Drill Down Only If....

August 22, 2006, 06:32 PM

In WebFOCUS 5.2.6, is it possible to create a drill down only if the field is equal to a particular value? For example, if x = 'Me' open me.fex else don't do anything (not even a link)

And, is it possible to create a drill down that opens a different fex based on the value? For example, if x = 'Me' open me.fex else if x = 'You' open you.fex.

New to this....thanks in advance.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: jmcgeorge,

August 22, 2006, 09:47 PM

susannah

absolutely mcgeorge!
use WHEN= syntax
TYPE=DATA,COLUMN=THING,WHEN=SOMETHING EQ 'ME',
FOCEXEC=SOMEFEX(some parms),$
I do it all day long like that.

The feature i want is WHEN= on each individual DRILLMENUITEM...that would be heaven.

August 23, 2006, 10:37 AM

jmcgeorge

Thanks, Susannah. I am using Dev Studio and I put the following:

TYPE=DATA,
COLUMN=N14,
SIZE=9,
WHEN= UNIT_MAIN.UNIT_STATUS EQ 'FLAGGED',
FOCEXEC=UNITDIS(UNIT_NO=N4),
$

Dev Studio changes it to the following:

TYPE=DATA,
COLUMN=N14,
SIZE=9,
WHEN= EQ 'FLAGGED',
FOCEXEC=UNITDIS(UNIT_NO=N4),
$

But, I don't get any links for that value. Any ideas where I went wrong?
Thanks again!

August 23, 2006, 02:56 PM

susannah

sorry, McG, i'm a hand coder...
DevStu seems to have dropped your value...
zut alors!
Would you update your profile signature with your version and platform? that will help devstu gurus respond to you.

August 23, 2006, 03:56 PM

jmcgeorge

Anyone have any ideas on how to do this via the GUI?
Thanks!!

August 23, 2006, 04:27 PM

Francis Mariani

quote:
WHEN= UNIT_MAIN.UNIT_STATUS EQ 'FLAGGED',

Perhaps DevStudio balks at the qualified field name.

Try the WHEN clause without the qualified name:

WHEN= UNIT_STATUS EQ 'FLAGGED',

Francis

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August 25, 2006, 01:30 PM

jmcgeorge

Thanks, Francis. I tried it, but Dev Studio still changes it to the following:

TYPE=DATA,
COLUMN=N14,
SIZE=9,
WHEN= EQ 'FLAGGED',
FOCEXEC=UNITDIS(UNIT_NO=N4),
$

August 25, 2006, 11:09 PM

susannah

just a thought...
are you sure you are pulling the field
UNIT_STATUS into the report
even perhaps with a NOPRINT
and you're not just referencing a field in the same record in the source file, but not actually bringing it in to the report?
Can you try with the CAR file, the file we all use to test things and communicate with each other.