| Value | Description |
| table name | Required. This argument identifies an SQL statement or a specific internal table name in the Timberline Office database.  If this argument does not supply a valid source of data, then the result of the function will be #TABLE? ("table name" not found). |
| field name | Required. This argument identifies an internal field name or alias returned by the table name argument.  If this argument does not contain a valid field name, then the result of the function will be  #FIELD? ("field name" not found). |
| filter | Optional.  A filter is a string of text that includes comparisons between fields in the table and specific values.  Only the records that satisfy the filter conditions will be used to return values. |