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Nakiri
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Here I go again...

I have to create this report with outputting in EXCEL.

If I was using the CAR file, I would have to create the report with one CAR.COMP.CAR per sheet

And each sheet would contain 2 reports (two .fex) with informations about that particular CAR

I was thinking about to make a LOOP reading the CAR file (just the the CAR.COMP.CAR column - DISTINCT), and call the 2 reports in that loop as many times as I have the CAR.COMP.CAR

Am I in the right way ? There's a way to do it ?



Thanks !

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Waz
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Yes, you can do it this way.

Look into ON TABLE SAVE and -READ or -READFILE and -REPEAT commands.

Where will be many on the forum and also check the documentation.


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 *Makes the PRINT fields amper variables when READFILE is done, and then used in WHERE clause in TABLE FILE
TABLE FILE TERM_DIM
PRINT
     TERM_DIM.TERM_DIM.START_DATE
     TERM_DIM.TERM_DIM.END_DATE
WHERE TERM_DIM.TERM_DIM.TERM_CODE EQ '&TERM_CODE';
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE HOLD AS HTDATES
END
-RUN

-READFILE HTDATES
-RUN

WHERE HOLD_TO_DATE GE &START_DATE.QUOTEDSTRING AND HOLD_FROM_DATE LE &END_DATE.QUOTEDSTRING;


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Nakiri
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Wow !
You guys are saving my... you know... LOL


Found an example that works. But isn't perfect yet.

Example of my first code:

-DEFAULTH &FILTER_TEXT=''
-DEFAULTH &CAR=''

TABLE FILE CAR
	PRINT DST.CAR.COMP.CAR
ON TABLE HOLD AS HOLDFILE FORMAT ALPHA
END
-RUN
-SET &LNS=&LINES;

-REPEAT :LOOP1 &LNS TIMES
	-READFILE HOLDFILE
	-SET &FILTER_TEXT = 'WHERE CAR EQ ''' || &CAR || ''' ';

	-TYPE &FILTER_TEXT
-:LOOP1



It runs and sets the &FILTER_TEXT ok. Then I went to the next step:



-DEFAULTH &FILTER_TEXT=''
-DEFAULTH &CAR=''

TABLE FILE CAR
	PRINT DST.CAR.COMP.CAR
ON TABLE HOLD AS HOLDFILE FORMAT ALPHA
END
-RUN
-SET &LNS=&LINES;

-INCLUDE myproj/app/file1.fex

-REPEAT :LOOP1 &LNS TIMES
-READFILE HOLDFILE
-SET &FILTER_TEXT = 'WHERE CAR EQ ''' || &CAR || ''' ';

-SET &EXCEL_BRAKE = 'OPEN NOBREAK';
-INCLUDE myproj/app/file2.fex

-SET &EXCEL_BRAKE = 'CLOSE';
-INCLUDE myproj/app/file3.fex

-:LOOP1


Well, I just included 2 files:
file1.fex - Creates a HOLD file with summarized info
file2.fex - The report 1 that has to be printed taking account to the &FILTER_TEXT
file3.fex - The report 2 that has to be printed taking account to the &FILTER_TEXT

The report will be created in EXCEL, and the variable &EXCEL_BRAKE is being used in 
 ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT EXL2K &EXCEL_BREAK



What is happening is that EXCEL opens just the first sheet and ignoring the other "CARS"

Am I missing something ?



Thank you !!!

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Waz
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Sounds like the second fex isn't adding to the excel file.

Have you turned &ECHO to ON and checked the resulting code ?


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quote:
-REPEAT :LOOP1 &LNS TIMES

You need a semicolon at the end of this statement.

You probably want to think about using Excel Templates to achieve multi worksheets with two reports on each worksheet.


T


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Nakiri
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Error found !

Actually, the problem was the "OPEN NOBREAK / CLOSE" They were messing with EXCEL sheets.

What I've changed:


-DEFAULTH &FILTER_TEXT=''
-DEFAULTH &CAR=''

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT DST.CAR.COMP.CAR
ON TABLE HOLD AS HOLDFILE FORMAT ALPHA
END
-RUN
-SET &LNS=&LINES;
-SET &I=0;

-INCLUDE myproj/app/file1.fex

-REPEAT :LOOP1 &LNS TIMES
-SET &I=&I+1;
-READFILE HOLDFILE
-SET &FILTER_TEXT = 'WHERE CAR EQ ''' || &CAR || ''' ';

-SET &EXCEL_BREAK = IF &I EQ 1 THEN 'OPEN NOBREAK' ELSE 'NOBREAK';
-INCLUDE myproj/app/file2.fex

-SET &EXCEL_BREAK = IF &I EQ &LNS THEN 'CLOSE' ELSE '';
-INCLUDE myproj/app/file3.fex

-:LOOP1



I thought that I had to OPEN/CLOSE for each sheet, but just leaving with NOBREAK/empty do the job.



WAS, I didn't know about &ECHO, I'll try to use it next time. Thank you !

Tony, I didn't know about the semicolon too... I just copied an example from GamP and adapted to what I needed. Apparently the lack of it isn't affecting anything, but thanks for the tip !

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Tony A
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quote:
Originally posted by Tony A:
quote:
-REPEAT :LOOP1 &LNS TIMES

You need a semicolon at the end of this statement.


This is still the case.

T


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Changed !

Now I'm trying to understand how to use a template to do it.

I just made a simple test and it worked. Just a single report, with a single page. That's fine.


Well, if I want to create this same report using a template, how should I go ?

Imagine that I have to print 3 reports per sheet. And I'll have as many sheets as that first LOOL has lines. So, I will never know how many sheets the report will have. But all sheets will have the same 3 reports, filtered by the LOOP.

The using of a template is really applicable here ?


Thank you !


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