Custom Functions

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Would really love support for custom formula functions. Not a major blocker at the moment, but a lot of my formulas could be shorter:

Sequence(0, thisRow.[h (m)]/[delta (meters)], 1).FormulaMap(
  ((((CurrentValue+1)*[delta (meters)]) * (1/10)) + 1) 
  * 
  Max(
    (Pi() * thisRow.[r (m)] * SquareRoot(
      Power(thisRow.[r (m)], 2) + Power(thisRow.[h (m)] - (CurrentValue*[delta (meters)]), 2)
      )
    )
  - (Pi() * thisRow.[r (m)] * SquareRoot(
        Power(thisRow.[r (m)], 2) + Power(thisRow.[h (m)] - ((CurrentValue+1) * [delta (meters)]), 
      2))
    )
  , 0)
).Sum()

Could become:

Function(SurfaceAreaCone, depth, thisRow, 
    (Pi() * thisRow.[r (m)] * SquareRoot(
      Power(thisRow.[r (m)], 2) + Power(thisRow.[h (m)] - (depth * [delta (meters)]), 
    2))
  ),
  Sequence(0, thisRow.[h (m)]/[delta (meters)], 1).FormulaMap(
    ((((CurrentValue+1)*[delta (meters)]) * (1/10)) + 1) 
    * 
    Max(
    SurfaceAreaCone(CurrentValue, thisRow)  -  SurfaceAreaCone(CurrentValue + 1, thisRow)
    , 0)
  ).Sum()
)

Becomes a lot easier to read, and there are less opportunities for bugs.

The signature for this function is essentially:

Function(FunctionName, arg1, arg2, ..., argN, FunctionBody, ExecutionContext)
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