Profiler Object:Column-Based Value Date/Time Table Iteration

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These functions allow you to step through each distinct value date/time for a specific column. Date values are gathered for all column types, not just date/time data types.

StartDateFrequency

This function initiates the iterator.

This function takes three parameters.

Parameters

Name	Data Type	Description
ColumnName	String	Column Name to start the iterator.
Order	Order	This specifies how to order. See Order Enumeration for details.
Date Span	DateSpan	You must specify a DateSpan - the resolution to be used when stepping through each value (e.g., date, month, year, etc).

Date Span Enumerations

Value	Name	Description
1	DateSpanDate	Group by date
2	DateSpanTime	Group by time
3	DateSpanHour	Group by hour
4	DateSpanMinute	Group by minute
5	DateSpanSecond	Group by second
6	DateSpanMillisecond	Group by millisecond
7	DateSpanDayOfWeek	Group by day of the week
8	DateSpanDay	Group by day of the month
9	DateSpanWeek	Group by week of the year
10	DateSpanMonth	Group by month
11	DateSpanQuarter	Group by quarter
12	DateSpanYear	Group by year
13	DateSpanDecade	Group by decade
14	DateSpanCentury	Group by century

Syntax	profiler->StartDateFrequency(columnNameStr, Order, DateSpan);
C	mdProfilerDateFrequency(profiler,columnNameStr, Order, DateSpan);
.Net	profiler.StartDateFrequency(columnNameStr, Order, DateSpan);

GetDateFrequencyValue

This function returns a column's distinct value.

This function takes one parameter.

Parameters

Name	Data Type	Description
ColumnName	String	Column Name to get the column’s distinct value.

Syntax	profiler->GetDateFrequencyValue(columnNameStr);
C	string = mdProfilerGetDateFrequencyValue(profiler,columnNameStr);
.Net	string = profiler.GetDateFrequencyValue(columnNameStr);

GetDateFrequencyCount

This function returns the number of times the value appeared in the profiled data for this particular column.

This function takes one parameter.

Parameters

Name	Data Type	Description
ColumnName	String	Column Name to get the number of times the value appeared in the profiled data.

Syntax	profiler->GetDateFrequencyCount(columnNameStr);
C	integer = mdProfilerGetDateFrequencyCount(profiler,columnNameStr);
.Net	integer = profiler.GetDateFrequencyCount(columnNameStr);

GetNextDateFrequency

This function steps to the next distinct value. It returns 1 if there are more distinct values or 0 when there are no more values.

This function takes one parameter.

Parameters

Name	Data Type	Description
ColumnName	String	Column Name to get the next distinct value.

Syntax	profiler->GetNextDateFrequency(columnNameStr);
C	integer = mdProfilerGetNextDateFrequency(profiler,columnNameStr);
.Net	integer = profiler.GetNextDateFrequency(columnNameStr);