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ColdWhiteMilk
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I've got a define:

DEFINE FILE BASELINE
CLRTYP/A500='<td align=left x:num x:fmla=''=SUMPRODUCT(--('||''''Detail - Last 90 Days''''||'!D10:D50000=(LEFT((T(INDIRECT("A" & ROW()))),(FIND(" /",(T(INDIRECT("A" & ROW())))))-1))))''>0</td>';
END


Right now, this is not working, and as a result, the EXL2K worksheet it contains does not export. As a result, I don't get a error message from WebFOCUS or Excel telling me what was wrong with the define.

Is there anyway to get the result of a define, similar to the -TYPE command so that I can debug this?

Thank you.

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GinnyJakes
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Print it in a report with the output in html and do a view source.


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ColdWhiteMilk
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I'm not creating my own functions.

I'm passing out a formula as HTML so that the forumla is in the cell, but the result of the formula is what is displayed.

The requirement from my customer was for the totals to be forumlas so that if they change or delete the data on their report, the totals will update automatically.

It has been an interesting project, but very frustrating trying to get WebFOCUS to work this way.


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susannah
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ah, it just seems that ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT EXL2K FORMULA isn't really enough, so you're writing your own formula, which i didn't know was possible.



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j.gross
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If you want to diplay the values of the defined field, in HTML output, change '<' and '>' to '&lt;' and '&gt;' via STRREP.

I believe your error is in 
''''Detail - Last 90 Days''''

-- change the four quotes on each side to three.


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GamP
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Alternatively, do a HOLD FORMAT ALPHA iso EXL2K and inspect the resulting hold file.
And I think it should be something like:
CLRTYP/A500=
'<td align=left x:num x:fmla=''=SUMPRODUCT(--("Detail - Last 90 Days"!D10:D50000=(LEFT((T(INDIRECT("A" & ROW()))),(FIND(" /",(T(INDIRECT("A" & ROW())))))-1))))''>0</td>';

You have to separate the double quotes from the single ones, you just can't mix them and expect whatever product to understand what you want.
In this particular case, the x:fmla string is denoted by single quotes. That means that you can not use any other single suote within the definition of the x:fmla, because that would mean the end of the string. Each quote within that string has to be a double one.


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Tony A
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Go back to basics and comprehend what FORMAT EXL2K produces - XMLNS output and not Excel Binary. This means that with a good editor package you can view the output as text.

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The problem is you can not insert a formula directly with WebFOCUS by giving it open and close TD tags

Try changing the code like this (I assume your formula is correct)


  
DEFINE FILE BASELINE 
CLRTYP/A500='</td><td x:num x:fmla=''=SUMPRODUCT(--('||''''Detail - Last 90 Days''''||'!D10:D50000=(LEFT((T(INDIRECT("A" & ROW()))),(FIND(" /",(T(INDIRECT("A" & ROW())))))-1))))''>0'; 
END



Take a look at this post
[SOLVED] Excel Formula

You will need a macro to handle the formating
 
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j.gross
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quote:
You have to separate the double quotes from the single ones


You can hve single and/or double quotes in the desired output value.

Start with the string that you need to produce, and decorate it as needed to construct a correspondng WF Define expression:

If it's all constant, double any single-quotes, and wrap the whole thing in single-quotes; and you should not need any catenation.

If you need to imbed a WF field in the outpout value, it goes outside the quotes, and needs a | or || WF catenation operator to connect it to the adjacent string consant(s).


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