Revision as of 08:42, 5 December 2012

Presentation

This page gathers some examples of formula with theirs explanations.

Allowed Comparison operators are : equal (=), greater than (>), lesser than (<)

Apply another pricing after a period time

The pricing rule is as followed : If a flight starts after 7:00 am UTC (7:00 am included), we apply a pricing of $1. Otherwise, we apply a pricing of $2.

The formula will be :

( (formatDate('hmm',%START_DATE) > 659) ? $1 : $2 )

• %START_DATE is an internal variable representing the flight start date. The date is in UTC timezone
• formatDate is an internal function to format a date into another format
• formatDate('hmm',%START_DATE) will format the date by using the pattern hmm
  • It gives 1511 for the date 2011-01-05 15:11:01
  • It gives 700 for the date 2011-01-12 07:00:00
• (formatDate('hmm',%START_DATE) > 659) is the rule condition we want to apply
  • 659 represents 6:59 am
  • 659 is used instead of 700 because 7:00 am is included.
  • When comparing a time with this pattern 'hmm', the time range is 0 - 2359

The pricing rule is as followed : All flights are always done into France. If a flight starts after 11:00 am (11:00 am included), we apply a pricing of $1. Otherwise, we apply a pricing of $2. The formula will be :

( (formatDate( 'hmm',convertTimezone(%START_DATE, 'UTC','Europe/Paris') ) > 1100) ? $1 : $2 )

• convertTimezone is an internal function to convert a date from a timezone to another timezone
  • since %START_DATE is already in UTC, we let the timezone UTC as second parameter of the function
  • Europe/Paris is the timezone used in France
• Formula is regardless of daylight saving time

Apply another pricing after some flight hours within the current year

((sumFlightTime(%PILOT, formatDate('yyyy',%START_DATE), 01, 01, 00, 00, 0, 4 ) > 600) ? $tarifInstruction*%DURATION/600 : 0)