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V25.1
  • ExplainFormulaRequest Class

    A request to explain the Excel formula.

    Namespace: DevExpress.AIIntegration.Extensions

    Assembly: DevExpress.AIIntegration.v25.1.dll

    NuGet Package: DevExpress.AIIntegration

    Declaration

    public class ExplainFormulaRequest :
        TextRequest

    Remarks

    The following example registers an Azure OpenAI client to use the AI-powered extension to explain the excelFormula:

    using Azure;
    using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
    using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
    using DevExpress.AIIntegration;
    using DevExpress.AIIntegration.Extensions;
    
    SetEnvironmentVariables();
    
    // Register an Azure OpenAI client
    AIExtensionsContainerDefault defaultAIExtensionsContainer = RegisterAzureOpenAIClient(
        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT"),
        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_APIKEY")
    );
    
    string excelFormula = "=F30*H30";
    var response = await defaultAIExtensionsContainer.ExplainFormulaAsync(
        new ExplainFormulaRequest(excelFormula)
    );
    
    Console.WriteLine(response);
    
    /* Output:
     * This Excel formula multiplies the value in cell F30 by the value in cell H30.
     * For example, if cell F30 contains the number 5 and cell H30 contains the number 10,
     * the formula will calculate 5 times 10, giving the result of 50.
     */
    
    AIExtensionsContainerDefault RegisterAzureOpenAIClient(string azureOpenAIEndpoint, string azureOpenAIKey) {
        IChatClient client = new Azure.AI.OpenAI.AzureOpenAIClient(new Uri(azureOpenAIEndpoint),
            new System.ClientModel.ApiKeyCredential(azureOpenAIKey)).GetChatClient("gpt-4o-mini").AsIChatClient();
    
        return AIExtensionsContainerConsole.CreateDefaultAIExtensionContainer(client);
    }
    
    void SetEnvironmentVariables() {
        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT", {SPECIFY_YOUR_AZURE_ENDPOINT});
        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_APIKEY", {SPECIFY_YOU_AZURE_KEY});
    }
    

    Inheritance

    Object
    DevExpress.AIIntegration.Extensions.BaseRequest
    TextRequest
    ExplainFormulaRequest
    See Also