Concat (PQL)
Returns a text string joining two or more values of columns or text into a single text string
- Returned Output: Text
- Library: PQL \ Granular \ String
- Version: 2023.00.000
- Compatibility: Pyramid Query Language (PQL) data sources
Syntax
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* Click on the function's arguments above for more details on the input values.
Comments
- The columns need to be attributes with string / text values in the model. (The data type needs to be 'string')
- You can concatenate multiple string columns with multiple text elements. The text is captured in double quotes.
- For details on how to employ and use this function see the custom column overview.
Different Function types
- As a granular function, it is used in the base SQL query itself.
Examples
This example returns a column that is the concatenation of the firstname column with a space character and then the last name column.
Concat([customers].[FirstName]," ", [customers].[LastName])
You can see the effect from this example snippet in column #3 below, based on the source columns in positions #1 and #2..