When I'm defining a field in InfoAssist there are functions I can use off to the right. Where is the documentation the breaks down these functions a little more telling me what they do and how they are intended to be used? I've searched with no luck at all, even by specific function names.

Example function:
TODAY(outfield)

In InfoAssist it seems a bit weird that functions with outfield as I can't run SET var within this infoassist window. Also if I drop to the code and use this method, which I know I can, I can no longer use InfoAssist, because I used -SET.

I seem to have a missing link somewhere.

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

Gavin,

Not sure if I follow you. The function TODAY requires an alphanumeric format in the 'outfield'. This is how the function TODAY should look:

TestToday/A10=TODAY ('A10') ;

or you could also create your own define field as below using &MDYY or &YYMD:

TestToday/MDYY = &MDYY ;

I was going off an example I found, where they were using it like the following:

SET &NOW = ' ' -* that is 10 spaces, but will not show up like that in this forum.
SET &NOW = TODAY(&NOW);

But since then I figured out they could of just put 'A10' as the param if that is what they wanted. My main purpose of this post was to find documentation on each of these methods.

Update: I found one, but it was on IBM's site..
https://www.ibm.com/developerw...ryusingfunctions.pdf

The "Using Functions" manual is available via TechSupport

WebFOCUS 8 version is under the "Reporting Language" menu at WebFOCUS 8 Tech library or directly via Using Functions

Cheers

Stu