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Developers · Formula reference

Excel-style formulas for business data

If you know Excel you can read these: IF, SUM, LOOKUP, TEXT, FILTER and many more, over JSON, XML, CSV, Parquet and fixed-width data. AnnE writes them for you and validates them on sample data; every result below was produced by the formula engine itself.

JSON

Read a field

A name reads the field of the current record. No root marker: the record is where every path starts.

Formula=id
Input record
{
  "id": "#1042",
  "created_at": "2026-09-14T15:42:10Z",
  "customer": {
    "first_name": "olivia",
    "last_name": "hart",
    "email": "  Olivia.Hart@Example.com ",
    "phone": "(415) 555-0134",
    "address": {
      "city": "Austin",
      "state": "TX",
      "zip": "78701"
    }
  },
  "financial_status": "pending",
  "currency": "USD",
  "line_items": [
    {
      "sku": "MUG-11",
      "title": "Ceramic mug",
      "qty": 2,
      "price": 14.5,
      "tags": [
        "kitchen",
        "gift"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sku": "TEE-M",
      "title": "Logo tee",
      "qty": 1,
      "price": 22,
      "tags": [
        "apparel"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sku": "CAP-01",
      "title": "Canvas cap",
      "qty": 3,
      "price": 18,
      "tags": [
        "apparel",
        "gift"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "discount": 5,
  "shipping": 7.95,
  "note": null
}
Result from the formula engine
"#1042"