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Azure Digital Twins query language reference: Functions

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This document contains reference information on functions for the Azure Digital Twins query language.

ARRAY_CONTAINS

A function to determine whether an array property of a twin (supported in DTDL v3) contains another specified value.

Syntax

ARRAY_CONTAINS(<array-to-check>,<contained-value>)

Arguments

  • <array-to-check>: An array-type twin property that you want to check for the specified value
  • <contained-value>: A string, integer, double, or boolean representing the value to check for inside the array

Returns

A Boolean value indicating whether the array contains the specified value.

Example

The following query returns the name of all digital twins who have an array property floor_number, and the array stored in this property contains a value of 2.

SELECT T.name 
FROM DIGITALTWINS T 
WHERE ARRAY_CONTAINS (T.floor_number, 2)

Limitations

The ARRAY_CONTAINS() function has the following limitations:

  • Array indexing isn't supported.
    • For example, array-name[index] = 'foo_bar'
  • Subqueries within the ARRAY_CONTAINS() property aren't supported.
    • For example, SELECT T.name FROM DIGITALTWINS T WHERE ARRAY_CONTAINS (SELECT S.floor_number FROM DIGITALTWINS S, 4)
  • ARRAY_CONTAINS() isn't supported on properties of relationships.
    • For example, say Floor.Contains is a relationship from Floor to Room and it has a lift property with a value of ["operating", "under maintenance", "under construction"]. Queries like this aren't supported: SELECT Room FROM DIGITALTWINS Floor JOIN Room RELATED Floor.Contains WHERE Floor.$dtId = 'Floor-35' AND ARRAY_CONTAINS(Floor.Contains.lift, "operating").
  • ARRAY_CONTAINS() doesn't search inside nested arrays.
    • For example, say a twin has a tags property with a value of [1, [2,3], 3, 4]. A search for 2 using the query SELECT * FROM DIGITALTWINS WHERE ARRAY_CONTAINS(tags, 2) returns False. A search for a value in the top level array, like 1 using the query SELECT * FROM DIGITALTWINS WHERE ARRAY_CONTAINS(tags, 1), returns True.
  • ARRAY_CONTAINS() isn't supported if the array contains objects.
    • For example, say a twin has a tags property with a value of [Room1, Room2] where Room1 and Room2 are objects. Queries like this aren't supported: SELECT * FROM DIGITALTWINS WHERE ARRAY_CONTAINS(tags, Room2).

CONTAINS

A string function to determine whether a string property of a twin contains another specified string value.

Syntax

CONTAINS(<string-to-check>,<contained-string>)

Arguments

  • <string-to-check>: A string-type twin property that you want to check for the specified value
  • <contained-string>: A string representing the value to check for

Returns

A Boolean value indicating whether the first string expression contains the sequence of characters defined in the second string expression.

Example

The following query returns all digital twins whose IDs contain -route. The string to check is the $dtId of each twin in the collection, and the contained string is -route.

SELECT *
FROM DIGITALTWINS T
WHERE CONTAINS(T.$dtId, '-route')

ENDSWITH

A string function to determine whether a string property of a twin ends in a certain other string.

Syntax

ENDSWITH(<string-to-check>,<ending-string>)

Arguments

  • <string-to-check>: A string-type twin property that you want to check the ending of
  • <ending-string>: A string representing the ending to check for

Returns

A Boolean value indicating whether the first string expression ends with the second.

Example

The following query returns all digital twins whose IDs end in -small. The string to check is the $dtId of each twin in the collection, and the ending string is -small.

SELECT *
FROM DIGITALTWINS T
WHERE ENDSWITH(T.$dtId, '-small')

IS_BOOL

A type checking function for determining whether a property has a Boolean value.

This function is often combined with other predicates if the program processing the query results requires a boolean value, and you want to filter out cases where the property isn't a boolean.

Syntax

IS_BOOL(<property>)

Arguments

<property>, a property to check whether it's a Boolean.

Returns

A Boolean value indicating if the type of the specified property is a Boolean.

Example

The following query selects the digital twins that have a boolean HasTemperature property.

SELECT *
FROM DIGITALTWINS T
WHERE IS_BOOL( HasTemperature )

The following query builds on the above example to select the digital twins that have a boolean HasTemperature property, and the value of that property isn't false.

SELECT *
FROM DIGITALTWINS T
WHERE IS_BOOL( HasTemperature ) AND HasTemperature != false

IS_DEFINED

A type checking function to determine whether a property is defined.

Syntax

IS_DEFINED(<property>)

Arguments

<property>, a property to determine whether it's defined.

Returns

A Boolean value indicating if the property has been assigned a value.

Example

The following query returns all digital twins who have a defined Location property.

SELECT *
FROM DIGITALTWINS
WHERE IS_DEFINED(Location)

IS_NULL

A type checking function for determining whether a property's value is null.

Syntax

IS_NULL(<property>)

Arguments

<property>, a property to check whether it's null.

Returns

A Boolean value indicating if the type of the specified property is null.

Example

The following query returns twins who do not have a null value for Temperature. For more information about the NOT operator used in this query, see Azure Digital Twins query language reference: Operators.

SELECT *
FROM DIGITALTWINS T
WHERE NOT IS_NULL(T.Temperature)

IS_NUMBER

A type checking function for determining whether a property has a number value.

This function is often combined with other predicates if the program processing the query results requires a number value, and you want to filter out cases where the property isn't a number.

Syntax

IS_NUMBER(<property>)

Arguments

<property>, a property to check whether it's a number.

Returns

A Boolean value indicating if the type of the specified property is a number.

Example

The following query selects the digital twins that have a numeric Capacity property and its value isn't equal to 0.

SELECT * 
FROM DIGITALTWINS 
WHERE IS_NUMBER( Capacity ) AND Capacity != 0

IS_OBJECT

A type checking function for determining whether a property's value is of a JSON object type.

This function is often combined with other predicates if the program processing the query results requires a JSON object, and you want to filter out cases where the value isn't a JSON object.

Syntax

IS_OBJECT<property>)

Arguments

<property>, a property to check whether it's of an object type.

Returns

A Boolean value indicating if the type of the specified property is a JSON object.

Example

The following query selects all of the digital twins where this is an object called MapObject, and it doesn't have a child property TemperatureReading.

SELECT * 
FROM DIGITALTWINS 
WHERE IS_OBJECT( MapObject ) AND NOT IS_DEFINED ( MapObject.TemperatureReading )

IS_OF_MODEL

A type checking and function to determine whether a twin is of a particular model type. Includes models that inherit from the specified model.

Syntax

IS_OF_MODEL(<twin-collection>,'<model-ID>', exact)

Arguments

Required:

  • <model-ID>: The model ID to check for.

Optional:

  • <twin-collection>: Specify a twin collection to search when there's more than one (like when a JOIN is used).
  • exact: Require an exact match. If this parameter isn't set, the result set includes twins with models that inherit from the specified model.

Returns

A Boolean value indicating if the specified twin matches the specified model type.

Example

The following query returns twins from the DT collection that are exactly of the model type dtmi:example:room;1.

SELECT ROOM FROM DIGITALTWINS DT WHERE IS_OF_MODEL(DT, 'dtmi:example:room;1', exact)

IS_PRIMITIVE

A type checking function for determining whether a property's value is of a primitive type (string, Boolean, numeric, or null).

This function is often combined with other predicates if the program processing the query results requires a primitive-typed value, and you want to filter out cases where the property isn't primitive.

Syntax

IS_PRIMITIVE(<property>)

Arguments

<property>, a property to check whether it's of a primitive type.

Returns

A Boolean value indicating if the type of the specified property is one of the primitive types (string, Boolean, numeric, or null).

Example

The following query returns the area property of the Factory with the ID of 'ABC,' only if the area property is a primitive type. For more about projecting certain columns in the query result (like this query does with area), see Azure Digital Twins query language reference: SELECT clause.

SELECT Factory.area
FROM DIGITALTWINS Factory
WHERE Factory.$dtId = 'ABC'
AND IS_PRIMITIVE(Factory.area)

IS_STRING

A type checking function for determining whether a property has a string value.

This function is often combined with other predicates if the program processing the query results requires a string value, and you want to filter out cases where the property isn't a string.

Syntax

IS_STRING(<property>)

Arguments

<property>, a property to check whether it's a string.

Returns

A Boolean value indicating if the type of the specified expression is a string.

Example

The following query selects the digital twins that have a string property Status property and its value isn't equal to Completed.

SELECT * 
FROM DIGITIALTWINS 
WHERE IS_STRING( Status ) AND Status != 'Completed'

STARTSWITH

A string function to determine whether a string property of a twin begins with a certain other string.

Syntax

STARTSWITH(<string-to-check>,<beginning-string>)

Arguments

  • <string-to-check>: A string-type twin property that you want to check the beginning of
  • <beginning-string>: A string representing the beginning to check for

Returns

A Boolean value indicating whether the first string expression starts with the second.

Example

The following query returns all digital twins whose IDs begin with area1-. The string to check is the $dtId of each twin in the collection, and the beginning string is area1-.

SELECT *
FROM DIGITALTWINS T
WHERE STARTSWITH(T.$dtId, 'area1-')