[Equest-users] User-Defined Default Expressions

Fri Mar 3 11:31:20 PST 2017

Thank you Bill, Jeremy, and Chris for the responses!

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Bishop, Bill <bbishop at pathfinder-ea.com>
wrote:

> Mike,
>
> You can start with the expression below. Paste only the text between the
> brackets if you are pasting within the interface. If pasting into the input
> file, this would go after “SET-DEFAULT FOR SPACE”. Like Chris said, the
> case statement names should be four characters or less. However, they are
> not case sensitive, so upper/lower case doesn’t matter.
>
> ~Bill
>
>
>
>    AREA/PERSON      =
>
> {if(#SV(#L("ZONE-TYPE"))==2) then no_def else
>
> if(#RV(#L("PEOPLE-SCHEDULE"))!=0) then unused else
>
> switch (#L("C-ACTIVITY-DESC"))
>
> case "Reta": 67
>
> case "Lobb": 150
>
> case "Clas": 100
>
> default: 500
>
> endswitch
>
> endif
>
> endif}
>
>
>
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> *From:* Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Chris Jones via Equest-users
> *Sent:* Friday, March 03, 2017 12:52 PM
> *To:* Michael Campbell <mcamp1206 at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* equest-users at onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] User-Defined Default Expressions
>
>
>
> Note, only the first 4 characters of the C-ACTIVITY-DESC field are
> recognized in user defined expressions. Therefore, if your UDF uses
> “RETAIL” as the test, it may fail because only “RETA” is used.
>
>
>
> Other than that, I suggest reviewing the BDLDFT.TXT file in the eQUEST
> 3-65 Data folder. It is full of example default expressions.
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> *From:* Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
> <equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org>] *On Behalf Of *Michael
> Campbell via Equest-users
> *Sent:* Friday, March 03, 2017 12:32 PM
> *To:* equest-users
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] User-Defined Default Expressions
>
>
>
> Hi eQUEST Users,
>
> I'm trying to create default user expressions in an effort to
> auto-populate certain fields in my models.
>
> I want to reference the activity description (C-ACTIVITY-DESC) have it
> automatically fill in fields such as Area/Person.
>
> So for this example, I'm trying to make all spaces that have Activity
> Description of "RETAIL" to be populated with a Area/Person value of 67.
>
> I've tried using the "Switch" function and if-then statements but haven't
> been able to get it to work.
>
> Any assistance is appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mike Campbell
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