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BKR
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I have a report procedure that executes fine from Dev Studio but, when I schedule the report in Report Caster, and click on the Advanced button in the New Task window of the New Schedule I get the following error:

ReportCaster Error

CHARGE_DEPT IS NOT A VALID COLUMN NAME.

This prevents me getting into the Advanced button and putting in my report parameters.

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Mighty Max
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Try setting DEFAULT values for all of your amper variables in the fex.


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BKR
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Ok, I'm not sure how to do that? Can you send me an example?


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BKR
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Here is an amper variable from Text Editor:

WHERE CHARGE_DEPT EQ '&DEPARTMENT.(FIND CHARGE_DEPT,CHARGE_DEPT IN nur_timecards).Department.';

What change would I have to make to set a default value?


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You would set this in the beginning of your procedure using Dialogue Manager. An example: -DEFAULT &BEGINDATE = '2010/01/01'

This is how I personally do it - I'm sure others may use -DEFAULTS or -DEFAULTH


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BKR
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I tried the following in Dialogue Manager for my amper variables as suggested:

SET &ECHO=ALL;
-DEFAULT &DEPARTMENT = '01.701.1101000'
-DEFAULT &DATE_START = '2012-09-30'
-DEFAULT &DATE_END = '2012-10-13'

The report now has default values for my amper variables and still runs well from Dev Studio but, I still get the same error message when scheduling a new task for a new schedule.


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Jason K.
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quote:
SET &ECHO=ALL;
-DEFAULT &DEPARTMENT = '01.701.1101000'
-DEFAULT &DATE_START = '2012-09-30'
-DEFAULT &DATE_END = '2012-10-13'


quote:

ReportCaster Error
CHARGE_DEPT IS NOT A VALID COLUMN NAME.


I thought the error was for CHARGE_DEPT, you don't specify a default for that in your code that you pasted here, but you do a -DEFAULT &DEPARTMENT, your right hand is being confused by your left hand.


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BKR
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I sent the last quote in error. Here is the code in the dialogue manager:

-SET &ECHO=ALL;
-DEFAULT &CHARGE_DEPT = '01.701.1101000'
-DEFAULT &DATE_START = '2012-09-30'
-DEFAULT &DATE_END = '2012-10-13'


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Prarie
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so it's not &DEPARTMENT in the Where Statment?

it's CHARGE_DEPT EQ &CHARGE_DEPT?
 
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BKR
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It's not &DEPARTMENT in the Where Statement, it's CHARGE_DEPT EQ '&CHARGE_DEPT'


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TexasStingray
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It looks to me that what might be your problem is that we you run report from developer studio that you APP PATH might be different then when Report Caster trys to run the report. This can happen if the connection id used to connect to the report server is different when using developer studio vs report caster.




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BKR
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My connection id used to connect to the report server is the same when using developer studio vs report caster.


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CLH
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It looks like that caster doesn't think charge_dept is a valid field. You may want to try doing a check file on the master that you are using. Report caster may be finding an old master file for the table you are trying to report from. Even using the same ID report caster does not always seem to use the path that is set on the domain but the one that is set on the reporting server.


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Doug
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Is "CHARGE_DEPT" a vaid field, available when running that fex in Dev Studio?

Suggestion: Ensure that the fex runs from within dev studio before considering ReportCaster (RC). Check "Prompt for parameters", which will force the Auto Prompting where you will provide values to you -DEFAULT'd variables. And, AFTER that works, move on over to RC.




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Report Caster doesn't use any site profile settings you may have. So even with the same user connecting to the reporting server, you can have a different effective path--one that gets the straight up path for the server, and another that gets the server path+any statements in a site profile.

You can check to make sure what path the report is using by adding

WHENCE MY_MFD_NAME MASTER

which tells it to tell you the disk path to the master file. Then compare the results of that from report caster (in the log) to when it's run from dev studio. An

APP SHOWPATH

might not hurt either.


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