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The FIRST STEP is to select the Type of Operation to use on this Column
Click in the Image on "Next - Back" or "Save" or "Cancel" or in the Function list box to Navigate
(depending on the operation selected the relevant selection & entry fields will open up for you)
LIST on all functions available :
  
- Addition : ADD the Value you define in the relevant entry field to this column's value (INTEGER-LONG)
- Substract : SUBSTRACT the Value you define in the relevant entry field from this column's value (INTEGER-LONG)
- Multiplication : MULTIPLY this column's value by the Value you define in the relevant entry field (INTEGER-LONG)
- Divide : DIVIDE this column's value by the Value you define in the relevant entry field (INTEGER-LONG)
- UPPER : Uppercase the column Value (STRING)
- LOWER : Lowercase the column Value (STRING)
- Concatenate (Before - After) : Append another's column value to the existing value and separator to use (STRING)
- LEFT : Extract the LEFT portion of the column's value (define length) (STRING)
- RIGHT : Extract the RIGHT portion of the column's value (define length) (STRING)
- SUBSTRING : Extract a portion of the column's value (define start & length) (STRING)
- Capitalize : Uppercase ALL the FIRST letters of the column's value (STRING)
- Parse (First - Second - Last) : Extract the FIRST - SECOND or LAST word of the column's value (STRING)
- Clip : Remove any Trailing spaces from the column's value (STRING)
- Clip(Left) : Remove any Leading AND Trailing spaces from the column's value (STRING)
- Equal to : Use the value of another Column (ALL)
- DeFormat : Removes a DATE formating from the column's value (DATE)
- Format : Applies a DATE formating to a column's value (INTEGER-LONG)
- Compact String : removes all spaces and punctuation from a string.
- Depunctuate String : remove all punctuation from a string. Retains figures.
- Depunctuate + String : remove all punctuation from a string. This includes all control characters with ASCII value less than 32.
- Manual Formatting : Create your own formatting value - ie @P ###-###-###P
- Lookup(External Table) (SQL ONLY) : Perform a lookup in an External Table to retrive a value and insert it in the current column
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