NONE


The NONE function returns YES when none of the values of a Boolean expression are TRUE. It returns NO when any value of the expression is TRUE.

Return Value

BOOLEAN or NA if all the values of the expression are NA

Syntax

NONE(boolean-expression [dimensions])

Arguments

boolean-expression

The Boolean expression to be evaluated.

dimensions

The dimensions of the result. By default, NONE returns a single value. When you indicate one or more dimensions for the result, NONE tests for TRUE values along the dimensions that are specified and returns an array of values. Each dimension must be either a dimension of boolean-expression or related to one of its dimensions. When it is a related dimension, you can specify the name of the relation instead of the dimension name. This enables you to choose which relation is used when there is more than one.

When boolean-expression is dimensioned by dimension of type DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, or YEAR, you can specify any other DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, or YEAR dimension as a related dimension. Oracle OLAP uses the implicit relation between the dimensions. For each time period in the related dimension, Oracle OLAP tests the data values for all the source time periods that end in the target time period. This method is used regardless of which dimension has the more aggregate time periods. To control the mapping of one DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, or YEAR dimension to another (for example, from weeks to months), you can define an explicit relation between the two dimensions and specify the name of the relation as the dimension argument.

Notes

The Effect of NASKIP on NONE

NONE is affected by the NASKIP option. When NASKIP is set to YES (the default), and all of the values in the expression are NA NONE returns NA; if even one value is not NA, NONE ignores all of the NA values in the expression. When NASKIP is set to NO, NONE returns NA when any value of the expression is NA.

Examples

Testing for No True Values by District

Suppose you want to find out which districts had no months in which sales fell below $50,000. Use the NONE function to determine whether the Boolean expression (SALES LT 50000) is TRUE for no months. To have the results dimensioned by district, specify district as the second argument to NONE.

LIMIT product TO 'Sportswear'
REPORT NONE(sales LT 50000, district)

The preceding statements produce the following output.

               NONE(SALES
               LT 50000,
DISTRICT       DISTRICT)
-------------- ----------
Boston                 NO
Atlanta               YES
Chicago               YES
Dallas                YES
Denver                YES
Seattle                NO

Testing for No True Values by Region

You might also want to find out which regions had no months in which no districts had sportswear sales of less than $50,000. Since the region dimension is related to the district dimension, you can specify region instead of district as a dimension for the results of ANY.

REPORT NONE(sales LT 50000, region)

The preceding statement produces the following output.

               NONE(SALES
               LT 50000,
REGION          REGION)
-------------- ----------
East                   NO
Central               YES
West                   NO