IDEA Custom Functions Workshop

This workshop is for IDEA users who work comfortably in the Equation Editor, including those with little or no scripting experience. You will learn to build custom functions in the Custom Function Editor and call them from the Equation Editor to handle logic the built-in @functions cannot, such as multi-step conditions, text parsing, and calculations you reuse  across projects.

You will need access to IDEA for this workshop and a basic knowledge of programming is an asset.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Create a custom function in the Custom Function Editor with defined parameters and a return type.
• Apply custom functions in the Equation Editor to build virtual fields and extraction criteria.
• Test and debug a custom function against sample data to confirm it returns correct results.

Field of Study: Computer Software & Applications (4.0 CPE)  ~   Program Knowledge: Intermediate  Duration: 4 hours