), 3)
Result: [1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5]
SliceMiddle
  1. Start index for the range to extract (Integer)
  2. End index for the range to extract (Integer)
  3. Levels up in the hierarchy (Integer)
  4. Array to slice

Extracts a continuous range of an array or hierarchical object. If given a hierarchical object, applies the function at the level that is specified levels level up from the leaf level.

Start index: Negative value means that the index is counting from the end of the array. If array does not have element at this given index, empty array is returned.

End index: not included into the extracted range. Negative value means that the index is counting from the end of the array. If array does not have element at this given index, all the elements to the end from the start index will be extracted.

Levels up: At which level of the hierarchical object are we operating (number of levels up from the leaf level). Should be at least 1 (since 0 level does not contain arrays).

Examples: 

SliceMiddle(1, 2, 1, [[0, 1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6, 7]])
Returns: [[1], [5]]

SliceMiddle(2, 4, 1, [[0, 1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6, 7]])
Returns: [[2, 3], [6, 7]]

SliceMiddle(0, 1, 2, [[0, 1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6, 7]])
Returns: [0, 1, 2, 3]

SliceMiddle(3, 5, 1, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7])
Returns: [3, 4]

SliceMiddle(-3, -1, 1, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7])
Returns: [5, 6]

SliceMiddle(3, -1, 1, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7])
Returns: [3, 4, 5, 6]

Other functions

Function Parameters Description
Analysis (DataFrame)
  1. analysisType (integer/string)
  2. Additional parameters as key-value pairs

Runs the given type of analysis and returns the results as a DataFrame. If an EventLog is available in the current context, the analysis is run for that EventLog.

The analysis type can be given as a string (e.g. "Cases") or numeric (e.g. 5).

Additional parameters are defined as a key-value pair collection.

Examples: 

Analysis("OperationLog")
Returns: Filter report analysis

EventLogById(1).Analysis(5)
Returns: Analysis 5 (Cases) for event log having id 1.

EventLogById(1).Analysis("Cases")
Returns: Analysis 5 (Cases) for event log having id 1.

Analysis(25, ["ScriptId": 123, "SelectedAnalysisResult": "MyResult", parameter1": "value1", "parameter2": "value2"])
Returns: Run a script which id is 123 using the provided parameters. (Remember to use "SheetName"="MyResult" parameter for the shown result query.) 

EventLogById(1).Analysis(14, ["MaximumCount": 30, "SelectedAttributeType": "Region"])
Returns: Analysis 14 (Root causes) for event log having id 1.
AsParallel
  • Additional parameters

Performs the next chaining operation in parallel to improve performance. Items are divided into parts which size is determined by the ParallelTaskSize parameter, and each part is executed as an independent task in parallel. Parallel execution has a certain cost, so it might not be optimal to run each item as a separate task (increase ParallelTaskSize to decrease number of tasks). On the other hand, to large ParallelTaskSize leads to too few parallel tasks, and then all processing capacity is not used.

As a parameter, takes a dictionary that accepts optional property ParallelTaskSize, which is the size of the segments the root array will be split into. If the length of the input array is not divisible by ParallelTaskSize, the last segment will have less items than this configured value. The default size is 1.

Returns the original root object.

Examples: 

Sum(Sum(([NumberRange(1, 100)].AsParallel(["ParallelTaskSize": 1]).For("i", 0, i < 100000, i + 1, i))[0]))
Returns: 499995000000
The same expression without parallel processing:
Sum(Sum(NumberRange(1, 100).For("i", 0, i < 100000, i + 1, i)))
Returns: 499995000000

Sum([NumberRange(1, 100)].AsParallel(["ParallelTaskSize": 1]).WriteLog(_))
Returns: 5050
In addition, outputs all the numbers from 1 to 100 into log file in the order in which the tasks were executed.

Count((([el.Cases].AsParallel(["ParallelTaskSize": 1000]):AnalyzeConformance(cm))[0]).Where(_==null))
Returns the number of cases conforming to a design/conformance model cm.
The same expression without parallel processing:
Count((el.Cases:AnalyzeConformance(cm)).Where(_==null))
Catch
  1. Expression to calculate
  2. Result if exception (Object)

Calculates the given expression and if any exceptions are thrown during the calculation, catches that exception and returns the given result. Note that this function does not catch any syntactical errors.

Examples: 

Catch(1, 1234)
Returns: 1

Catch(undefined, 1234)
Returns: 1234

Catch([1,2].undefined, 1234)
Returns: 1234

Catch(EventLogById(-1), 1234)
Returns: 1234
Coalesce
  1. Object to coalesce
  2. Result if Null

Returns the second parameter if the first parameter evaluates to null or empty. If given a hierarchical object, applies the function at the leaf level. If the the given object is a hierarchical object, all its leaf level values are coalesced separately.

Examples: 

Coalesce(0, 1)
Returns: 0

Coalesce(null, 1)
Coalesce(_empty, 1)
Coalesce(_remove, 1)
All return: 1

Coalesce([[null, 1], [null, null]], 3)
Returns: [[3, 1], [3, 3]]

Coalesce([[null, 1], 2], 3)
Returns: [[3, 1], null]

Coalesce([1, [null, 2], null], 3)
Returns: [1, [null, 2], 3]
DataTableById
  • dataTableId (integer)

Gets a DataTable by the given Datatable id. An exception is given if a DataTable with the given id is not found.

Examples: 

DataTableById(27)
Returns: DataTable for the data table having id 27.
DesignModelFromXml
  • BPMN 2.0 XML document (String)

Creates new (DesignModel object) from BPMN 2.0 XML document provided as a string. (BPMN 2.0 specification: https://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/).

In the BPMN 2.0 XML file, the http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/DI section is not used by the function, and thus it can be omitted to reduce transferred data.

Note that the quotation marks need to be escaped if the BPMN 2.0 XML is provided as a literal in the expression.

Example: 

Let("myConformanceModel", DesignModelFromXml("
  <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>
    <bpmn:definitions xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:bpmn=\"http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL\" xmlns:bpmndi=\"http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/DI\">
    <bpmn:process id=\"Process_1\" isExecutable=\"false\">
    <bpmn:startEvent id=\"StartEvent_1\" />
    <bpmn:task id=\"Task_0y5w837\" name=\"abc\">
      <bpmn:outgoing>SequenceFlow_10mpkws</bpmn:outgoing>
    </bpmn:task>
    <bpmn:task id=\"Task_0c16r07\" name=\"def\">
      <bpmn:incoming>SequenceFlow_10mpkws</bpmn:incoming>
    </bpmn:task>
    <bpmn:sequenceFlow id=\"SequenceFlow_10mpkws\" sourceRef=\"Task_0y5w837\" targetRef=\"Task_0c16r07\" />
  </bpmn:process>
  <bpmndi:BPMNDiagram id=\"BPMNDiagram_1\">
    ...
  </bpmndi:BPMNDiagram>
</bpmn:definitions>
"))
EventLogById
  • FilterId (Integer)

Returns EventLog object corresponding to the provided filter Id.

GarbageCollection Calling this function performs a garbage collection in the QPR ProcessAnalyzer Server. The function returns the maximum generation before the garbage collection was run. This function is an experimental functionality, which purpose is to investigate the memory consumption and memory handling behavior of the QPR ProcessAnalyzer Server.
GetContext
  • Hierarchical array

Returns the context of given hierarchical array, i.e. list of keys in the object. If the given object is not an hierarchical array, returns null.

Examples: 

GetContext("a":1)
Returns: "a"

["a":1, "b":2, 2:3].GetContext(_)
Returns: ["a", "b", 2]

([1,2,3]:(_*2)).GetContext(_)
Returns: [1, 2, 3]

["a":1, 2, 3].GetContext(_)
Returns: ["a", null, null]
GetValueOfContext
  1. Context object
  2. Hierarchical array from which the value is searched

Returns the value of specified context object in given hierarchical array, i.e. the value behind the key. If the key if found multiple times, the first occurrence is returned. Returns _empty if the given key was not found.

Examples: 

GetValueOfContext("bar", ["foo":1, "bar":2])
Returns: [2]

GetValueOfContext("bar", ["foo":1, "bar":2, "bar":"second"])
Returns: [2]

GetValueOfContext("test", ["foo":1, "bar":2])
Returns: _empty
ImportOdbc (DataFrame)
  1. connection string (string)
  2. query (string)

Runs the given query to the given ODCB datasource. Data is returned as a DataFrame. AllowExternalDatasources setting needs to be True to be able to use the ImportODBC function.

Examples: 

ImportOdbc("Driver={SQL Server};Server=localhost;DataBase=QPR_PA1;Trusted_Connection=yes", "SELECT * FROM OdbcTest")
Returns: The contents of OdbcTest table in given ODBC data source inside a DataFrame.
ModelById
  • ModelId (Integer)

Returns Model object corresponding to the provided model Id.

GroupBy
  1. Array or hierarchical object to group
  2. groupByExpressions

Groups given array by given expressions. Returns the given array or hierarchical object parameter split into groups in a way that each specified group expression creates one level of hierarchical arrays having the root object the same as the result of the evaluation of the grouping expression.

Examples: 

GroupBy([1,2,2,3,3,4,5,5,4,4,4], _)

Returns:
[[1:[1], 2:[2, 2], 3:[3, 3], 4:[4, 4, 4, 4], 5:[5,5]]
GroupByValue * Array or hierarchical object to group

Groups all unique values in given array or hierarchical object. Returns the given array or hierarchical object in a format which has all the values in the original array only once as root objects and the root objects in the original array as contents of the arrays inside contexts.

In a way, this just switches root objects of hierarchical arrays to be the actual values and actual values to be root objects (without duplicates).

For every item in the array, the behavior is as follows:

  • If the item is a scalar value (not array nor hierarchical object), the value is used also as root object of the item.
  • If the item is an array (not scalar), all the values are treated separately.
  • If the item is a hierarchical array, its root object will be used as root object and each separate value treated separately as scalars (ending up being root objects of the resulting object).

Examples: 

GroupByValue([1,2,2,3,3,4,5,5,4,4,4])
Returns:
(The same as GroupBy([1,2,2,3,3,4,5,5,4,4,4], _))
[1:[1], 2:[2, 2], 3:[3, 3], 4:[4, 4, 4, 4], 5:[5,5]]

GroupByValue([1:["a","b"],2:["b","c"],3:["c"],4:["d","e"],5:["d","d","d"]])
Returns:
["a":[1], "b":[1, 2], "c":[2, 3], "d":[4, 5, 5, 5], "e":[4]]

Get count of item "2" in the array:
Let(\"groupped\", GroupByValue([1,2,4,1,4,2,3,3,2,4])); Count(GetValueOfContext(2, groupped))
Returns: 3
If
  1. Condition expression
  2. True expression
  3. False expression

Evaluates the condition expression and if it's true, returns the value of the second parameter. Otherwise returns the value of the third parameter. Always evaluates only either the second or the third parameter, but never both.

Examples: 

If(Now.Second % 2 == 0, "Even second", "Odd second")
Returns:
"Event second" or "Odd second" depending on the time of the evaluation.

For("i", 0, i < 10, i + 1, i).If(_ % 2 == 0, _, _remove)
Returns:
[0, 2, 4, 6, 8]
NOTE: Is equivalent to: For("i", 0, i < 10, i + 1, i).Where(_ % 2 == 0)
IsNull (Boolean)
  1. Value to test (Object)

Tests whether given object is null, _empty or _remove. Returns true if it is any of those. If given a hierarchical object, applies the function as described in at the leaf level.

Examples: 

ForEach("item", [1, "a", null, _empty, _remove], IsNull(item))
Returns: [false, false, true, true, true]

IsNull(["foo":[null,"a"], "bar":[2,null]])
Returns: [
  HierarchicalArray("foo", [true, false]),
  HierarchicalArray("bar", [false, true])
]
IsNullTop (Boolean)
  1. Object to test (Object)

Tests whether given object is null, _empty or _remove. Returns true if it is any of those. The function does not aggregate values in hierarchical objects.

Examples: 

ForEach("item", [1, "a", null, _empty, _remove], IsNullTop(item))
Returns: [false, false, true, true, true]

IsNullTop(["foo":[null,"a"], "bar":[2,null]])
Returns: false
ToFloat (Number)
  • object
 Converts given object to a number (of Double type).
ToInteger (Integer)
  • object

Converts given object to an integer. Internally uses .NET Convert.ToInt64 -function with invariant culture. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.convert.toint64(v=vs.110).aspx for more information. If the object can not be converted into an integer, an exception will be thrown.

Examples: 

ToInteger(1.234)
Returns: 1

ToInteger(-1.5)
Returns: -2

ToInteger(1313.6)
Returns: 1314

ToInteger(123456789012345678)
Returns: 123456789012345678

ToInteger("5")
Returns: 5

ToInteger("-5")
Returns: -5
ToString (String)
  1. object

Converts given object to a string object representation optimized for debugging purposes. Internally uses .NET Convert.ToString -function with invariant culture for non-array objects. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.convert.tostring(v=vs.110).aspx for more information.

Examples: 

ToString(1) + " < " + ToString(2)
Returns: "1 < 2".

"Case=\'" + ToString(a) + "\'"
Returns: "Case='<string representation of object a>'"

ToString(DateTime(2017,1,2,3,4,5,6))
Returns: "2017-01-02T03:04:05"
Transpose
  • Matrix to transpose

Transposes the given matrix.

Examples: 

Transpose([[1,2], [3,4], [1,4]])
Returns: [[1, 3, 1], [2, 4, 4]]
Where
  1. Condition expression
  2. False expression

Returns the context object if the given expression evaluates to true. Otherwise returns the second parameter. The second parameter is optional and it's by default EMPTY.

Examples: 

[1,2,3,4].Where(_>2)
Returns: [3,4]

[1,2,3,4].Where(_>2, _+100)
Returns: [101, 102, 3,4]

[1,2,3].[_,_+1]
Returns: [[1, 2], [2, 3], [3, 4]]

[1,2,3].[_,_+1].Where(_>=3)
Returns: [[], [3], [3, 4]]

[1,2,3].[_,_+1].Where(_>=3, _remove)
Returns: [[3], [3, 4]]
WriteLog
  • message (string)

Writes given text into QPR ProcessAnalyzer log file. The return value of the function is the provided message parameter.

Examples: 

WriteLog("Calculation executed.")
Writes to log: Calculation executed.

Sum(WriteLog([1, 2, 3, 4]))
Returns: 10
Also writes an entry into the log showing the [1, 2, 3, 4] -array in the pretty printed fashion.

NumberRange(0, 4).(WriteLog("Iteration #" + (_ + 1)), _)
Returns: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
Also writes the following entries into log:
  Iteration #1
  Iteration #2
  Iteration #3
  Iteration #4
  Iteration #5
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