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.


Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     [SOLVED] Differentiating columns of joined datasources

Read-Only Read-Only Topic
Go
Search
Notify
Tools
[SOLVED] Differentiating columns of joined datasources
 Login/Join
 
Gold member
posted
In InfoAssist, I have joined two data sources. Between them, they have some columns of the same name. In InfoAssist without access to code or metaschema how do I tell which column is which?

This message has been edited. Last edited by: TOM SCHULTE,


WebFOCUS 7.7.04M/8001
Windows Server 2008
Excel, PDF, HTML, AHTML

http://www.plex.com
 
Posts: 73 | Location: Auburn Hills, MI | Registered: September 29, 2011Report This Post
Expert
posted Hide Post
you have an option to sort the fields in file order. use that. then the field names will appear in the order they are encountered in the join. Did you build the join? or did the architect of the business view build the join for you?




In Focus since 1979///7706m/5 ;wintel 2008/64;OAM security; Oracle db, ///MRE/BID
 
Posts: 3811 | Location: Manhattan | Registered: October 28, 2003Report This Post
Gold member
posted Hide Post
Hi Susannah

Thanks for the input.

I am writing documentation for IA users that will be building joins on their own without the benefit of architects. So, I am talking about what these IA users can do on their own in the Data Pane of the Resources Panel. As can be seen in this image, there is nothing overt or accessible via the context menu to differentiate between the Note and Description columns.



WebFOCUS 7.7.04M/8001
Windows Server 2008
Excel, PDF, HTML, AHTML

http://www.plex.com
 
Posts: 73 | Location: Auburn Hills, MI | Registered: September 29, 2011Report This Post
Expert
posted Hide Post
another reason not to have killed Report Assist.

sorry couldn't help you.
 
Posts: 3811 | Location: Manhattan | Registered: October 28, 2003Report This Post
Gold member
posted Hide Post
You did help me - Now I know I am not missing anything and I am going to put in a new feature request


WebFOCUS 7.7.04M/8001
Windows Server 2008
Excel, PDF, HTML, AHTML

http://www.plex.com
 
Posts: 73 | Location: Auburn Hills, MI | Registered: September 29, 2011Report This Post
Gold member
posted Hide Post
My Case for the new feature request is 81042546


WebFOCUS 7.7.04M/8001
Windows Server 2008
Excel, PDF, HTML, AHTML

http://www.plex.com
 
Posts: 73 | Location: Auburn Hills, MI | Registered: September 29, 2011Report This Post
Expert
posted Hide Post
in RA , you had this cool feature that would sort the fields in filename order , in the order they were encountered in the JOIN. the default was Alphabetic, which wasn't too hot.


 
Posts: 3811 | Location: Manhattan | Registered: October 28, 2003Report This Post
Guru
posted Hide Post
You might want to take a closer look at the manual!

From InfoAssist User's Manaul

quote:
[B]Data Panel[B]

Enables you to display data source fields in the Data pane (Resources Panel), using different views that are labeled Logical (the default), List, and Structured. All three views provide options for displaying each data source field as a Title, Description, or Field Name. The List view also includes options to show the Alias, Format, and Reference of each field. The Data Panel group is shown in the following image.


This is found in Chapter 3. Using the InfoAssist Application Window -> Accessing Properties Using the Control Panel -> Using the View Tab. It even has pretty pictures explaining the difference between the three options for the Data Panel.

In Structured or Logical view you can select from Title, Description, Field or Alias. The List view lets you see just about all the possible information you could want.

Cheers

Stuart


WebFOCUS 8.2.03 (8.2.06 in testing)
 
Posts: 253 | Location: Melbourne, Australia | Registered: February 07, 2007Report This Post
Gold member
posted Hide Post
Thank you very much, Stuart. The Filename column of the List view shows me exactly what I am looking for.


WebFOCUS 7.7.04M/8001
Windows Server 2008
Excel, PDF, HTML, AHTML

http://www.plex.com
 
Posts: 73 | Location: Auburn Hills, MI | Registered: September 29, 2011Report This Post
  Powered by Social Strata  

Read-Only Read-Only Topic

Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     [SOLVED] Differentiating columns of joined datasources

Copyright © 1996-2020 Information Builders