what's the meaning of '[' and ']'

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what's the meaning of '[' and ']'

I notice some demo is sum(sales) but others is sum([sales])

what is the differece.?

Thanks.

[deepakk · Accepted solution]

HI,

Both Sum(sales) and sum([sales]) is the same.

In QV we use [ and ] where there is a space in between the fields

eg Actual Sales must be written as sum( [Actual Sales]).

In this case Sum(Actual Sales) will not work.