I am using the below line to get previous business day. -SET &PRIBUSDAY = - DATECVT((DATEMOV((DATECVT(&YYMD,'I8YYMD','YYMD')),'PWD')),'YYMD','I8YYMD'); I am getting 20090703. I am assuming most of the companies were closed on Friday. Is there a work around or do I need to hard code depending on my companies holidays?
Thanks, SG.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kerry,
Webfocus 7.6.8 PDF,HTML & EXCEL
July 06, 2009, 11:32 AM
Francis Mariani
DATECVT appears to behave differently when used in Dialogue Manager and WebFOCUS.
Example:
-SET &PRIBUSDAY =
- DATECVT((DATEMOV((DATECVT(&YYMD,'I8YYMD','YYMD')),'PWD')),'YYMD','I8YYMD');
-TYPE &PRIBUSDAY
DEFINE FILE CAR
DATE1/YYMD =
IF COUNTRY EQ 'ENGLAND' THEN '20090702' ELSE
IF COUNTRY EQ 'FRANCE' THEN '20090703' ELSE
IF COUNTRY EQ 'JAPAN' THEN '20090704' ELSE '20090705';
END
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT DATE1
COMPUTE PRIBUSDAY/YYMD = DATEMOV(DATE1,'PWD');
HEADING
"PRIBUSDAY from dialog manager: &PRIBUSDAY"
BY COUNTRY
END
-RUN
Result:
PRIBUSDAY from dialog manager: 20090703
COUNTRY DATE1 PRIBUSDAY
--------- ---------- ----------
ENGLAND 2009/07/02 2009/07/01
FRANCE 2009/07/03 2009/07/02
ITALY 2009/07/05 2009/07/02
JAPAN 2009/07/04 2009/07/02
W GERMANY 2009/07/05 2009/07/02
Strangely, even without use of a holiday file, the previous business day is calculated to July 2nd, so the holiday seems to be built-in to WebFOCUS.
As well, use of the holiday file with the command SET HDAY appears not to work for Dialogue Manager.
Francis
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July 06, 2009, 11:47 AM
SG
I see no difference in both Dialogue Manager and Webfocus. you are getting different results since you are assigning '20090705' to DATE1. if you assign DATE1/YYMD = &YYMD you will get the same results.
Thanks, SG.
Webfocus 7.6.8 PDF,HTML & EXCEL
July 06, 2009, 11:58 AM
Francis Mariani
HDAY2009.err file:
20090703
20090704
Code:
SET HDAY = 2009
-RUN
-SET &PRIBUSDAY =
- DATECVT((DATEMOV((DATECVT(&YYMD,'I8YYMD','YYMD')),'PWD')),'YYMD','I8YYMD');
-TYPE &PRIBUSDAY
DEFINE FILE CAR
DATE1/YYMD =
IF COUNTRY EQ 'ENGLAND' THEN '20090702' ELSE
IF COUNTRY EQ 'FRANCE' THEN '20090703' ELSE
IF COUNTRY EQ 'ITALY' THEN '20090704' ELSE
IF COUNTRY EQ 'JAPAN' THEN '20090705' ELSE '&YYMD';
END
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT DATE1
COMPUTE PRIBUSDAY/YYMD = DATEMOV(DATE1,'PWD');
HEADING
"PRIBUSDAY from dialog manager: &PRIBUSDAY"
BY COUNTRY
END
-RUN
Result:
PRIBUSDAY from dialog manager: 20090703
COUNTRY DATE1 PRIBUSDAY
--------- ---------- ----------
ENGLAND 2009/07/02 2009/07/01
FRANCE 2009/07/03 2009/07/02
ITALY 2009/07/04 2009/07/02
JAPAN 2009/07/05 2009/07/02
W GERMANY 2009/07/06 2009/07/03
You're right. Even though I have 20090703 as a holiday in the HDAY file, it still is evaluated as a previous business day, despite the rule "A business day calculation is affected by the BUSDAYS and HDAY parameter settings".
Francis
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