Example 10: List the Total Cost of a Structure in Dollars

1.Define a Property that defines the cost of a particular structure type. This is a fixed value - here, it is 45.

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2.Define another Property to do the following:

Express the Cost Per Unit property (defined above) as a volume unit (divide the Cost value by cubic meters): Cost Per Unit / 1 m3

Multiply this cost by the actual volume of the structure (its Conditional Volume)

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3.Define another property which adds the string “USD” to the result.

4.To do this, use the CONCAT function to join String-type data into a single String. Add a space before the “USD” string.

Note: Since the Total Cost Volume property is not a String-type data, you must convert it to a String using the STR function, as shown here.

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