CommonFormula

All the functions are not available in all the OF versions and in all the formula types:

• flight time formula,
• pricing management formula,
• recent experience formula,
• accounting formula

See AdminDoc2.1 or AdminDoc3 to check the availability in the appropriated section

conditional processing

(test) ? true-case : false-case

conditional processing with operator OR/AND

OR operator

( test1 OR test2 ) ? true-case : false-case

This syntax is also available in OpenFlyers 4.0 and above:

( test1 || test2 ) ? true-case : false-case

AND operator

( test1 AND test2 ) ? true-case : false-case

This syntax is also available in OpenFlyers 4.0 and above:

( test1 && test2 ) ? true-case : false-case

functions

abs(a)

return the absolute value of a

addTime(%SOME_DATE, %SOME_TZ)

return %SOME_DATE with added time depending of %SOME_TZ

Example:

addTime(%NOW_DATE, %USER_TZ) returns the current date converted to user timezone by adding timezone time difference

Note : This function no longer exists on OF version 3.0 and later.

changeTime(%SOME_DATE, 'year', 'month', 'day')

return %SOME_DATE with changed values for year, month and day

Date given as parameter and returned date are in UTC. Possible values for year, month, day parameters are :

• "0" to not changing year/month/day
• "+X" to increment year/month/day by X
• "-X" to decrement year/month/day by X
• "X" to set year/month/day to X

Example:

changeTime( '2011-05-15', '0', '0', '0' ) returns 2011-05-15, the date stays unchanged
changeTime( '2011-05-15', '0', '-test', '0' ) returns 2011-05-15, the date stays unchanged because the parameter 'month' isn't valid
changeTime( '2011-05-15', '0', '-2', '0' ) returns 2011-03-15, month was decremented by 2
changeTime( '2011-05-15', '0', '+2', '0' ) returns 2011-07-15, month was incremented by 2
changeTime( '2011-05-15', '0', '2', '0' ) returns 2011-02-15, month was set to 2 (February)
changeTime( '2011-05-15', '0', '2', '-1' ) returns 2011-02-14

Note : This function exists only on OF version 3.0 and above.

convertTimezone(%SOME_DATE, %SOME_TZ1, %SOME_TZ2)

return %SOME_DATE converted from %SOME_TZ1 to %SOME_TZ2

If a timezone is not valid, UTC will be used as default. For timezone list, see here.

Example:

subTime(%NOW_DATE, 'UTC', 'Europe/Paris') returns the current date converted from Greenwich (UTC) to France timezone

Note : This function exists only on OF version 3.0 and above.

formatDate('pattern',%SOME_DATE)

return the formatted %SOME_DATE. See Date and time format for more details about pattern.

Example:

formatDate('yyyy',%START_DATE) returns the year
formatDate('MM', %NOW_DATE) return the month

Example available from OpenFlyers 3.0+:

formatDate('e',%START_DATE) returns the dow (=day of the week)

getAccount(a,b)

return the account identification for the account Type a of Pilot b

Example:

getAccount(1,25)     return 75
getAccount(1,%PILOT) return 112

getBalance(U,option B)

return the balance of the user U [option] account type B.

Example :

getBalance(1)          return -125.00

Flight hours pricing:
getBalance(%PILOT)     return   25.51
getBalance(%PILOT,1)   return   10.00
getBalance(%PILOT,2)   return   10.50
getBalance(%PILOT,3)   return   5.01

Product sales:
getBalance(%USER_ID)   return   25.51
getBalance(%USER_ID,1)   return   10.00

getBirthdate('person id')

Return the birthdate of a person. Return 1900-01-01 when birthdate is not retrievable for the person.

Example :

getBirthdate(1) return 1975-01-05
getBirthdate(0) return 1900-01-01
getBirthdate(%PILOT) return 1975-01-05

Note : This function exists only on OF version 3.0 and above.

getDebit(a)

Return the sum of all debits of the account "a" made onto the current accounting period. Carry forward is not added to the sum.

Example:

getDebit(112)   return 174.52 
getDebit(getAccount(1,%PILOT)) return  53.17

getCredit(a)

Return the sum of all credits of the account "a" made onto the current accounting period. Carry forward is not added to the sum.

Example:

getCredit(14,0) return 104.12 )
getCredit(getAccount(1,%PILOT)) return  43.10

getFlowSumBetweenAccount('accound id 1', 'account id 2', 'start date', 'end date')

return the balance difference between account 1 and account 2 from a start date to an end date

getFlowSumBetweenAccount(%ACCOUNT1, %ACCOUNT2, '2008-01-01', %NOW_DATE)

getSex('person id')

Return a number corresponding to the person sex :

• 0 for a man
• 1 for a woman
• 2 when it's not defined

Example :

getSex(1)
getSex(%USER_ID)

Example in product pricing formula to test if an user is a woman :

(getSex(%USER_ID) == 1) ? $womanReduction : 0

getSumAccountBusinessField('business field id, 'person id', 'date')

Return the sum of values from a business field of "Account entry" category. Only account entries corresponding to the person and from the given date are taking into account in the calculation. Date format is YYYY-MM-DD.

Example :

getSumAccountBusinessField(13, %PILOT, formatDate( 'yyyy-01-01', %NOW_DATE ) ) ? 100 : 200

getValidityExpiredDate('person id', 'validity type id')

Note : This function exists only on OF version 3.5 and above. It's only available for flight hours pricing.

• Return the validity expired date of the person when the validity has a time limitation and the expired date has been set. Date format is YYYY-MM-DD
• Return "0000-00-00" for others cases

Example :

getValidityExpiredDate(%PILOT, 1); // Return 2014-12-31
getValidityExpiredDate(0, 20); // Return 0000-00-00

getValue4Date(%RESOURCE_ID, 'date')

Return applicable variable value for the closest date.

Example :

getValue4Date(%RESOURCE_ID, '2010-01-01 00:00:00') returns the previous and current applicable values for the booked resource id variable close to the date of 2010-01-01 00:00:00
getValue4Date(%RESOURCE_ID, %NOW_DATE) returns the previous and current applicable values for the booked resource id variable close to current date
getValue4Date(%RESOURCE_ID, %BOOKING_START_DATE) returns the previous and current applicable values for the booked resource id variable close to booking starting date

Note : This function exists only on OF version 3.0 and above.

getYearsFromDiffDate('first date', 'second date')

• Return difference of year between two dates
• Date format is YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
• When second date is not specified, current date is used

Example :

getYearsFromDiffDate( '1975-01-01', '2000-03-03') return 25
getYearsFromDiffDate( '1975-01-01' ) return 37

hasValidity('person id', 'validity type id', 'check only holding')

Note : This function exists only on OF version 3 and above.

'check only holding' is an optional parameter. The parameter is taken into account only if its value is equal to 1. It's ignored in others cases.

• If 'check only holding' is different than 1 :
  • Return 1 when :
    • If it's a validity type with experience :
      • the person has the required experienced
    • If it's not a validity type with experience :
      • it's a validity type without time limitation, the person has the validity
      • it's a validity type with time limitation, the validity of the person has not expired
  • Return 0 for any others cases
• If 'check only holding' is equal to 1 :
  • Return 1 when :
    • If it's not a validity type with experience :
      • the person has the validity
  • Return 0 for any others cases (even if it's a validity type with experience and that the person has the required experience)

Example :

hasValidity( %PILOT, 1); // on flight hours pricing formula
hasValidity( %USER_ID, 20); // on sale product formula

min(a,b)

return the minimum between a and b

max(a,b)

return the maximum between a and b

roundCeil(a,b)

return the a value round top to b

Example:

roundCeil(106,5) return 110

to round at nearest integer 0.5 => 0 (Positive value only)

roundCeil(107.5-0.5,1) return 107

to round at nearest integer 0.5 => 1 (Positive value with 2 decimals only)

roundCeil(107.5-0.499,1) return 108

sprintf('pattern', 'string')

Format the string with a pattern. See sprintf format for more details about pattern.

Example to format member num to get 5 characters and prepending zero as much as possible : <syntaxhighlight lang="php">sprintf('%05s', %MEMBER_NUM) returns 00010 if %MEMBER_NUM is 10 for exemple</php>

Example to format member num to get 5 characters and appending zero as much as possible : <syntaxhighlight lang="php">sprintf('%-05d', %MEMBER_NUM) returns 10000 if %MEMBER_NUM is 10 for exemple</php>

Example to format member num to get 6 characters and prepending space as much as possible : <syntaxhighlight lang="php">sprintf('%6s', %MEMBER_NUM) returns " 10" if %MEMBER_NUM is 10 for exemple</php>

Example to format member num to a decimal with 2 digit after the decimal point : <syntaxhighlight lang="php">sprintf('%0.2f', %MEMBER_NUM) returns 10.00 if %MEMBER_NUM is 10 for exemple</php>

substr(string,a,b)

Return the portion of string specified by a which represents the starting point (0 being "from the first character") and b which represents the number of character to get. When b is a negative number then that many characters will be omitted from the end of string

substr(%LASTNAME, 0, 5)

Example :

substr('FIRST_NAME', 0, 5) returns FIRST
substr('FIRST_NAME', 0, -2) returns FIRST_NA

subTime(%SOME_DATE, %SOME_TZ)

return %SOME_DATE with substracted time depeding of %SOME_TZ

Example:

subTime(%NOW_DATE, 'Europe/Paris') returns the current date converted to France timezone by substracting timezone time difference

Note : This function no longer exists on OF version 3.0 and above.

sumFlightHour('pilot id', 'position', 'day', 'aircraft type 1' , 'aircraft type 2', 'aircraft type X')

Return the flight time sum of all the flights done by a pilot in the last "day" day(s) from now and onto the "aircraft type 1", "aircraft type 2" and "aircraft type X" (X represents another aircraft type)

Set "position" to 0 to count only flight hours where pilot is assigned as first pilot.

Set "position" to 1 to count only flight hours where pilot is assigned as second pilot.

Example 1: return the flight time sum for the first pilot in the last 90 days from now and onto the aircraft type 1 and 2

sumFlightHour(%PILOT, 0, 90, 1, 2) 
Format sexacentimal
Conversion to decimal hours: Hour = Result/600

Example 2: return the flight time sum for the first pilot in the last 90 days onto any aircraft type

sumFlightHour(%PILOT, 0, 90)
Format sexacentimal
Conversion to decimal hours: Hour = Result/600

sumFlightTime(%PILOT, 'year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'position' )

return the total flight time of a pilot since a starting date. Position at 0 is first pilot, position at 1 is second pilot

sumFlightTime(%PILOT, 2008, 01, 01, 00, 00, 0 ) returns the total flight time of first pilot since 2008-01-01 00:00:00
Format sexacentimal
Conversion to decimal hours: Hour = Result/600

sumFlightTime(%PILOT, 'year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'position', 'flight type' )

Note : This function exists only on OF version 3.0 and above.

Return the total flight time done onto the flight type of a pilot since a starting date. Position at 0 is first pilot, position at 1 is second pilot. If the flight type is not specified, the total is done onto all flight type.

sumFlightTime(%PILOT, 2008, 01, 01, 00, 00, 0, 64 ) returns the total flight time done onto flight type id 64 of first pilot since 2008-01-01 00:00:00
Format sexacentimal
Conversion to decimal hours: Hour = Result/600

sumLandingNumber('pilot id', 'position', 'day', 'aircraft type 1' , 'aircraft type 2', 'aircraft type X')

return the landing total of all the flights done by a pilot in the last "day" day(s) and onto the "aircraft type 1", "aircraft type 2" and "aircraft type X" (X represents another aircraft type)

Set "position" to 0 to count only flight hours where pilot is assigned as first pilot.

Set "position" to 1 to count only flight hours where pilot is assigned as second pilot.

Example 1 : if first pilot has done more than 5 landing in the last 30 days on aircraft type 1.

 sumLandingNumber(%PILOT,0,30,1) > 5

Example 2 : if second pilot has done more thant 5 landing in the last 15 days on any aircraft type.

 sumLandingNumber(%PILOT,1,15) > 5

sumPreviousFlightTime('pilot id', 'position', 'day', 'endingDate', 'aircraft type 1' , 'aircraft type 2', 'aircraft type X')

Note : This function exists only on OF version 3.0 and above.

Example: Return the flight time sum of all the flights done by a pilot, in the days "day" preceding the date time "endingDate" (included) and onto the "aircraft type 1", "aircraft type 2" and "aircraft type X" (X represents another aircraft type)

Set "position" to 0 to count only flight hours where pilot is assigned as first pilot.

Set "position" to 1 to count only flight hours where pilot is assigned as second pilot.

Return the flight time sum for the first pilot in the 365 days preceding the date of the flight and onto the aircraft type 1 and 2

sumPreviousFlightTime(%PILOT, 0, 365, %START_FLIGHT, 1, 2) 
Format sexacentimal
Conversion to decimal hours: Hour = Result/600

strtolower(string)

Return the lower cases of string.

Example:

strtolower('CamelBack') returns "camelback"

strtoupper(string)

Return the upper cases of string.

Example:

strtolower('CamelBack') returns "CAMELBACK"

variables

%ACCOUNT_BALANCE

Account balance. Can be used in the content of the "Account threshold alert" e-mail.

Note : This variable exists only on OF version 3.0.3 and above.

%ACCOUNT_TYPE

account type

%ACCOUNT1

debit account id

%ACCOUNT2

credit account id

%ACCOUNTING_START_DATE

accounting start date (format is YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss)

%AIRFIELD_ARRIVAL

flight airfield arrival input into the forum (only for OF 3.0 and above)

%AIRFIELD_DEPARTURE

flight airfield departure input into the form (only for OF 3.0 and above)

%AUTHENTICATION_LOGIN

user login

%AUTO_INCREMENT

auto incremental value

%BOOKING_START_DATE

booking start date input into the form (only for OF 3.0 and above)

%COUNTER_ARRIVAL

counter arrival input into the form

%COUNTER_DEPARTURE

counter departure input into the form

%CURRENT_QUANTITY

The value calculated from quantity formula (only for OF 3.5 and above)

%CURRENT_UNIT_PRICE

The value calculated from unit price formula (only for OF 3.5 and above)

%DURATION

flight time input into the form in sexacentimal

To get value in hour :

%DURATION/600

To get value in minute :

%DURATION/10

%ENTITY_TZ

structure/entity timezone

%EXTRAFIELDxx

• Access to the content of an extra field
• xx = Id of the extra field must be add after the designation %EXTRAFIELD
• For pricing formula, only extra fields of type integer, float or decimal can be used

%FIRSTNAME

user firstname

%LASTNAME

user lastname

%MEMBER_NUM

user member id

%NOW_DATE

current date (format is YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss)

%PILOT

pilot id. available on flight hours pricing formula.

%PILOT2

Instructor id / Second person id. Available on flight hours pricing formula.

This variable exists only on OF 3.5 version and above.

%PRODUCT_QUANTITY

Quantity of purcharsed item(s)

Note : This variable exists only on OF version 3.0.3 and above.

%QTY

Quantity of purcharsed item(s)

This variable exists only on OF version 3.0.

%RESOURCE_ID

resource id (only for OF 3.0 and above)

%RESOURCE_NAME

Resource name (only for OF 3.0 and above)

%START_DATE

date of flight beginning (format is YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss)

%UNIT_PRICE_VALUE

Unit price for the product

%USER_ID

user id. Available only for accounting formula and sale product formula.

%USER_TZ

member timezone

Date and time format

Syntax

To specify the format use a pattern string. In this pattern, all ASCII letters are reserved as pattern letters, which are defined as the following:

The count of pattern letters determine the format.

(Text): 4 or more pattern letters--use full form, < 4--use short or abbreviated form if one exists.

(Number): the minimum number of digits. Shorter numbers are zero-padded to this amount. Year is handled specially; that is, if the count of 'y' is 2, the Year will be truncated to 2 digits.

(Text & Number): 3 or over, use text, otherwise use number.

Any characters in the pattern that are not in the ranges of ['a'..'z'] and ['A'..'Z'] will be treated as quoted text. For instance, characters like ':', '.', ' ', '#' and '@' will appear in the resulting time text even they are not embraced within single quotes.

A pattern containing any invalid pattern letter will result in a thrown exception during formatting or parsing.

Syntax available in OpenFlyers 2.1 and above

Symbol	Meaning	Presentation	Example
G	era designator	Text	AD
y	year	Number	1996
M	month in year	"MMM": Text "MM" or "M" : Number	July 07 or 7
d	day in month	Number	10
h	hour in am/pm (1~12)	Number	12
H	hour in day (0~23)	Number	0
m	minute in hour	Number	30
s	second in minute	Number	55
S	millisecond	Number	978
E	day in week	Text	Tuesday
D	day in year	Number	189
F	day of week in month	Number	2 (2nd Wed in July)
w	week in year	Number	27
W	week in month	Number	2
a	am/pm marker	Text	PM
k	hour in day (1~24)	Number	24
K	hour in am/pm (0~11)	Number	0
z	time zone	Text	Pacific Standard Time
'	escape for text	Delimiter
''	single quote	(Literal)	'

Syntax available in OpenFlyers 3.0 and above

Symbol	Meaning	Presentation	Example
e	dow (=day of week: 1 = sunday, 2 = monday, )	(Number)	2 (=monday)

Examples Using the local unit system

Format Pattern	Result
"yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z"	1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT
"EEE, MMM d, 'yy"	Wed, July 10, '96
"KK:mm a, z"	00:08 AM, PST
"h:mm a"	12:08 PM
"h 'o''clock' a, zzzz"	12 o'clock PM, Pacific Daylight Time
"yyyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG h:mm aaa"	1996.July.10 AD 0:08 PM
"dd/MMM/yyyyy HH:mm"	10/07/1996 00:08

sprintf format

Pattern is made with one or more of these elements, in order:

• The character "%"
• An optional character which will be used to pad the string to the right string size. Space is used by default
• The character "-" for a right padding or no character for a left padding
• An optional number to specify how many character in minimum the string should have in final
• The optional character "." followed by a digit that says how many decimal digits should be displayed for decimal
• One of some of these characters:

Character	Description
d	String is treated as an integer
f	String is treated as a decimal
s	String is treated as a string

See sprintf definition for the complete description.