SEGMENTDESCRIPTION

Overview

The SEGMENTDESCRIPTION function returns the description(s) of a segmented key(s) as defined within the ERP.

Syntax

CODE

=SEGMENTDESCRIPTION(ConnectionName, SegmentedKeyName, SegmentId, LookupValue, [KeepRawIfNotFound], [ValueMode])

Arguments

The SEGMENTDESCRIPTION function uses the following arguments:

Argument	Required/Optional	Description
`ConnectionName`	Required	The name of the connection as configured in the Connection Manager.
`SegmentedKeyId`	Required	The segmented key name for which to filter segments.
`SegmentId`	Required	The segment number for which to filter segments.
`LookupValue`	Required	The segment value (or an array of segment values) specifying for which segments we want to display descriptions.
`KeepRawIfNotFound`	Optional	`TRUE` (default) or `FALSE` If a description for the `LookupValue` is not found in the ERP, this argument determines whether the function returns the `LookupValue` itself or returns a `#VALUE!` that can be trapped using Excel's `IFERROR()` function.
`ValueMode`	Optional	`0` (default) - interprets the value specified in the `LookupValue` argument as the full segmented key value (e.g., full subaccount). or `1` -interprets the value specified in the `LookupValue` argument as the individual segment for the segment specified in the `SegmentID` arguments (e.g., the 2nd segment of the subaccount). When using the 1 option, if the value specified in the `LookupValue` argument is longer than the length of the `SegmentID` (as defined within the ERP), the function will return #VALUE!

Example

Given the following configuration within the ERP:

Example 1 - Description of segment 1 from full subaccount

CODE

=SEGMENTDESCRIPTION("Demo", "Subaccount", 1, B4#)

Description
Returns an Excel array containing the descriptions of the first segment 1 values for the subaccounts returned by the function in cell B4

Result

Example 2 - Description of segment 2 from full subaccount

CODE

=SEGMENTDESCRIPTION("Demo", "SUBACCOUNT, 2, B4#)

Description
Returns an Excel array containing the descriptions of the second segment values for the entire SUBACCOUNT returned by the function in cell B4 (and returning the subaccount segment value if the description is not found in the ERP)

Result

Example 3 - Description of segment 2 from only the segment value

CODE

=SEGMENTDESCRIPTION("Demo", "SUBACCOUNT, 2, D4#, , 1)

Description
Returns an Excel array containing the descriptions of the second segment values returned by the function in cell D4:

Result