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John C
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Is it possible to display computed field descriptions using POPUPDESC without placing the DESCRIPTION in the master file description? My procedures contain many computed/summed fields, and I would like to display the various algorithm description to the report consumer when they mouse over the computed field title in HTML.

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Posts: 4 | Registered: August 24, 2015Report This Post
Francis Mariani
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POPUPDESC for computed columns was requested as a New Feature in 2010. I doubt that this idea was ever deployed.

Meanwhile, I posted a possible solution in 2008, which relies on HTML:

[SOLVED] Event on a report cell

The possible solution was adapted in 2010:

[SHARING] POPUPDESC options


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Francis Mariani
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If you can convert the COMPUTE to a DEFINE, you can embed the DESCRIPTION in the DEFINE column, which should make the POPUPDESC work:

Documentation > Creating Reports With WebFOCUS Language > Creating Temporary Fields > Defining a Virtual Field:

DEFINE FILE filename[.view_fieldname] [CLEAR|ADD]  
fieldname[/format] [TITLE 'line1[,line2 ...']
 [DESCRIPTION 'description']=expression; 
fieldname[/format][WITH realfield]=expression; 
fieldname[/format] REDEFINES qualifier.fieldname=expression;
.
.
.
END


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Francis Mariani
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DEFINE FILE CAR
MEASURE1/D20 TITLE 'Measure 1' DESCRIPTION 'Measure 1 = Length x Width' = LENGTH * WIDTH;
END

TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
MEASURE1
BY COUNTRY

ON TABLE SET POPUPDESC ON
END


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Tamra
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John C

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Greg G
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Adding a DESC to a computed field and turning popupdesc on does work in 8105M

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT RC DC
COMPUTE NEWFLD/D12.2 DESC 'Popup Desc'=RC/DC;
ON TABLE SET POPUPDESC ON
END
 
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Francis Mariani
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Well, shiver me timbers! It works in WF 8.0.08, just not documented!

quote:
Syntax: How to Create a Calculated Value
COMPUTE fld [/format]= expression;[AS 'title'] [NOPRINT] [IN [+n]]

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT 
WEIGHT 
HEIGHT
COMPUTE NEWFLD/D12.2 DESCRIPTION 'Popup Desc' = WEIGHT / HEIGHT;
ON TABLE SET POPUPDESC ON
END


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