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Winnie
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Hello,

I am getting this error when I'm doing a COMPUTE or DEFINE field to convert a datetime field to Month name...

(FOC282) RESULT OF EXPRESSION IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE FORMAT OF FIELD:
monthName

Here's my code:
COMPUTE MONTHSTR/MT = LOADING.LOADING.actualDate;

actualDate field is HYYMDs format.

I appreciate any help!

Thanks,

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Winnie

Webfocus 7.7.3
 
Posts: 83 | Registered: July 16, 2008Report This Post
Rao D
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Try using HNAME function

DEFINE FILE CAR
CUR_DATE/HYYMDS = DT(&YYMD.EVAL 00:00);
CUR_MONTH/A10= HNAME(CUR_DATE ,'MONTH','A10');
END
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
CUR_DATE
CUR_MONTH
DCOST
RCOST
SALES
BY CAR
END


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Alan B
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If you want the date in MT format use HDATE:
MONTH_DATE/MT = HDATE(LOADING.LOADING.actualDate,'MT');


Alan.
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Winnie
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Thanks, Rao and Alan. I tried both codes...

First one: gave me error below
(FOC177) INVALID DATE CONSTANT: LOADING.LOADING.actualDate
0 ERROR AT OR NEAR LINE 145 IN PROCEDURE customer_scorecard
(FOC258) FIELDNAME OR COMPUTATIONAL ELEMENT NOT RECOGNIZED: MONTH_DATE


DEFINE FILE LOADING
MONTH_DATE/HYYMDS = DT(LOADING.LOADING.actualDate);
MONTH_NAME/A10=HNAME(MONTH_DATE,'MONTH','A10');
END

Second code: it's showing each month of the year even though the values of LOADING.LOADING.actualDate is not equivalent to the actual month.

MONTH_DATE/MT = HDATE(LOADING.LOADING.actualDate,'MT');


Winnie

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