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      Date Transform: AGE(A)

      Age in years at the time the field was built

      Number of whole years between Date(Time) field A and today, where today is the date on which the field was built.

      Purpose

      Use this function to:
      • Calculate age of customers at the time of Data Load
      • Calculate transaction age in years

      Return Value

      PropertyValue
      FieldTypeInteger
      FieldSizeLow / Med 
      DataTypeDiscrete
      DataSizeShort


      Example Return Value: 0....N  where N is maximum number of years between today and Field(A)

      Parameters

      ParameterJSONDescription
      Table“targetTable”: “MyTableName”The target table on which the new field will be created
      Filter“dataset”: {DataSet_JSON}Optional.   If a filter is applied, records not in the filter Recordset will be returned as null.
      DateTimeFunction“p1”: “AGE(A)”AGE(A)
      A“p2”: “DateFieldName”Required.
      Date Field, or fixed value using #YYYY-MM-DD notation.
      If FIXED_VALUE is used, every row will have the difference in years between TODAY and FIXED_VALUE.

      JSON Sample


      Usage Notes

      The values returned by AGE(A) will depend on the value of TODAY when the field is calculated, and so will change each time a load script is executed.

      Example

      ExampleDetails
      DescriptionCalculate Transaction Age in Years
      Input
      • Table: = [transactions]
      • Function: = DateTransform
      • DateTimeFunction: = AGE(A)
      • A:= [transactions].[date]
      • Name: = Age
      Sample


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