Focal Point Banner


As of December 1, 2020, Focal Point is retired and repurposed as a reference repository. We value the wealth of knowledge that's been shared here over the years. You'll continue to have access to this treasure trove of knowledge, for search purposes only.

Join the TIBCO Community
TIBCO Community is a collaborative space for users to share knowledge and support one another in making the best use of TIBCO products and services. There are several TIBCO WebFOCUS resources in the community.

  • From the Home page, select Predict: WebFOCUS to view articles, questions, and trending articles.
  • Select Products from the top navigation bar, scroll, and then select the TIBCO WebFOCUS product page to view product overview, articles, and discussions.
  • Request access to the private WebFOCUS User Group (login required) to network with fellow members.

Former myibi community members should have received an email on 8/3/22 to activate their user accounts to join the community. Check your Spam folder for the email. Please get in touch with us at community@tibco.com for further assistance. Reference the community FAQ to learn more about the community.



Read-Only Read-Only Topic
Go
Search
Notify
Tools
AYMD Function
 Login/Join
 
Tim Schraepen
Silver Member
posted
Hi again

I have this problem with the AYMD function. (and possibly a problem with understanding data types in FOCUS).

I need a computed field, which is a calculation of a DATE field, added with the value of 2 other fields in the same row.

Here's what I have:

DEFINE FILE BSEG_ACC

-* Change date format to yymmdd format:
-* CHGDAT('oldformat','newformat',indate,outfield)
-*
TMPDATE1/A17 = CHGDAT('DMY','YMD',EDIT(BSEG_ZFBDT),TMPDATE1);

TMPDATE/I6YMD = EDIT(TMPDATE1);

NUMDAYS/I2 = BSEG_ZBD1T + BSEG_ZBD2T;

-* Add or subtract days to a date in yymmdd format:
-* AYMD(inDate, #days, outfield)
-*

DUEDATE/I6 = AYMD(TMPDATE, NUMDAYS, DUEDATE);

END[/code]I'm getting a table output, but the DUEDATE column is blank.
Any ideas as to why I'm not getting a date?

It seems I'm just missing some kind of conversion function or something.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Mabel>,
 
Posts: 44 | Location: Belgium | Registered: January 10, 2005Report This Post
<WFUser>
posted
Adding a number of days to date field is really less complicated than you think. You do not need the date subroutines. Try this.

DEFINE FILE CAR
TODAY/MDYY = &MDYY;
NUMDAYS/I2 = 7;
NEXTWEEK/MDYY = TODAY + NUMDAYS;
END
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT CAR MODEL SEATS NEXTWEEK
BY COUNTRY
END
 
Report This Post
Tim Schraepen
Silver Member
posted Hide Post
Indeed.

I just figured it out myself as well :/

Thanks for replying!
 
Posts: 44 | Location: Belgium | Registered: January 10, 2005Report This Post
susannah
Expert
posted Hide Post
Tim, it appears that TMPDATE and DUEDATE are not of the same format. one is i6ymd and the other i6 only.. might be why its blank.
 
Posts: 3811 | Location: Manhattan | Registered: October 28, 2003Report This Post
Tim Schraepen
Silver Member
posted Hide Post
quote:
Originally posted by susannah:
[qb] Tim, it appears that TMPDATE and DUEDATE are not of the same format. one is i6ymd and the other i6 only.. might be why its blank. [/qb]
TMPDATE was already blank, because the EDIT(BSEG_ZFBDT) was returning a number, it looked like the amount of days since some date.

But it doesn't matter, problem solved. Smiler
Thanks for replying though.
 
Posts: 44 | Location: Belgium | Registered: January 10, 2005Report This Post
j.gross
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
quote:
Originally posted by Tim Schraepen:
[qb] ...
DEFINE FILE BSEG_ACC
TMPDATE1/A17 = CHGDAT('DMY','YMD',EDIT(BSEG_ZFBDT),TMPDATE1);
TMPDATE/I6YMD = EDIT(TMPDATE1);
NUMDAYS/I2 = BSEG_ZBD1T + BSEG_ZBD2T;
DUEDATE/I6 = AYMD(TMPDATE, NUMDAYS, DUEDATE);
END
...
DUEDATE column is blank.
[/qb]
DUEDATE/I6 can be zero, but how can it display as "blank"?

Print all contributing fields to see where in the chain unexpected results appear:

BSEG_ZFBDT (format?)
BSEG_ZBD1T
BSEG_ZBD2T
TMPDATE1
TMPDATE
NUMDAYS
DUEDATE
 
Posts: 1925 | Location: NYC | In FOCUS since 1983 | Registered: January 11, 2005Report This Post
  Powered by Social Strata  

Read-Only Read-Only Topic


Copyright © 1996-2020 Information Builders