A fact is an event (such as Birth) or an attribute (such as Occupation). Facts can be Individual facts, in which case they are 'owned' by one individual only, or Family facts in which case they are said to be 'owned' by the parents of the family.
| Function | Short Description |
|---|---|
| FactAbbrev | Returns the abbreviated form for the label of a given fact. |
| FactLabel | Returns the label for a given fact. |
| FactName | Returns the official name of a given fact. |
| FactOwner | Returns the owner (an Individual record) of a given fact. Family facts can have 2 owners - the husband and wife. |
| FactSentence | Returns a narrative sentence describing the fact (usually mentioning date and place, if known). |
| FactSet | Returns the name of the fact set that a given fact belongs to. |
| FactValue | Returns the value for a given fact. Only attributes have values. This funtion always returns NULL for events. |
| IsAttribute | Returns TRUE if a data item represents an Attribute. |
| IsEvent | Returns TRUE if a data item represents an Event. |
| IsFact | Returns TRUE if a data item represents an Fact. |
| IsFamilyFact | Returns TRUE if a data item is a Family Fact. |
| IsIndividualFact | Returns TRUE if a data item is an Individual Fact. |
| TimelineFactAge | Returns a textual representation of a person's age at the time of a given timeline fact. |
| TimelineFactOrder | Returns a number giving the position, in order, of a given timeline fact for a given person. |
| TimelineFactText | Returns a description of a given timeline fact, from the perspective of a given person. |