Arithmetic Operators
Arithmetic operators are designed to perform basic mathematical operations on two or more numbers. There are 5 basic operators, with one variation for string operations.
Syntax & Usage
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Different Operator types
- The operators are
- + to ADD numbers or CONCATENATE strings
- - to SUBTRACT numbers
- * to MULTIPLY numbers
- / to DIVIDE numbers
- % to MODULUS 2 numbers and return the fractional component (supported in PQL only, not MDX)
- The numbers used can be data points, numeric values, or model columns, depending on the calculation engine used and the context.
- If strings are used (or mixed numbers and strings), the plus sign "+" will act to concatenate or join the values into a string result. The other operators will throw errors if used with strings.
Examples
This example adds Australian sales to Canadian Sales in the Semantic engine:
([Customer].[Country].[Australia], [measures].[sales]) + ([Customer].[Country].[Canada], [measures].[sales])
This example subtracts the values in the profit column of the data table from the sales column in the same table in the Granular engine:
[data].[sales] - [data].[profit]
This example multiplies 123 by 10 and then deducts 56 in the Common engine:
(123 * 10) - 56
This example takes the values in the expenses column and finds the modulus (remainder) for a division by 10:
[data].[expenses] % 10
This example builds a string of the first and last names of customer - with a space - in the Granular engine:
[firstname] + " " + [lastname]