DataPivot.addField

bool addField(gda.types.DataPivotFieldType fieldType, string field, string alias_ = null)

Specifies that field has to be included in the analysis. field is a field specification with the following accepted syntaxes:

<itemizedlist> <listitem><para>a column name in the source data model (see <link linkend="gda-data-model-get-column-index">[gda.data_model.DataModel.getColumnIndex]</link>); or</para></listitem> <listitem><para>an SQL expression involving a column name in the source data model, for example: <programlisting>

price firstname || ' ' || lastname nb BETWEEN 5 AND 10</programlisting>

</para></listitem> </itemizedlist>

It is also possible to specify several fields to be added, while separating them by a comma (in effect still forming a valid SQL syntax).

Parameters

`fieldType`	the type of field to add
`field`	the field description, see below
`alias_`	the field alias, or null

Returns

true if no error occurred

Throws

[DataPivotException]