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What's new in Excel JavaScript API 1.12

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The ExcelApi 1.12 increased support for formulas in ranges by adding APIs for tracking dynamic arrays and finding a formula's direct precedents. It also added API control of PivotTable filters. Improvements were also made in the comment, culture settings, and custom properties feature areas.

Feature area Description Relevant objects
Comment events Adds events for add, change, and delete to the comment collection. CommentCollection
Date and time culture settings Gives access to additional cultural settings around date and time formatting. CultureInfo, NumberFormatInfo Application
Direct precedents Returns ranges that are used to evaluate a cell's formula. Range
Pivot Filters Applies value-driven filters to the fields of a PivotTable. PivotField, PivotFilters
Range spilling Lets add-ins find ranges associated with dynamic array results. Range
Worksheet-level custom properties Lets custom properties be scoped to the worksheet-level, in addition to being scoped to the workbook-level. WorksheetCustomProperty, WorksheetCustomPropertyCollection

API list

The following table lists the APIs in Excel JavaScript API requirement set 1.12. To view API reference documentation for all APIs supported by Excel JavaScript API requirement set 1.12 or earlier, see Excel APIs in requirement set 1.12 or earlier.

Class Fields Description
ChartAxisTitle textOrientation Specifies the angle to which the text is oriented for the chart axis title.
ChartSeries getDimensionValues(dimension: Excel.ChartSeriesDimension) Gets the values from a single dimension of the chart series.
Comment contentType Gets the content type of the comment.
CommentAddedEventArgs commentDetails Gets the CommentDetail array that contains the comment ID and IDs of its related replies.
source Specifies the source of the event.
type Gets the type of the event.
worksheetId Gets the ID of the worksheet in which the event happened.
CommentChangedEventArgs changeType Gets the change type that represents how the changed event is triggered.
commentDetails Get the CommentDetail array which contains the comment ID and IDs of its related replies.
source Specifies the source of the event.
type Gets the type of the event.
worksheetId Gets the ID of the worksheet in which the event happened.
CommentCollection onAdded Occurs when the comments are added.
onChanged Occurs when comments or replies in a comment collection are changed, including when replies are deleted.
onDeleted Occurs when comments are deleted in the comment collection.
CommentDeletedEventArgs commentDetails Gets the CommentDetail array that contains the comment ID and IDs of its related replies.
source Specifies the source of the event.
type Gets the type of the event.
worksheetId Gets the ID of the worksheet in which the event happened.
CommentDetail commentId Represents the ID of the comment.
replyIds Represents the IDs of the related replies that belong to the comment.
CommentReply contentType The content type of the reply.
CultureInfo datetimeFormat Defines the culturally appropriate format of displaying date and time.
DatetimeFormatInfo dateSeparator Gets the string used as the date separator.
longDatePattern Gets the format string for a long date value.
longTimePattern Gets the format string for a long time value.
shortDatePattern Gets the format string for a short date value.
timeSeparator Gets the string used as the time separator.
PivotDateFilter comparator The comparator is the static value to which other values are compared.
condition Specifies the condition for the filter, which defines the necessary filtering criteria.
exclusive If true, filter excludes items that meet criteria.
lowerBound The lower-bound of the range for the between filter condition.
upperBound The upper-bound of the range for the between filter condition.
wholeDays For equals, before, after, and between filter conditions, indicates if comparisons should be made as whole days.
PivotField applyFilter(filter: Excel.PivotFilters) Sets one or more of the field's current PivotFilters and applies them to the field.
clearAllFilters() Clears all criteria from all of the field's filters.
clearFilter(filterType: Excel.PivotFilterType) Clears all existing criteria from the field's filter of the given type (if one is currently applied).
getFilters() Gets all filters currently applied on the field.
isFiltered(filterType?: Excel.PivotFilterType) Checks if there are any applied filters on the field.
PivotFilters dateFilter The PivotField's currently applied date filter.
labelFilter The PivotField's currently applied label filter.
manualFilter The PivotField's currently applied manual filter.
valueFilter The PivotField's currently applied value filter.
PivotLabelFilter comparator The comparator is the static value to which other values are compared.
condition Specifies the condition for the filter, which defines the necessary filtering criteria.
exclusive If true, filter excludes items that meet criteria.
lowerBound The lower-bound of the range for the between filter condition.
substring The substring used for the beginsWith, endsWith, and contains filter conditions.
upperBound The upper-bound of the range for the between filter condition.
PivotManualFilter selectedItems A list of selected items to manually filter.
PivotTable allowMultipleFiltersPerField Specifies if the PivotTable allows the application of multiple PivotFilters on a given PivotField in the table.
PivotTableScopedCollection getCount() Gets the number of PivotTables in the collection.
getFirst() Gets the first PivotTable in the collection.
getItem(key: string) Gets a PivotTable by name.
getItemOrNullObject(name: string) Gets a PivotTable by name.
items Gets the loaded child items in this collection.
PivotValueFilter comparator The comparator is the static value to which other values are compared.
condition Specifies the condition for the filter, which defines the necessary filtering criteria.
exclusive If true, filter excludes items that meet criteria.
lowerBound The lower-bound of the range for the between filter condition.
selectionType Specifies if the filter is for the top/bottom N items, top/bottom N percent, or top/bottom N sum.
threshold The "N" threshold number of items, percent, or sum to be filtered for a top/bottom filter condition.
upperBound The upper-bound of the range for the between filter condition.
value Name of the chosen "value" in the field by which to filter.
Range getDirectPrecedents() Returns a WorkbookRangeAreas object that represents the range containing all the direct precedent cells of a specified range in the same worksheet or across multiple worksheets.
getPivotTables(fullyContained?: boolean) Gets a scoped collection of PivotTables that overlap with the range.
getSpillParent() Gets the range object containing the anchor cell for a cell getting spilled into.
getSpillParentOrNullObject() Gets the range object containing the anchor cell for the cell getting spilled into.
getSpillingToRange() Gets the range object containing the spill range when called on an anchor cell.
getSpillingToRangeOrNullObject() Gets the range object containing the spill range when called on an anchor cell.
hasSpill Represents if all cells have a spill border.
numberFormatCategories Represents the category of number format of each cell.
savedAsArray Represents if all the cells would be saved as an array formula.
RangeAreasCollection getCount() Gets the number of RangeAreas objects in this collection.
getItemAt(index: number) Returns the RangeAreas object based on position in the collection.
items Gets the loaded child items in this collection.
WorkbookRangeAreas addresses Returns an array of addresses in A1-style.
areas Returns the RangeAreasCollection object.
getRangeAreasBySheet(key: string) Returns the RangeAreas object based on worksheet ID or name in the collection.
getRangeAreasOrNullObjectBySheet(key: string) Returns the RangeAreas object based on worksheet name or ID in the collection.
ranges Returns ranges that comprise this object in a RangeCollection object.
Worksheet customProperties Gets a collection of worksheet-level custom properties.
WorksheetCustomProperty delete() Deletes the custom property.
key Gets the key of the custom property.
value Gets or sets the value of the custom property.
WorksheetCustomPropertyCollection add(key: string, value: string) Adds a new custom property that maps to the provided key.
getCount() Gets the number of custom properties on this worksheet.
getItem(key: string) Gets a custom property object by its key, which is case-insensitive.
getItemOrNullObject(key: string) Gets a custom property object by its key, which is case-insensitive.
items Gets the loaded child items in this collection.

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