Documentation Campaign Campaign Classic v7 Documentation

Also applies to v8

Define filter conditions

Last update: April 11, 2024

Applies to:
Campaign Classic v7

Topics:
Query Editor

Choose the operator

Within filtering conditions, you need to link two values together using an operator.

Below is a list of the operators available:

Operator	Purpose	Example
Equal to	Returns a result identical to the data entered in the second Value column.	Last name (@lastName) equal to 'Jones', will return only recipients whose last name is Jones.
Greater than	Returns a value greater than the value entered.	Age (@age) greater than 50, will return all values greater than '50', i.e. '51', '52', etc.
Less than	Returns a value smaller than the value entered.	Creation date (@created) before 'DaysAgo(100)', will return all recipients created less than 100 days ago.
Greater than or equal to	Returns all values equal to or greater than the value entered.	Age (@age) greater than or equal to '30', will return all recipients aged 30 or more.
Less than or equal to	Returns all values equal to or lower than the value entered.	Age (@age) less than or equal to '60', will return all recipients aged 60 or less.
Not equal to	Returns all values not identical to the value entered.	Language (@language) to equal to 'English'.
Starts with	Returns the results starting with the value entered.	Account # (@account) starts with '32010'.
Does not start with	Returns the results not starting with the value entered	Account # (@account) does not start with '20'.
Contains	Returns the results containing at least the value entered.	Email domain (@domain) contains 'mail', will return all domain names that contain 'mail'. So the 'gmail.com' domain will also be returned.
Does not contain	Returns results not containing the value entered.	Email domain (@domain) does not contain 'vo'. In this case, domain names which contain 'vo' will not be returned. The 'voila.fr' domain name will not appear in the results.
Like	Like is very similar to the Contains operator. It lets you insert a % wild card character in the value.	Last name (@lastName) like 'Jon%s'. Here, the wild card character is used as a "joker" to find the name "Jones", should the operator have forgotten the missing letter between the 'n' and the 's'.
Not like	Is similar to Like . Lets you not recover the entered value. Here too, the entered value must contain the % wild card character.	Last name (@lastName) not like 'Smi%h'. Here, the recipients whose last name is 'Smi%h' will not be returned.
Is empty	In this case, the result we are looking for matches an empty value in the second Value column.	Mobile (@mobilePhone) is empty returns all recipients who do not have a mobile number.
Is not empty	Works in reverse to the Is empty operator. It is not necessary to enter data in the second Value column.	Email (@email) is not empty.
Is included in	Returns results included in the values indicated. These values have to be separated by a comma.	Birth date (@birthDate) is included in '12/10/1979,12/10/1984', will return the recipients born between these dates.
Is not included in	Works like the Is included in operator. Here, we want to exclude recipients based on the values entered.	Birth date (@birthDate) is not included in '12/10/1979,12/10/1984'. Unlike in the previous example, recipients born within these dates will not be returned.

Use AND, OR, EXCEPT

For queries using several filtering conditions, you need to define links between the conditions. There are three possible links:

And lets you combine two filtering conditions,
Or lets you offer an alternative,
Except lets you define an exception.

Click And (offered by default) and choose from the drop-down list.

And: adds a condition and enables overfiltering.
Or: adds a condition and enables overfiltering.

The following example lets you find recipients whose email domain contains “orange.co.uk” OR whose post code starts with “NW”.
Except: if you have two filters and the first one does not return a value, this type of link creates an exception.

In the following example, we want to return recipients whose email domain contains “orange.co.uk” EXCEPT if the recipient’s last name is “Smith”.

This example shows a filter which lets you display: recipients who either speak Spanish, OR are women with mobile numbers, OR recipients without an account number and whose company name starts with the letter “N”.

Prioritize conditions

This section explains how to prioritize conditions thanks to the blue arrows in the toolbar.

The arrow pointing to the right lets you add a level of parentheses to the filter.
The arrow pointing to the left lets you delete a selected parenthesis level from the filter.
The vertical arrows let you move a condition, thereby changing their execution sequence.

This example shows you how to use the arrow to delete a parenthesis level. Start from the following filtering condition: City equal to London OR gender equal to male and mobile not indicated OR account # starts with “95” and company name starts with “A”.

Place your cursor on the Gender (@gender) equal to Male filtering condition and click the Remove a parenthesis level arrow.

The Gender (@gender) equal to Male condition has been taken out of its parenthesis. It has moved to the same level as the “City equal to London” condition. These conditions are linked together (And).

Select data to extract

The available fields vary from one table to another. All fields are stored in a main node known as the Main element. In the following example, the available fields are in the recipient table. Fields are always displayed alphabetically.

The detail the selected field is visible at the bottom of the window. For example, the Email domain field is a Calculated SQL field and its extension is (@domain).

NOTE

Use the Search tool to find an available field.

Double-click an available field to add it to the output columns. At the end of the query, each selected field creates a column in the Data preview window.

Advanced fields are not displayed by default. Click Display advanced fields in the bottom right-hand corner of the available fields to display everything. Click again to return to the former view.

For example, in the recipient table, the advanced fields are Boolean 1, Boolean 2, Boolean 3, Foreign key of “Folder” link, etc.

The following example shows the advanced fields of the recipient table.

The various categories of fields:

Icon

Description

Examples

Simple field

Email, gender, etc.

Primary key. This SQL field is a way of identifying a record in a table.

Identifier recipients are primary keys and identifiers are unique by definition.

Foreign key. Used as a link to another table.

Recipient foreign key, service foreign key, etc.

Calculated field. This type of field is calculated on request using the values in the database.

Age, email domain, etc.

Field containing long texts.

Comment, full address, etc.

Indexed SQL field.

Full name, ISO code, etc.

Link to a table and collection element:

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Description

Example

Links to a table in particular. These coincide with 1-1 type associations. An occurrence of the source table can coincide with only one occurrence of the target table. For example, only one recipient can be linked to a country.

Folder, State, Country, etc.

Collection element on a specific table. These coincide with 1-N type associations. One source table occurrence can coincide with several occurrences of the target table, but one occurrence of the target table can coincide with only one occurrence of the source table. For example, one recipient can subscribe to 'n' subscription letters.

Subscriptions, lists, exclusion logs, etc.

NOTE

Use the Add button (above the side icon bar) to add an output column in which we wish to edit the expression. For more on editing an expression, refer to this section.
Delete an output column by clicking the red ‘x’ (Delete).
Change the order of the output columns using the arrows.
The Distribution of values serves as a way to view the distribution of the values of the field selected (for example, the distributions linked to recipient towns, recipient languages, etc.).

Create calculated fields

If necessary, add a column during data formatting. A calculated field adds a column to the data preview section. Click Add a calculated field.

There are four types of calculated fields:

Fixed string: lets you add a string of characters.
String with JavaScript tags: the value of the calculated field combines a string of characters and JavaScript directives.
JavaScript expression: the value of the calculated field is the result of a JavaScript function evaluation. The returned value can be typed (number, date, etc.).
Enumerations: This type of field lets you use/modify the content of one of the output columns in a new column.

It’s possible to use the source value of a column and give it a destination value. This destination value will be displayed in the new output column.

An example of adding calculated field type Enumerations is available, refer to this section.

The Enumerations type calculated field can include 4 conditions:
- Keep the source value restores the source value to the target without changing it.
- Use the following value lets you enter a default destination value for non-defined source values.
- Generate a warning and continue warns the user that the source value cannot be changed.
- Generate an error and reject the line prevents the line from being calculated and imported.

Click the Detail of calculated field to view the detail of the inserted field.

To remove this calculated field, click the Remove the calculated field cross.

Build expressions

The expression editing tool lets you calculate aggregates, generate function, or edit a formula using an expression.

The following example shows you how to run a count on a primary key.

Apply the following steps:

Click Add in the Data to extract window. In the Formula type window, select a type of formula to enter the expression.

There are several types of formulas available: Field only, Aggregate, Expression.

Select Process on an aggregate function, and Count. Click Next.
The primary key is calculated.

Here is a detailed view of the choices available in the Formula types window:

Field only lets you return to the Field to select window.
Aggregate (Process on an aggregate function). Here are some examples of aggregate use:
- Count lets you run a primary key count.
- Sum lets you add up all purchases made by a customer over one year.
- Maximum value lets you find the customers having purchased the most “n” products.
- Minimum value lets you sort through customers and find those having subscribed to an offer most recently.
- Average. This function lets you calculate the average age of your recipients.
  
  The Distinct box lets you recover unique and non-zero values of a column. For example, you can recover all of a recipient’s tracking logs and these tracking logs are changed to the value 1 since they all concern the same recipient.
Expression opens the Edit the expression window. This lets you detect telephone numbers with too many figures, likely to be input errors.

For a list of all available functions, refer to List of functions.

List of functions

If an Expression type formula is chosen, you will be taken to the “edit the expression” window. Various categories of functions can be associated to the available fields: Aggregates, String, Date, Numerical, Currency, Geomarketing, Windowing function and Others.

The expression editor looks like this:

It lets you select fields in the database tables and add advanced functions to them. The following functions are available:

Aggregates

Name

Description

Syntax

Avg

Returns the average of a number type column

Avg(<value>)

Count

Counts the non-null values of a column

Count(<value>)

CountAll

Counts the values returned (all fields)

CountAll()

Countdistinct

Counts the distinct non-null values of a column

Countdistinct(<value>)

Max

Returns the maximum value of a number, string, or date type column

Max(<value>)

Min

Returns the minimum value of a number, string or date type column

Min(<value>)

StdDev

Returns the standard deviation of a number, string or date column

StdDev(<value>)

Sum

Returns the sum of the values of a number, string, or date type column

Sum(<value>)

String

Name

Description

Syntax

AllNonNull2

Indicates if all parameters are non-null and not empty

AllNonNull2(<string>, <string>)

AllNonNull3

Indicates if all parameters are non-null and not empty

AllNonNull3(<string>, <string>, <string>)

Ascii

Returns the ASCII value of the first character in the string.

Ascii(<string>)

Char

Returns the character corresponding to the 'n' ASCII code

Char(<number>)

Charindex

Returns the position of string 2 in string 1.

Charindex(<string>, <string>)

GetLine

Returns the nth (from 1 to n) line of the string

GetLine(<string>)

IfEquals

Returns the third parameter if the first two parameters are equal. If not, returns the last parameter

IfEquals(<string>, <string>, <string>, <string>)

IsMemoNull

Indicates if the memo passed as a parameter is null

IsMemoNull(<memo>)

JuxtWords

Concatenates the strings passed as parameters. Adds spaces between the strings if necessary.

JuxtWords(<string>, <string>)

JuxtWords3

Concatenates the strings passed as parameters. Adds spaces between the strings if necessary

JuxtWords3(<string>, <string>, <string>)

LPad

Returns the completed string on the left

LPad(<string>, <number>, <character>)

Left

Returns the first n characters of the string

Left(<string>, <number>)

Length

Returns the length of the string

Length(<string>)

Lower

Returns the string in lowercase

Lower(<string>)

Ltrim

Removes spaces to the left of the string

Ltrim(<string>)

Md5Digest

Returns an hexadecimal representation of the MD5 key of a string

Md5Digest(<string>)

MemoContains

Specifies whether the memo contains the string passed as a parameter

MemoContains(<memo>, <string>)

RPad

Returns the completed string on the right

RPad(<string>, <number>, <character>)

Right

Returns the last n characters of the string

Right(<string>)

Rtrim

Removes spaces to the right of the string

Rtrim(<string>)

Smart

Returns the string with the first letter of each word in capitals

Smart(<string>)

Substring

Extracts the substring starting at character n1 of the string and of length n2

Substring(<string>, <offset>, <length>)

ToString

Converts the number to a string

ToString(<number>, <number>)

Upper

Returns the string in capitals

Upper(<string>)

VirtualLink

Returns the foreign key of a link passed as a parameter if the other two parameters are equal

VirtualLink(<number>, <number>, <number>)

VirtualLinkStr

Returns the foreign (text) key of a link passed as a parameter if the other two parameters are equal

VirtualLinkStr(<string>, <number>, <number>)

dataLength

Returns the string size

dataLength(<string>)

Date

Name

Description

Syntax

AddDays

Adds a number of days to a date

AddDays(<date>, <number>)

AddHours

Adds a number of hours to a date

AddHours(<date>, <number>)

AddMinutes

Adds a number of minutes to a date

AddMinutes(<date>, <number>)

AddMonths

Adds a number of months to a date

AddMonths(<date>, <number>)

AddSeconds

Adds a number of seconds to a date

AddSeconds(<date>, <number>)

AddYears

Adds a number of years to a date

AddYears(<date>, <number>)

DateOnly

Returns the date only (with time at 00:00)*

DateOnly(<date>)

Day

Returns the number representing the day of the date

Day(<date>)

DayOfYear

Returns the number of the day in the year of the date

DayOfYear(<date>)

DaysAgo

Returns the date corresponding to the current date minus n days

DaysAgo(<number>)

DaysAgoInt

Returns the date (integer yyyymmdd) corresponding to the current date minus n days

DaysAgoInt(<number>)

DaysDiff

Number of days between two dates

DaysDiff(<end date>, <start date>)

DaysOld

Returns the age in days of a date

DaysOld(<date>)

GetDate

Returns the current system date of the server

GetDate()

Hour

Returns the hour of the date

Hour(<date>)

HoursDiff

Returns the number of hours between two dates

HoursDiff(<end date>, <start date>)

Minute

Returns the minutes of the date

Minute(<date>)

MinutesDiff

Returns the number of minutes between two dates

MinutesDiff(<end date>, <start date>)

Month

Returns the number representing the month of the date

Month(<date>)

MonthsAgo

Returns the date corresponding to the current date minus n months

MonthsAgo(<number>)

MonthsDiff

Returns the number of months between two dates

MonthsDiff(<end date>, <start date>)

MonthsOld

Returns the age in months of a date

MonthsOld(<date>)

Second

Returns the seconds of the date

Second(<date>)

SecondsDiff

Returns the number of seconds between two dates

SecondsDiff(<end date>, <start date>)

SubDays

Subtracts a number of days from a date

SubDays(<date>, <number>)

SubHours

Subtracts a number of hours from a date

SubHours(<date>, <number>)

SubMinutes

Subtracts a number of minutes from a date

SubMinutes(<date>, <number>)

SubMonths

Subtracts a number of months from a date

SubMonths(<date>, <number>)

SubSeconds

Subtracts a number of seconds from a date

SubSeconds(<date>, <number>)

SubYears

Subtracts a number of years from a date

SubYears(<date>, <number>)

ToDate

Converts a date + time as a date

ToDate(<date + time>)

ToDateTime

Converts a string to a date + time

ToDateTime(<string>)

TruncDate

Rounds a date+time to the nearest second

TruncDate(@lastModified, <number of seconds>)

TruncDateTZ

Rounds a date + time to a given precision expressed in seconds

TruncDateTZ(<date>, <number of seconds>, <time zone>)

TruncQuarter

Rounds a date off to the quarter

TruncQuarter(<date>)

TruncTime

Rounds the time part up to the nearest second

TruncTim(e<date>, <number of seconds>)

TruncWeek

Rounds a date off to the week

TruncWeek(<date>)

TruncYear

Rounds a date + time to January 1st of the year

TruncYear(<date>)

TruncWeek

Returns the number representing the day in the week of the date

WeekDay(<date>)

Year

Returns the number representing the year of the date

Year(<date>)

YearAnd Month

Returns the number representing the year and month of the date

YearAndMonth(<date>)

YearsDiff

Returns the number of years between the two dates

YearsDiff(<end date>, <start date>)

YearsOld

Returns the age in years of a date

YearsOld(<date>)

NOTE

Note that the Dateonly function takes into account the server’s timezone, not the operator’s.

Numerical

Name

Description

Syntax

Abs

Returns the absolute value of a number

Abs(<number>)

Ceil

Returns the lowest integer greater than or equal to a number

Ceil(<number>)

Floor

Returns the greatest integer greater than or equal to a number

Floor(<number>)

Greatest

Returns the greater of two numbers

Greatest(<number 1>, <number 2>)

Least

Returns the smaller of two numbers

Least(<number 1>, <number 2>)

Mod

Returns the remainder of the integer division of n1 by n2

Mod(<number 1>, <number 2>)

Percent

Returns the ratio of two numbers expressed as a percentage

Percent(<number 1>, <number 2>)

Random

Returns the random value

Random()

Round

Rounds off a number to n decimals

Round(<number>, <number of decimals>)

Sign

Returns the sign of the number

Sign(<number>)

ToDouble

Converts an integer to a float

ToDouble(<number>)

ToInt64

Converts a float to a 64 bit integer

ToInt64(<number>)

ToInteger

Converts a float to an integer

ToInteger(<number>)

Trunc

Truncates n1 to n2 decimals

Trunc(<n1>, <n2>)

Currency

Name

Description

Syntax

ConvertCurrency

Converts an amount in a source currency to an amount in a target currency

ConvertCurrency(<amount>, <source currency>, <target currency>, <conversion date>)

FormatCurrency

Formats the amount displayed based on the selected currency settings

FormatCurrency(<amount>, <currency>)

Geomarketing

Name

Description

Syntax

Distance

Returns the distance between two points defined by their longitude and latitude, expressed in degrees.

Distance(<Longitude A>, <Latitude A>, <Longitude B>, <Latitude B>)

Others

Name

Description

Syntax

Case

Returns value 1 if the condition is true. If not, it returns value 2.

Case(When(<condition>, <value 1>), Else(<value 2>))

ClearBit

Deletes the Flag in the value

ClearBit(<identifier>, <flag>)

Coalesce

Returns value 2 if value 1 is zero or null, otherwise returns value 1

Coalesce(<value 1>, <value 2>)

Decode

Returns value 3 if value 1 = value 2. If not returns value 4.

Decode(<value 1>, <value 2>, <value 3>, <value 4>)

Else

Returns value 1 (may only be used as a parameter of the case function)

Else(<value 1>, <value 2>)

GetEmailDomain

Extracts the domain from an email address

GetEmailDomain(<value>)

GetMirrorURL

Retrieves the URL of the mirror page server

GetMirrorURL(<value>)

Iif

Returns value 1 if the expression is true. If not, returns value 2

Iif(<condition>, <value 1>, <value 2>)

IsBitSet

Indicates whether the Flag is in the value

IsBitSet(<identifier>, <flag>)

IsEmptyString

Returns value 2 if string 1 is empty, otherwise returns value 3

IsEmptyString(<value 1>, <value 2>, <value 3>)

NoNull

Returns the empty string if the argument is NULL

NoNull(<value>)

RowId

Returns the line number

RowId

SetBit

Forces the Flag in the value

SetBit(<identifier>, <flag>)

ToBoolean

Converts a number into a Boolean

ToBoolean(<number>)

When

Returns value 1 if the expression is true. If not, it returns value 2 (may only be used as a parameter of the case function)

When(<condition>, <value 1>)

Windowing functions

Name

Description

Syntax

Desc

Applies a descending sort

Desc(<value 1>)

OrderBy

Sorts the result within the partition

OrderBy(<value 1>)

PartitionBy

Partitions the result of a query on a table

PartitionBy(<value 1>)

RowNum

Generates a line number based on the table partition and on a sorting sequence.

RowNum(PartitionBy(<value 1>), OrderBy(<value 1>))

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