Sets a filter on the column filter row of a query.
Applies to
Query columns and filter rows
Property Value
Filter expression.
The filter expression must follow the required syntax. For more information, see Entering Criteria in Filters.
Remarks
In a query, Columns and Filter rows specify fields of the underlying table of the parent DataItem. Columns appear in the resulting dataset, whereas Filter rows do not. You use a ColumnFilter property to apply a condition on a field to limit the records in query’s resulting dataset. The ColumnFilter property resembles the DataItemTableFilter Property of the DataItem, but there are differences. The ColumnFilter property has the following behavior:
- Unlike filters that are set by the
DataItemTableFilter property, filters that are set by the
ColumnFilter property can be overwritten at runtime by calling the
SETFILTER Function
(Query) and SETRANGE
Function (Query) from C/AL code.
There can be multiple calls to the SETFILTER and SETRANGE functions in C/AL, but it is the first call in the function that overwrites the ColumnFilter property. - If the ColumnFilter property specifies a
filter on the same field as the DataItemTableFilter property, then
the filters of the two properties are combined. In SQL SELECT
statements, this combination corresponds to an AND operator. To be
included in the query dataset, records must meet the condition of
both the filters. For example, if the DataItemTableFilter property
sets a filter on a field to include values less than fifty (<50)
and the ColumnFilter property sets a filter on the same field to
include values greater than twenty (>20), then the resultant
filter on the field includes values that are greater than twenty
and less than fifty (20< value <50). However, if the same
field is also set with a filter from C/AL code by calling the
SETFILTER or SETRANGE functions, then only the DataItemTableFilter
property filter is applied because, even though the function
overwrites the ColumnFilter property filter, the function filter is
ignored.
- You can set the ColumnFilter property on any
Column or Filter row in the query, this includes columns that are
set with the totaling method using the Method Property.
- In an SQL SELECT statement, a filter that is
set by the ColumnFilter property that is not applied a totaling
method would correspond to a WHERE clause. A filter on a column
that is applied a totaling method would correspond to a HAVING
clause.
Example
The following example sets a filter on the ColumnFilter property of the Quantity column of a query so that the resulting dataset will only include records where the value of the Quantity column is between 20 and 50.
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Quantity=FILTER(>20&<50) |