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     [CLOSED] Calender Chaining

Read-Only Read-Only Topic
Go
Search
Notify
Tools
[CLOSED] Calender Chaining
 Login/Join
 
Krishna.edara
Platinum Member
posted
Hi,
I have created two calendars, one for start date and one for end date through HTML Layout painter, how do I control the end date selection based on the start date selection
Ex: End date should be always maximum of 90 days from the start date user selected from Calendar but user may select any date less than 90.

any idea ?

Thanks,
Krishna

This message has been edited. Last edited by: FP Mod Chuck,


WebFocus-8/Windows/HTML, PDF, EXCEL
 
Posts: 106 | Registered: September 20, 2010Report This Post
Doug
Expert
posted Hide Post
Hello Krishna.edara,

My first thought is that if "End date should be always maximum of 90 days from the start date" then you do not need two calendars.
The 2nd calendar would only be a nuisance. You can use the DATEADD function to automagically add 90 days to the selected date from the first calendar.




   In FOCUS Since 1983 ~ from FOCUS to WebFOCUS.
   Current: WebFOCUS Administrator at FIS Worldpay | 8204, 8206
 
Posts: 3132 | Location: Tennessee, Nashville area | Registered: February 23, 2005Report This Post
FP Mod Chuck
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
Krishna

I was able to get this to work with the html composer. The first calendar control under the setting tab I checked Current/Start Date and Send unformatted value and left it as Static at the top. In the second calendar control I used a dynamic procedure with the following syntax.


-DEFAULTH &START_DATE = &YYMD.EVAL;
-SET &SD_PLUS90 = AYMD(&START_DATE,+90,'I8YYMD');
DEFINE FILE WF_RETAIL
SD_PLUS90/YYMD = &SD_PLUS90;
END
TABLE FILE WF_RETAIL
SUM SD_PLUS90
REVENUE_US
BY SD_PLUS90
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT XML
END


You will have to add this procedure under the requests and datasources tab as an external procedure before you can reference it under the settings.

My syntax for the WHERE condition in the report fex is very simple.

WHERE ( WF_RETAIL.WF_RETAIL_TIME_SALES.TIME_DATE GT '&START_DATE') AND ( WF_RETAIL.WF_RETAIL_TIME_SALES.TIME_DATE LE '&END_DATE' );


Thank you for using Focal Point!

Chuck Wolff - Focal Point Moderator
WebFOCUS 7x and 8x, Windows, Linux All output Formats
 
Posts: 2127 | Location: Customer Support | Registered: April 12, 2005Report This Post
dbeagan
Platinum Member
posted Hide Post
If you are looking to limit the second calendar control to only allow selection of certain dates (only allow dates from the start date to start date + 90 days), it looks like there was a feature added starting in 8.2.04 called limit by data. From the App Studio User's Manual:

Limit by data. This option limits the available dates to those that appear in the
data source for the control. For example, if you set the Data Type in the Settings
panel to Dynamic and select a data source and date field for the control, then only
the dates listed in that field will be available for selection.


WebFOCUS 8.2.06
 
Posts: 210 | Location: Sterling Heights, Michigan | Registered: October 19, 2010Report This Post
Krishna.edara
Platinum Member
posted Hide Post
Thank you both for your inputs,
I followed exactly what Chuck gave instructions for end date calendar but it is not working
here are my steps that I followed
1) created a fex file with the following code

 -DEFAULTH &START_DATE = &YYMD.EVAL;
-SET &SD_PLUS90 = AYMD(&START_DATE,+90,'I8YYMD');
DEFINE FILE CAR
SD_PLUS90/YYMD = &SD_PLUS90;
END
TABLE FILE CAR
SUM SD_PLUS90
CAR
BY SD_PLUS90
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT XML
END


2) Created a HTML page with 2 calendars in it,
one is start_date and other one is end_date

3)I selected Static and check the current/satart date for start_date and date format is YMD
4) added end_date fex file through the requests & Data sources, their I can see sd_plus90 and car columns
5) I selected Dynamic and explicit, I can see the end_date fex from the request dropdown, I choose the sd_plus90 on both value from display from options
6) I chained the start_date and end_date in Parameters page

Please let me know where I`m doing wrong

I can not use database columns as a source for these date selections for various reasons like these dates represents more than one column when I pass this parameters to the my reports as filter.


Thanks,
Krishna.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Krishna.edara,


WebFocus-8/Windows/HTML, PDF, EXCEL
 
Posts: 106 | Registered: September 20, 2010Report This Post
FP Mod Chuck
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
Krishna

On bullet 3 you say you are using YMD and the fex is creating a YYMD. Your last comment is what concerns me as the fields you are testing the start and end date selections against must be date fields or this won't work.


Thank you for using Focal Point!

Chuck Wolff - Focal Point Moderator
WebFOCUS 7x and 8x, Windows, Linux All output Formats
 
Posts: 2127 | Location: Customer Support | Registered: April 12, 2005Report This Post
Krishna.edara
Platinum Member
posted Hide Post
Chuck,

I changed the format to YYMD, still same,

Yes I`m passing start_date and end_date parameters to the Date fields in the back end reports,

seems like end_date parameter is not able to load the values from the fex i created, instead it is populating all the dates (as we are expecting maximum 90days from the starting date)

Thanks,
Krishna.


WebFocus-8/Windows/HTML, PDF, EXCEL
 
Posts: 106 | Registered: September 20, 2010Report This Post
FP Mod Chuck
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
Can you run the fex that creates the sd_plus90 field standalone and see the xml data output? I ran your code on my system and it worked fine but just want to make sure you are getting results from running that code.


Thank you for using Focal Point!

Chuck Wolff - Focal Point Moderator
WebFOCUS 7x and 8x, Windows, Linux All output Formats
 
Posts: 2127 | Location: Customer Support | Registered: April 12, 2005Report This Post
Krishna.edara
Platinum Member
posted Hide Post
Yes, My fex returns data when I run stand alone and I can see the end date 20200713 which is 90 days from now, that is what we are expecting too, but this data is not reflecting in Calendar, not sure why?

Thanks,
Krishne


WebFocus-8/Windows/HTML, PDF, EXCEL
 
Posts: 106 | Registered: September 20, 2010Report This Post
FP Mod Chuck
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
Krishna

I am not sure either it is working for me with 8.2.06. What version are you using? Make sure the calendar control has the date format of YYMD


Thank you for using Focal Point!

Chuck Wolff - Focal Point Moderator
WebFOCUS 7x and 8x, Windows, Linux All output Formats
 
Posts: 2127 | Location: Customer Support | Registered: April 12, 2005Report This Post
Krishna.edara
Platinum Member
posted Hide Post
Chuck,

I'm using 8206 version

Thanks,
Krishna


WebFocus-8/Windows/HTML, PDF, EXCEL
 
Posts: 106 | Registered: September 20, 2010Report This Post
FP Mod Chuck
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
I wish I knew what happened based on what you wrote you followed my instructions. Make sure your variable for the start date is &START_DATE case sensitive.

You may need to open a case with techsupport so they can take a look with a remote session.


Thank you for using Focal Point!

Chuck Wolff - Focal Point Moderator
WebFOCUS 7x and 8x, Windows, Linux All output Formats
 
Posts: 2127 | Location: Customer Support | Registered: April 12, 2005Report 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     [CLOSED] Calender Chaining

Copyright © 1996-2020 Information Builders