ceiling() Function

Function

ceiling( number, significance )

Rounds the number up to the nearest multiple of the specified significance.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
number	Decimal	A number, the ceiling of which will be returned.
significance	Decimal	The number will be rounded to the lowest multiple of the significance that is greater than the number.

Returns

Number

Examples

ceiling(7.32,.5) returns 7.5

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
Offline Mobile	Compatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Compatible	Can be used to create a custom record field that only evaluates at sync time.
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Process Reports	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible

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