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David Sibert
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How do you code a varible include within Info Assit.

I have tried
-include &aa (with no colon)
-include &aa (with the colon)
-include &aa (with userid/)
&aa = from of the above
the used the -mrnoedit and remote.

WF 7.6.10

Thanks

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Waz
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Use -INCLUDE, and not -include.

Where does the include file exist ?


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David Sibert
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The -include is in caps the file that will be included could be in either the Reporting Objects or thier My Reports section. These will be dynamic and NOT hard coded. I can hard code it for them but that would be a huge headache for them.

This would be part of using multiple flat files based upon dates with one master. The &aa = the included file. These files range from 10 to 90 columns and between 10 thousand to 5 million rows. The process will extract only the columns and rows required from each file and then combind them at the end to be used in the reports.


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Waz
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What error do you get ?

Are the include files in a different domain in MRE ?

The syntax for include a file from another domain is -INCLUDE {domain directory}/app/{fexname}


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The issue is with using a varable and NOT hard coding the include.

If I just hard code it then it will work when I make it a varable then WF does not like it.


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Francis Mariani
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I don't know anything about InfoAssist, but Dialogue Manager variable-based -INCLUDEs don't work very well - it's much better to use an IF statement:

-DEFAULT &AA = 'QTR1';

-IF  &AA EQ 'QTR1' GOTO INCL_QTR1 ELSE
- IF &AA EQ 'QTR2' GOTO INCL_QTR2 ELSE
- IF &AA EQ 'QTR3' GOTO INCL_QTR3 ELSE GOTO INCL_QTR4;

-INCL_QTR1
-INCLUDE QTR1
-GOTO INCL_END

-INCL_QTR2
-INCLUDE QTR2
-GOTO INCL_END

-INCL_QTR3
-INCLUDE QTR3
-GOTO INCL_END

-INCL_QTR4
-INCLUDE QTR4
-GOTO INCL_END

-INCL_END


Francis


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Wep5622
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Actually, you can do this:
-SET &AA_INCL = '-INCLUDE &AA';
&AA_INCL.EVAL


Francis, that GOTO-list can be written a bit shorter as well.
-GOTO INCL_&AA
-GOTO INCL_END

-INCL_QTR1
-INCLUDE QTR1
-GOTO INCL_END

-INCL_QTR2
-INCLUDE QTR2
-GOTO INCL_END

-INCL_QTR3
-INCLUDE QTR3
-GOTO INCL_END

-INCL_QTR4
-INCLUDE QTR4
-GOTO INCL_END

-INCL_END


Of course, you will get an error if &AA is none of these values. The -GOTO following the first one should work as an escape valve in such cases.


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David Sibert
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Thanks all.

Francis that is what I did with in Info Assist which is not the same code I can use in the Standard Reports with in MR or the Focexecs within Data App folders.

Wep5622 Info Assist does NOT allow the
-SET &AA_ICL = '-INCLUDE &AA';
&AA_INCL.EVAL
that is the code that I used within MR and Data App focexecs.

I was trying to create something that the Analytical users could use and create with out to many steps.


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