Morph Numeric Field Operations

When working with a numeric field, the Morph Field Dialog has about a dozen morph operations available for modifying numbers.

The following sections discuss each of these morph operations.

#### Add Number

This operation adds a fixed value to each cell. If you want to subtract, use a negative number.

#### Multiply by Number

This operation multiplies each number by a fixed amount.

#### Multiply by Percentage

This operation multiplies each number by a percentage.

#### Add Field

This operation adds another numeric field to the data source. This example in an airport database calculates the altitude above sea level of each airport’s traffic pattern.

#### Subtract Field

This operation subtracts another numeric field from the data source. This example from a real estate listing database calculates the price change from the original listing to the curent price.

#### Multiply by Field

This operation multiplies the data source by a numeric field.

#### Divide by Field

This operation divides the data source by a numeric field.

#### Formula

For more complex calculations you can use a formula. You can use a formula all on its own (see Morph Field Dialog) but you can also use a formula in combination with other manipulations. When used this way, the `«◊»` symbol will expand into the number produced by the previous manipulations. Then the result of the formula will be fed into any additional calculations below it.

This example calculates the age of a property in a real estate database, based on a field that contains the year the property was built.

See Also

- Duplicate Removal with Unpropagate -- using the unpropate command to remove duplicate data.
- Morph All Fields Dialog -- morphing the contents of the entire database.
- Morph Date Field Operations -- date morphing operations.
- Morph Field Dialog -- morphing the contents of an entire field.
- Morph Field Favorites -- saving and recalling favorite data morphing operations.
- Morph Text Field Operations -- text data morphing operations.
- morphalldialog -- opens the standard MorphAll dialog.
- morphdialog -- opens the standard Morph dialog.
- Propagate & Unpropagate -- propagating/unpropagating data within a column.
- Shifting Data Left & Right -- sliding data left and right.
- slidedata -- slides the columns at and to the right of the current column.

History

Version | Status | Notes
10.0 | No Change | Carried over from Panorama 6.0