PowerPointWriter has the ability to evaluate a certain number of formulas on data sets that are brought into a presentation.
Placing Formulas in Data Markers
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Formulas in a Data Marker in your template can be used to calculate average, products, sums, and other formulas based on values in the data sets being bound to the template. |
To place a formula into your template presentation, insert a data marker with the following syntax:
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The PowerPointTemplate object supports some basic formulas. Each of the formulas will perform a specific operation on the values referenced. Formulas are evaluated for all values of the column in the data source, regardless of how many of the values are actually displayed in the document.
To Use
The formula must follow the syntax %%=FORMULA_NAME(DataSource.ColumnName)
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The following formulas are valid with PowerPointTemplate and will be evaluated when the data are bound to the document: where:
- FORMULA_NAME is one of the formulas listed below
* DataSourceName is the name of the data source. This name is specified in code when thePowerPointTemplate.BindData
method is called.
* ColumnName is the name of the column that contains the value(s) that will be used in the calculation. The column name must match the columns specified in code.
There must be a call to PowerPointTemplate.BindData
to bind a data source to the template, however, you do not need to include a full data marker (%%=DataSource.ColumnName) in the template to use the formula.
Supported Formulas
PowerPointWriter supports the following data marker formulas:
AVERAGE | Calculates the average of the column values |
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COUNT | Returns the number of values (that is, the number of rows in the data source) of the column |
COUNTA | Returns the number of non-null values of the column |
MAX | Returns the maximum value from the column |
MIN | Returns the minimum value from the column |
PRODUCT | Calculates the product of the column values |
STDEV | Returns the standard deviation of the column values, treating the values as a sample |
STDEVP | Returns the standard deviation of the column values, treating the values as a population |
SUM | Calculates the sum of the column values |
VAR | Returns the variance of the column values, treating the values as a sample |
VARP | Returns the variance of the column values, treating the values as a population |
Additional information is available on the Using Formulas page.
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The TemplateThe example below uses formulas to display the average, standard deviation, maximum, and minimum college entrance exam scores of a group of fictional students as part of a table including their individual scores. The CodeThe following code opens the template and binds data to it using the SetDataSource and SetRepeatBlock methods, then streams the resulting document to the user:
ResultsThe formulas are evaluated by PowerPointTemplate, as you can see in the sample output slide: |