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LaVonne
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When using ReportCaster burst function, a report is only created for when a burst field value is found.

EX. - bursting on location....a report is created for Detroit and Lansing but there is no data for Troy this time so a report is not created. When using the Library, the results can be confusing since the last time the job ran there was data for Troy. When the current run of the job is accessed in the Library, close attention has to be given to the run date by the users or they mistake the last Troy report for a current one.

I'm trying to come up with a way to create a report for Troy that simply says 'No Data For Troy Today'. (there could, of course, be many locations without data and you would not know in advance who they are each time the job runs)

I want this to be a seamless as possible to the users. Any ideas?

Thanks LaVonne


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Prarie
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LaVonne,

If you will do a search on the Forum...there have been many discussions on creating Empty reports...you should be able to find something useful.


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Danny-SRL
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LaVonne,

Do you have a file with ALL the locations? If so, you could MATCH it with your data file to have that extra record.


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LaVonne
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Yes, I do have a file with all the locations so I could identify which location is missing data but ReportCaster will not allow 2 bursting reports in one fex. Also, I can't have 2 RC jobs with the exact same name and if the name is different it creates a separate entry in the Library. I tried the 'post run' of a second fex thru RC and that didn't work because they were both burst jobs and it was not allowed.

I'm just wondering if anyone has actually figured out how to do this and if they are using it and its working. Set emptyreport = on doesn't work with burst either.

Thanks all! LaVonne


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Just to make anyone who looks at this aware....as so often happens with me....the minute I ask the question, I figure it out.

In any case, I did figure it out...to summarize, I matched my last hold file to my file containing ALL the locations and held the results 'old-or-new'.

Then I did a some defines...one to identify the valid locations (the ones with data could be identified because my NEW last hold file would have 2 matching location fields) and one to identify the locations without data (these would only have the location field from the file which contained ALL locations).

Now that I could identify these 2 record types (so to speak) it was just a matter of creating the report. It runs and bursts just the way I wanted - SEAMLESSLY - creating reports that say, 'NO DATA FOR THIS LOCATION TODAY' for the locations that have no data to report for that run of the job.

As is usually the case, now that its done, it seems so simple...why didn't I think of this ages ago!

Thanks just the same. LaVonne


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Danny-SRL
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LaVonne,

It is a very common question:
Why does one always find what one is searching for in the last place one is looking at?

Nonetheless, it is much better that YOU found the answer on your own...


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