MarkLogic Server 11.0 Product Documentationop functions
The table below lists all the
op built-in
functions (in this namespace:
).
You can also view these functions broken down by category:
- AccessPlan Object
- Aggregate Functions for Building groupBy Parameters
- Arithmetic Expression Functions
- Boolean Expression Functions
- Column and Parameter Functions
- Data Access Functions
- Function for Building Join Parameters
- Functions for Building fromTriples Parameters
- Functions for Building Grouping Key Parameters
- Functions for Building orderBy Parameters
- Functions for Parsing an Exported Plan
- IteratePlan Object
- ModifyPlan Object
- Node Constructor Functions
- Optic Patch
- Optic PatchBuilderPlan Object
- Optic Update Functions
- PreparePlan Object
- Value Processing Functions
The optic library module is a fluent API that builds up a plan definition
for retrieving and processing rows. The result method executes the plan.
The plan operations fall into the following broad categories:
- data access -- a plan can read a row set from a view, graph, lexicons, or literals.
- row set modification -- a plan can filter rows with the
wheremethod, sort rows withorderBy, group rows withgroupBy, project rows withselect, or page over rows withlimit. - row set composition -- a plan can combine multiple row sets with the
joinInner,joinLeftOuter,joinFullOuter,union,intersect, orexceptmethods to yield a single row set. - row result processing -- a plan perform document joins and apply map or reduce functions to the final row set.
To use the optic.xqy module in your own XQuery modules, include the following line in your XQuery prolog:
import module namespace op = "http://marklogic.com/xdmp/optic"
at "/MarkLogic/optic.xqy";
The library uses the op: namespace, which is
not predefined in the server.
131 functions
| Function name | Description |
|---|---|
| op:add | This function returns the sum of the specified numeric expressions. |
| op:and | This function returns true if the specified expressions all return true. |
| op:array-aggregate | This function constructs an array whose items are the result of evaluating the column for each row in the group or row set. |
| op:as | This function defines a column by assigning the value of an expression over the rows in the row set. |
| op:asc | This function sorts the rows by the values of the specified column in ascending order. |
| op:avg | This function averages the non-null values of the column for the rows in the group or row set. |
| op:bind | This function adds new columns or modifies existing columns based on expressions while preserving existing unmodified columns in the row set. |
| op:bind-as | This function is deprecated in favor of the bind() function and will not be supported in MarkLogic 11. |
| op:bucket-group | This function can be used as a named group in functions op:group-to-arrays or op:facet-by. |
| op:call | This function to calls a built-in function on every row. |
| op:case | This function returns the specified valueExpression if the specified valueExpression is true. |
| op:col | Identifies a column where the column name is unique and a qualifier on the column name isn't necessary (and might not exist). |
| op:column-info | This function can be used to inspect the state of a plan before execution. |
| op:count | This function counts the rows where the specified input column has a value. |
| op:cube | This function specifies a list of grouping keys for a group and returns that group and every possible larger group (including all rows) formed from any subset of keys. |
| op:desc | This function sorts the rows by the values of the specified column in descending order. |
| op:divide | This function divides the left numericExpression by the right numericExpression and returns the value. |
| op:doc-col-types | Provides the 3rd parameter for op:from-param for row column types. |
| op:doc-cols | Constructs a document column identifier object for columns of uri, doc, collections, metadata, permissions, quality and temporalCollection. |
| op:eq | This function takes two or more expressions and returns true if all of the expressions return the same value. |
| op:except | This method restricts the left row set to rows where a row with the same columns and values doesn't exist in the right row set. |
| op:execute | This method executes the plan. |
| op:exists-join | This method is a filtering join that filters based on whether the join exists or not but doesn't add any columns. |
| op:explain | This method returns a representation of the builtin execution plan. |
| op:export | This method generates a serialized representation of the Optic query to JSON so that it can be persisted as a file or used as a REST payload. |
| op:facet-by | This method counts values for multiple grouping key columns. |
| op:fragment-id-col | Specifies a name for adding a fragment id column to the row set identifying the source documents for the rows from a view, lexicons or triples. |
| op:from-doc-descriptors | This function constructs document rows from the docsDescriptors. |
| op:from-doc-uris | This function matches and returns the uri for documents. |
| op:from-lexicons | This function dynamically constructs a view from range indexes or the uri or collection lexicons. |
| op:from-literals | Constructs a literal row set as in the SQL VALUES or SPARQL VALUES statements. |
| op:from-param | This function constructs document rows with rows provided by a parameter. |
| op:from-search | This function dynamically constructs a row set based on a cts.query where the columns for the document fragment id and score reflecting the degree of match of the document with the query criteria. |
| op:from-search-docs | This function matches and returns the uri, content, and score for documents. |
| op:from-sparql | This function dynamically constructs a row set based on a SPARQL SELECT query from triples. |
| op:from-sql | This function dynamically constructs a row set based on a SQL SELECT query from views. |
| op:from-triples | Reads rows by matching patterns in the triple index. |
| op:from-view | This function reads a row set from a configured view over TDE-indexed rows or a predefined view over range indexes. |
| op:ge | This function returns true if the value of the left expression is greater than or equal to the value of the right expression. |
| op:generate-view | This method generates a view that encapsulates a query. |
| op:graph-col | Identifies the graph for a triple providing one or more columns for a row. |
| op:group | This function specifies the grouping keys for a group as a list of zero or more columns. |
| op:group-by | This method collapses a group of rows into a single row. |
| op:group-by-union | This method performs the union of multiple group-by operations on a row set. |
| op:group-concat | This function concatenates the non-null values of the column for the rows in the group or row set. |
| op:group-to-arrays | This method performs multiple group-by operations on a row set and produces a single row with a column for each group having an array value whose items are the rows for the group. |
| op:gt | This function returns true if the value of the left expression is greater than the value of the right expression. |
| op:has-group-key | This aggregate function adds a flag to a grouped row specifying whether a column acted as a grouping key for the row. |
| op:import | This function instantiates a plan from the JSON representation of a plan that was exported by the op:export function. |
| op:in | This function returns true if a test expression evaluates to the same value as any of a list of candidate expressions. |
| op:insert-after | Insert a new node after another node. |
| op:insert-before | Insert a new node before another node. |
| op:insert-child | Insert a node as child. |
| op:insert-named-child | This method is specific for JSON and inserts a key/value pair to an object. |
| op:intersect | This method restricts the left row set to rows where a row with the same columns and values exists in the right row set. |
| op:is-defined | This function tests whether the value of an expression is null in the row where the expression might be as simple as a column identified by op:col. |
| op:join-cross-product | This method yields one output row set that concatenates every left row with every right row. |
| op:join-doc | This function specifies a document column to add to the rows by reading the documents for an existing source column having a value of a document uri (which can be used to read other documents) or a fragment id (which can be used to read the source documents for rows). |
| op:join-doc-and-uri | This method adds an uri column and a document column to rows based on an existing source column having a value of a document uri (which can be used to read other documents) or a fragment id (which can be used to read the source documents for rows). |
| op:join-doc-cols | This function populates the view with the uri, doc, collections, metadata, permissions, and / or quality document descriptor columns for database document values. |
| op:join-doc-uri | This method adds a uri column to rows based on an existing fragment id column to identify the source document for each row. |
| op:join-full-outer | This method yields one output row set with the rows from an inner join as well as the other rows from both the left and right row sets. |
| op:join-inner | This method returns all rows from multiple tables where the join condition is met. |
| op:join-left-outer | This method yields one output row set with the rows from an inner join as well as the other rows from the left row set. |
| op:json-array | This function constructs a JSON array during row processing. |
| op:json-boolean | This function constructs a JSON boolean node with the specified value. |
| op:json-document | This function constructs a JSON document with the root content, which must be exactly one JSON object or array node. |
| op:json-null | This function constructs a JSON null node. |
| op:json-number | This function constructs a JSON number node with the specified value. |
| op:json-object | This function constructs a JSON object with the specified properties. |
| op:json-string | This function constructs a JSON text node with the specified value. |
| op:le | This function returns true if the value of the left expression is less than or equal to the value of the right expression. |
| op:limit | This method specifies the maximum number of rows to be returned by this Plan. |
| op:lock-for-update | Gets an early lock on documents that will be updated later in the pipeline with an operation like remove() or write(). |
| op:lt | This function returns true if the value of the left expression is less than the value of the right expression. |
| op:map | This method applies the specified function to each row returned by the plan to produce a different result row. |
| op:max | This function gets the largest non-null value of the column for the rows in the group or row set. |
| op:min | This function gets the smallest non-null value of the column for the rows in the group or row set. |
| op:modulo | This function returns the remainder afer the division of the dividend and divisor expressions. |
| op:multiply | This function multiplies the left numericExpression by the right numericExpression and returns the value. |
| op:named-group | This function specifies the grouping keys for a group as a named list of zero or more columns. |
| op:ne | This function returns true if the value of the left expression is not equal to the value of the right expression. |
| op:not | This function returns true if neither of the specified boolean expressions return true. |
| op:not-exists-join | This method is a filtering join that filters based on whether the join exists or not but doesn't add any columns. |
| op:offset | This method returns a subset of the rows in the result set. |
| op:offset-limit | This method returns a subset of the rows in the result set by skipping the number of rows specified by start and returning the remaining rows up to the length limit. |
| op:on | Specifies an equijoin using one columndef each from the left and right rows. |
| op:on-error | Add an error-handler to the Optic Pipeline to catch Optic Update runtime errors. |
| op:or | This function returns true if the specified expressions all return true. |
| op:order-by | This method sorts the row set by the specified order definition. |
| op:param | This function creates a placeholder for a literal value in an expression or as the offset or max for a limit. |
| op:patch | Builds a patch operation including a sequence of inserts, replaces, replace-inserts and deletes. |
| op:patch-builder | Create a patch builder which can be used to chain patch operations. |
| op:pattern | This function builds the parameters for the op:from-triples function. |
| op:prefixer | This function factory returns a new function that takes a name parameter and returns a sem:iri, prepending the specified base URI onto the name. |
| op:prepare | This method prepares the specified plan for execution as an optional final step before execution. |
| op:prop | This function specifies the key expression and value content for a JSON property of a JSON object constructed by the op:json-object function. |
| op:reduce | This method applies a function or the builtin reducer to each row returned by the plan to produce a single result as with the reduce() method of JavaScript Array. |
| op:remove | This method deletes a document from the database. |
| op:replace | Replace a node with another node. |
| op:replace-insert-child | Replace a child if it exist, or insert if it does not exist. |
| op:replace-value | Replace the value of a path with a new value. |
| op:result | This method executes the plan (mapping or reducing, if specified) to generate the result, which is a sequence of map:map or json:array rows, unless mapped or reduced to different output. |
| op:rollup | This function specifies a list of grouping keys for a group and returns that group and larger groups (including all rows) formed by dropping columns from right to left. |
| op:sample | This function randomly selects one non-null value of the column from the rows in the group or row set. |
| op:sample-by | This function samples rows from a view or from a pattern match on the triple index. |
| op:schema-col | Unambiguously identifies a column with the schema name, view name, and column name. |
| op:select | This call projects the specified columns from the current row set and / or applies a qualifier to the columns in the row set. |
| op:sequence-aggregate | This call constructs a sequence whose items are the values of a column for each row in the group or row set. |
| op:sql-condition | This function returns a filter definition as input for a WHERE operation. |
| op:subtract | This function subtracts the right numericExpression from the left numericExpression and returns the value. |
| op:sum | This function adds the non-null values of the column for the rows in the group or row set. |
| op:to-source | This function generates an XQuery source code representation of a plan from the JSON or JavaScript literal object representation of a plan that was exported by the op:export function. |
| op:transform-doc | This function applies a transformation to a column that contains documents. |
| op:uda | This function processes the values of column for each row in the group or row set with the specified user-defined aggregate as implemented by an aggregate user-defined function (UDF) plugin. |
| op:union | This method yields all of the rows from the input row sets. |
| op:unnest-inner | This function flattens an array value into multiple rows.Then performs a op:join-inner on the rest of the rows. |
| op:unnest-left-outer | This function flattens an array value into multiple rows.Then performs a op:join-left-outer on the rest of the rows. |
| op:validate-doc | Validate the document based on a supplied schema. |
| op:view-col | Identifies a column where the combination of view and column name is unique. |
| op:when | This function executes the specified expression if the specified condition is true for the row. |
| op:where | This method restricts the row set to rows matched by the boolean expression. |
| op:where-distinct | This method removes duplicate rows from the row set. |
| op:write | Inserts or overwrites the documents identified by the uri column with the data supplied by the other document descriptor columns. |
| op:xml-attribute | This function constructs an XML attribute with the name (which can be a string or QName) and atomic value. |
| op:xml-comment | This function constructs an XML comment with the atomic value. |
| op:xml-document | This function constructs an XML document with the root content, which must be exactly one node. |
| op:xml-element | This function constructs an XML element with the name (which can be a string or QName), zero or more attributes, and child content. |
| op:xml-pi | This function constructs an XML processing instruction with the atomic value. |
| op:xml-text | This function constructs an XML text node with the specified value. |
| op:xpath | This function extracts a sequence of child nodes from a column with node values -- especially, the document nodes from a document join. |