Description: This function returns the amount of time between two dates / date fields in Clarizen (as duration) Use: This is important because sometimes it’s useful to see the actual amount of time there for work between two dates, and to know if that time is in work...
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EP2: DateDiff()
Description: This function returns the amount of time between two dates / date fields in Clarizen, with the option of choosing the interval unit of time. Use: Like DateSubtract(), this function is important because it’s useful to see the actual amount of time between...
EP3: DateAdd()
Description: This function returns a date in Clarizen that takes into consideration adding time to a date currently in the system. Use: It is useful when you need to tack time onto a date, say a contingency buffer.
EP4: Date Functions – Day() vs Days(), Weeks, Months, and Years
Description: These functions return the day's numeric representation in a date field within the Planview Clarizens software configuration. These functions add or subtract a specific number of days/weeks/months/years to or from a date. Use: It is useful when you need...
EP5: IsChanged()
Description: This function determines if the value in a field has changed within your project workflow rule in Clarizen. Use: The change of a field value is a common trigger for a business rule, and this function is one of the most widely used functions within the...
EP6: IsManuallySet()
Description: This function returns TRUE if specific Clarizen calculated fields have been overwritten by a direct update, otherwise return FALSE. Use: IsManuallySet() is available as a filter in reports and will apply to auto-calculated fields, such as; start date, due...
EP7: If()
Description: This function is used when you want to give Clarizen a conditional command, wherein you are essentially telling Clarizen “If this is true, do X, but otherwise do Y” Use: This is useful because most of the things we want to do in Clarizen are based on a...
EP8: CurrentUser()
Description: This function references to the Current User within the object, or in other words it is the person or default user running the action on the object/ Module. Use:This is useful/important because you can create Business rules directed to the current person...
EP9: GetRuntimeParameter() vs GetHiddenRuntimeParameter()
Description:Each of these functions can be used in workflows or formula fields to capture any available object as a string. Use: GetHiddenRuntimeParameter function’s sole purpose is to pass one or more variables from one custom action to a another. This is extremely...
EP10: CurrentObject()
Description: This function can be defined as the function that returns an object that is currently being processed Use: This is a very useful and common function – it is often used in emails, error messages, or validation rules to inform the current user of the name...
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