This topic explores a few special operators
used in filters
when creating a report or creating a metric.
Filter Operators
LIKE
for pattern matching. This must be used with the wildcard characters % (for a wildcard with a variable number of letters) or _ (for a wildcard single letter). For example, the restriction LIKE \_ake%
would return true for Jake Stein
, Jake Smith
, or Fake Smith
. It would return false for Drake Smith
.
NOT LIKE
is similar to pattern matching above, but checks for which patterns do not match.
IS
checks if the column is NULL
, or empty.
IS NOT
is similar to the IS
operator above, but checks for non-NULL columns.
IN
checks for a value’s presence in a comma-separated list. (for example, “Color IN
red,orange” is the equivalent of color equal to
red OR color equal to
orange).
NOT IN
is similar to IN
above, but checks for a value’s absence.