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Jérény Deidda
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Hi,

I tried to use the FORMAT EXL2K FORMULA function to edit an Excel Report containing a formula but it's not the good solution. I simply want that my column is displayed as a formula and not as a text cell.

DEFINE FILE MYTAB
TESTBLOOM/A60 = '=BDP("223727Z FP Equity","NAME");
END
  
TABLE FILE MYTAB
PRINT
TESTBLOOM
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT EXL2K FORMULA
END

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FrankDutch
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As far as I know this only works with very basic formulas like row and column totals.

What excel formula would you expect in this case?
Did you try this with a COMPUTE in the fex instead of a defined field?

(I never use this myself)




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Jérény Deidda
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In fact I'm working with the Bloomberg API for Excel. I'm making reports with data extracted from my database. The BDP function is a Bloomberg API function for Excel. So I want a column with this formula : =BDP("my equity","my Bloomberg field").
With Webfocus, I generate a column with this formula but Excel doesn't consider it like a formula.


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<JG>
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Jérény

In order to insert a formula directly into a cell you must actually create the cell compleate with tags and style.

It is unfortunate that it will generate a blank column but you could remove that using a template macro.

Basic method is close the cell using a TD tag and then write the complete formula including it's css class
and format. The class can be omitted Completely but then you will have an un-styled cell

 
	  COMPUTE CALC2/A100='</TD><TD class=xl100 x:fmla=''=BDP("223727Z FP Equity","NAME")''>';



To know exactly which class you need HOLD the EXL2K FORMULA instead of PCHOLDing it
And look at it in a text editor and pick one of the generated class blocks that meets your needs
Or apply the style via a template/macro.
 
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Darin Lee
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I don't know a lot about using classes and such, but JG's solution looks likesomething you will have to use. The problem is that what you are defining is not a formula, it is simply a text string. As far as WF knows, what you are putting in there is "ABCDEFG." So when you output to EXL2K FORMULA it will only display the string as a text string. (You're also missing your ending quote mark.) In order to be a formula, there has to be some computation involved used fields displayed on the report. Anything else will just be displayed as the computed value of your expression, which is what you're getting.


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COMPUTE CALC2/A100='</TD><TD class=xl100 x:fmla=''=BDP["223727Z FP Equity","NAME")''>';

Just a note, this method of inserting a formula works equally well with EXL2K and EXL2K FORMULA
 
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KK
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Hi JG,

Could you give me an example of how to hide a column in EXCEL FORMULA format (not a template).

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<JG>
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KK using pure WebFOCUS it is not possible to hide an Excel column or row.

The only way you can do it is by using a macro applied via a WebFOCUS template.
 
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I was trying display wrapped text in Excel which concatenate 2 columns and wrap it:

DEFINE FILE OUTPUT
COL_NEW/A50='="' | COL_A | '" &| CHAR(10) &| "' | COL_B | '"';
END

But webfocus complains about the ampersand character. I tried both & and &|. None of them works. Any idea?


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