What should not have worked did! FOCMAGIC?!
It was missing another set of parens around the function. This is code that from 5.2.5
Thanks for all of your help everyone.

MODCCD/YYMD = IF CLAIMSTATUS EQ '2' OR '4' OR '6' OR '8' OR 'CCNP' OR 'CLSD' OR 'CLSD-P'
THEN (HDATE(CLSD_D,'YYMD')) ELSE '19000101';
ClaimClosedDate/MDYY = IF CLAIMSTATUS EQ '2' OR '4' OR '6' OR '8' OR 'CCNP' OR 'CLSD' OR 'CLSD-P'
THEN (HDATE(CLSD_D,'MDYY')) ELSE '0' ;
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This is a DEFINE that we have in a Reporting Object. It causes an agent to crash.
Unknown error occurred. Agent on reporting server AIXSERVE may have crashed or request was halted by the operator. Please investigate reporting server log.
The first DEFINE runs w/out error. The second DEFINE crashes an agent ONLY when it is run in the Reporting Object. We are going against Oracle data via PeopleSoft on an AIX box. Outside of Reporting Object flawless.

DEFINE FILE CSICEDEDLOSSDATA
ClaimClosedDate/MDYY = IF CLAIMSTATUS EQ '2' OR '4' OR '6' OR '8' OR 'CCNP' OR 'CLSD' OR 'CLSD-P' THEN HDATE(CLSD_D,'MDYY') ELSE 0 ;
-*****
MODCCD/YYMD = IF CLAIMSTATUS EQ '2' OR '4' OR '6' OR '8' OR 'CCNP' OR 'CLSD' OR 'CLSD-P' THEN HDATE(CLSD_D,'YYMD') ELSE '19000101';
END

We have a ticket open with IBI but was wondering if anyone has experienced this odd behavior. Oh by the way, this is a migration of MRE from 7.1.6 to 7.7.03. Feel my pain... LOL

Rhonda

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

What format is CLSD_D ?
and what is the oracle column format ?

The data types of the DEFINE fields and some of the values you're attempting to assign to them don't seem to be compatible.

What would happen if you did this:

DEFINE FILE CSICEDEDLOSSDATA
ClaimClosedDate/MDYY MISSING ON = IF CLAIMSTATUS EQ '2' OR '4' OR '6' OR '8' OR 'CCNP' OR 'CLSD' OR 'CLSD-P' THEN HDATE(CLSD_D,'MDYY') ELSE MISSING ;
-*****
MODCCD/YYMD = IF CLAIMSTATUS EQ '2' OR '4' OR '6' OR '8' OR 'CCNP' OR 'CLSD' OR 'CLSD-P' THEN HDATE(CLSD_D,'YYMD') ELSE DATECVT('19000101','A8YYMD','YYMD');
END

That way your fields will always receive a valid DATE value, or MISSING when applicable.

The format of CLSD_D is date/time
The following worked for us.
NOTE: The extra parens aroung the HDATE function. Crazy!

MODCCD/YYMD = IF (CLAIMSTATUS EQ '2' OR '4' OR '6' OR '8' OR 'CCNP' OR 'CLSD' OR 'CLSD-P')
THEN (HDATE(CLSD_D,'YYMD')) ELSE '19000101';
ClaimClosedDate/MDYY = IF CLAIMSTATUS EQ '2' OR '4' OR '6' OR '8' OR 'CCNP' OR 'CLSD' OR 'CLSD-P'
-* THEN HDATE(CLSD_D,'MDYY') ELSE '0' ;

you've got quotes around the ELSE value on the MODCDD alternative.
'19000101'
That means its ALPHA.
that's never gunna work.
Take the quotes off, and it should work;
Better, do what New Jersey says.

Hmmm, what "date" value do you get when assigning '0' to ClaimClosedDate in you code?