GILOOKUP function

Created by Damien Zwillinger, Modified on Thu, 05 Oct 2023 at 05:50 PM by Gabriel Michaud

Applies to:

Velixo NX
Velixo Classic
Acumatica, Cegid, MYOB
GI Module

The GILOOKUP function returns the value of a single field from a Generic Inquiry by specifying the keys of the single row to locate.

Syntax

This is the syntax for this function:

  =GILOOKUP(Connection, Name, Column, Keys)

Parameters

This function has the following Parameters:

Parameter	Required/Optional	Description
Connection	Required	The name of the connection, as specified in the Connection Manager
Name	Required	The name of the Generic Inquiry
Column	Required	The specific field to be returned from the inquiry data
Keys	Required	One or more Key(s) to be used to filter the data

Additional Notes

⚠ For each Generic Inquiry that you use with the GILOOKUP function, you will need to explicitly specify the inquiry's key columns in the Generic Inquiries Options section of the Velixo Options window.

Example

=GILOOKUP("Demo", "AR-Invoices and Memos", "Status", "002263", "Overdue Charge")

Description

Assuming that Generic Inquiry Key Fields options for the AR-Invoices and Memos are configured as:

This function call returns the Status field for the record in the database where the ReferenceNbr field is 002263 and the Type field is Overdue Charge.

Result:

Closed