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[closed]Naming Sort values which are in a Variable

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April 16, 2018, 12:52 PM
srajeevan
[closed]Naming Sort values which are in a Variable
I have a BY FIELD which is a variable like this.
  
BY  &RP_FN01B_Sort1.(BY(<District,DIM_DISTRICT.DISTRICT_ID>,<City,DIM_CITY.CITY_DESCR>,<Month,SALE_MONTH>)).Please select sort field(s).


When i run the report i am getting Sort field column headings as
DISTRICT_ID CITY_DESCRIPTION SALE_MONTH
but instead i want to get headings like
District City Month.
I cannot give AS NAMES here as sort by fields are in a variable.
Can't make changes in master file as well.

Any idea to implement this.?

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April 16, 2018, 01:01 PM
BabakNYC
I'm afraid the best solution is to set the TITLE value in the master files.


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April 16, 2018, 01:03 PM
srajeevan
I will keep that solution as the last resort Babak.

Thanks Smiler


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April 16, 2018, 01:12 PM
BabakNYC
Not very practical but what if you had a DEFINE for each one of the columns that has the title as the fieldname?

 
DEFINE FILE XYZ
District/A10=DIM_DISTRICT.DISTRICT_ID;
City/A50=DIM_CITY.CITY_DESCR;
Month/HM=SALE_MONTH;
END

Then use these defined fields in your BY like this:

BY  &RP_FN01B_Sort1.(BY(<District>,<City>,<Month>)).Please select sort field(s).
 



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April 16, 2018, 01:16 PM
srajeevan
Yeah.That is a possible solution i can use.
I have more than 2 sort fields,but yeah i don't have to touch master file.


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April 16, 2018, 01:18 PM
BabakNYC
It'll only work if you don't have spaces or special characters in them though.


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April 16, 2018, 01:39 PM
srajeevan
For now it works good for me.

Thanks


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