Standard Functions

This table lists the standard functions that you can use when defining rules.

Name	Variable Type	Description	Values
Contains	Boolean	Returns True if the field provided as parameter #1 contains the characters provided as parameter #2, else returns False. These 2 parameters are provided for the function. Field Characters	True or False
Convert decimal to long	Decimal	Returns a long converted from a decimal.	N/a
Convert decimal to string	String	Returns a string converted from a decimal.	N/A
Convert integer to long	Decimal	Returns a long converted from an integer	N/A
Convert integer to string	String	Returns a string converted from an integer.	N/A
Convert long to string	String	Returns a string converted from a long.	N/A
Convert string to number	Integer	Returns a number converted from a string.	N/A
Day of	Integer	Returns the day from a given date as a number between 1 and 31.	N/A
Ends with	Boolean	Returns True if the field provided as parameter #1 ends with the characters provided as parameter #2, else returns False. These 2 parameters are provided for the function. Field Characters	True or False
Get date in custom format	String	Returns a date format such as: Year: 2020 Day of the week: Thu Day of the week: where 1 = Monday, 2 = Tuesday, and so on These are the 2 parameters for the function Date Time pattern, date pattern, or combination of both Expression Example Variable type for the date format needs to be a string For the date 17 Jun 2020, E returns day of the week: Thu u returns day of the week: 4	Values for time pattern, date pattern, or a combination of both are listed on the Oracle Help Center at docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html
Get first row	Row	Returns values for the first row. This function is commonly used.	N/A
Get last row	Row	Returns values for the last row. This function is rarely used.	N/A
Index of	Integer	Returns a number representing the index of the first occurrence of the character in the string, or -1 if it never occurs. These 2 parameters are provided for the function. A string value representing the string to search in. A string value representing the string to search for.	N/A
Is another row present	Boolean	Returns True if the business object provided as a parameter has more than the current row, else returns False.	True or False
Is modified field	Boolean	Returns True if the field provided as parameter is modified, else returns False.	True or False
Length of	Integer	Returns the number of characters in a string.	N/A
Lowercase of	String	Returns the string in lower case.	N/A
Month of	Integer	Returns the month from a given date as a number between 1 and 12.	N/A
Starts with	Boolean	Returns True if the field provided as parameter #1 starts with the characters provided as These 2 parameters are provided for the function. Field Characters	True or False
Today's date	Date	Returns the current date.	N/A
Uppercase of	String	Returns the string in upper case.	N/A
User role	Boolean	Returns True if the logged in user has the role provided as parameter, else returns False.	True or False
Year of	Integer	Returns the year of a date.	N/A