Ash: 12 - Calculations

Application.put_env(:ash, :validate_domain_resource_inclusion?, false)
Application.put_env(:ash, :validate_domain_config_inclusion?, false)
Mix.install([{:ash, "~> 3.0"}], consolidate_protocols: false)

Calculations

Calculations in Ash allow for displaying complex values as a top level value of a resource.

Create a full_name calculation on the User resource.

You already have the first_name and last_name defined, you can get the full_name by concatenating them with a space in the middle.

First, add a calculations do ... end block.

Then inside this block, add calculate :full_name, :string, expr(first_name <> " " <> last_name)

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  calculations do
    calculate :full_name, :string, expr(first_name <> " " <> last_name)
  end

Enter your solution

defmodule Tutorial.Accounts.User do
  use Ash.Resource,
    domain: Tutorial.Accounts,
    data_layer: Ash.DataLayer.Ets

  actions do
    defaults([:read])

    create :create do
      accept([:first_name, :last_name])
    end
  end

  attributes do
    uuid_primary_key(:id)
    attribute(:first_name, :string, allow_nil?: false)
    attribute(:last_name, :string, allow_nil?: false)
  end

  # <--- Add the calculations here
end

defmodule Tutorial.Accounts do
  use Ash.Domain

  resources do
    resource(Tutorial.Accounts.User)
  end
end

Create a User

Create a User and load in the full_name

Tutorial.Accounts.User
|> Ash.Changeset.for_create(:create, %{first_name: "Joe", last_name: "Armstrong"})
|> Ash.create!()
|> Ash.load!([:full_name])

This is the most basic example of a calculation. Note that calculations allow you to do any arbitrary operation on the Resource. More on this inside the documentation.