I'm using List() to retrieve a numeric field which I subsequently display on a report view via a merge variable inside a text field. The data being displayed is a list of employees who worked on a particular job on a particular day, and the number of hours they worked under various classifications (normal, overtime, non-billable, non-billable overtime, et al). The hours are all calculated fields pulled from another table, but they need to be stored numerically.
Each column has its own text field:
| <<$$Name>> | <<$$normalHours>> | <<$$otHours>> | ...
Giving output such as:
Jim Jones 8 2
Ralph Ryder 4.25 0
Foo McBar 10 2.5
The field height needs to be dynamic because there could be anywhere from 1 to 10 or so employees displayed.
The issue is that I would like to always display the hours field with two decimal places:
Jim Jones 8.00 2.00
Ralph Ryder 4.25 0.00
Foo McBar 10.00 2.50
This is normally trivial via Inspector -> Data for a single-value field, and perhaps it still is trivial -- but I'm just not seeing it.
I've tried using SetPrecision(hours ; 2) when populating the field, and also (though I didn't think it would actually work) when creating my list variable:
$$normalHours = SetPrecision( List( laborTable::normalHours ) ; 2 )
In both cases I still see plain integer output for whole numbers and no trailing zeroes in any case.
Please let me know if I can provide any further information that might help.
A few things you can try:
Auto-enter calculation replacing existing value
You could change your normalHours field to be an auto-enter calculation, uncheck 'do not replace existing value', and set the calculation to the following:
Let ( [
whole = Int ( Self ) ;
remainder = Abs ( Self ) - Abs ( whole )
] ;
Case ( remainder = 0 ;
whole & ".00" ;
Self )
)
This will append a ".00" to any whole numbers in your field. This should then come through your List() function later.
New calculation field
Alternately, if you don't want to automatically modify the existing number, you could make a new calculation field with a very similar calculation:
Let ( [
whole = Int ( normalHours ) ;
remainder = Abs ( normalHours ) - Abs ( whole )
] ;
Case ( remainder = 0 ;
whole & ".00" ;
normalHours )
)
And then you would use that calculation field in the List function, instead of your normalHours field.
For more complicated field formatting, you could also use a custom function like this: http://www.briandunning.com/cf/945
Can you replace this with a portal, perhaps?
If not, then try to set formatting on the merge text field itself. It can have formatting too; only one variant for each data type, but in your case it should be enough.
Related
I have an MDX issue that I really don't understand with a 5 level hierarchy "SEGMENTATION" : AFFAIRE/NIVEAU 1/ NIVEAU 2/NIVEAU 3/NIVEAU 4
I want to compare "NIVEAU 1" sub-levels weight to "Niveau 1".
For instance, I want to know for each 'NIVEAU 3' members its contributions part for its "NIVEAU 1".
I've tried a bunch of things, but nothing works properly. I don't get the trick and is stucked to :
WITH MEMBER [Measures].[TEST] AS'
iif(ISEMPTY(([Segmentation].[Niveau1], [Measures].[Total])) OR ([Segmentation].[Niveau1],[Measures].[Total]) = 0
, NULL
,[Measures].[Total] / ([Segmentation].[Niveau1], [Measures].[Total])
)'
SELECT NON EMPTY { [Measures].[TEST],[Measures].[Total]} ON COLUMNS
, NON EMPTY { [Segmentation].[Niveau2]}
ON ROWS FROM ( SELECT ( { [Segmentation].[Niveau1].&[8589934592]&[1|DESC111] } ) ON COLUMNS FROM [CUBE]) // Only one "Niveau 1" focus
And I get :
<Niveau 2> TEST Total
SF - C... #Error 25143658
SF - M... #Error 1638913,5
ZZZ ... #Error 90468628
#Error : The EqualTo function expects a string or numeric expression for argument 1. A tuple set expression was used.
The expected result is :
<Niveau 2> TEST Total
SF - C... 21,44% 25143658
SF - M... 1,40% 1638913,5
ZZZ ... 77,16% 90468628
21,4% = 25143658/(25143658+1638913,5+90468628)
What's wrong with my MDX?
Is there a mistake among the dimension or hierarchy set up?
Tuples are written as comma separated lists of members. What you have is a dimension.
Try
[Segmentation].CurrentMember.Parent
Instead of
[Segmentation].[Niveau1]
On your measure definition.
[EDIT] As mentioned in a comment, the goal is a solution that works on all levels. The solution is to use
Ancestor( [Segmentation].CurrentMember, [Segmentation].[Niveau1] )
in the Tuple used in the custom measure definition.
Thanks to nsousa, I'm now using :
WITH MEMBER [Measures].[Total Niveau1] AS'
iif([Segmentation].CURRENTMEMBER.level.ordinal>=2
,(Ancestor([Segmentation].CurrentMember,[Segmentation].[Niveau1] ),[Measures].[Total])
,([Segmentation].CURRENTMEMBER, [Measures].[Total])
)
'
MEMBER [Measures].[TEST] AS'
DIVIDE([Measures].[Societe],[Measures].[Total Niveau1])
',FORMAT_STRING = 'Percent'
SELECT NON EMPTY { [Measures].[TEST],[Measures].[Societe],[Measures].[Total]} ON COLUMNS
, NON EMPTY { [Segmentation].[Niveau3]}
ON ROWS FROM [CUBE]
I am using the following measure (and a calendar table) to determine equipment uptime for a given hour of the day based on user input from a datetime slicer:
Selected Hour =
CALCULATE (
'UptimeView'[Uptime %],
FILTER (
'UptimeView',
'UptimeView'[LocalShiftDateHour] = SELECTEDVALUE ( 'CalendarTable'[DateTime] )
)
)
This is working just fine. The problem is that I also need this same calculation performed for each of the 12 hours prior to the selected hour. When I try to use the same formula but with one hour subtracted from the SELECTEDVALUE, like so...
S-1 =
CALCULATE (
'UptimeView'[Uptime %],
FILTER (
'UptimeView',
'UptimeView'[LocalShiftDateHour]
= SELECTEDVALUE ( 'CalendarTable'[DateTime] ) - ( 1 / 24 )
)
)
... I get blank cells in my table visualization, even though I know there is data for that hour:
Why does this happen? Any time I try to perform mathematical operations on the SELECTEDVALUE datetime value, it gives me blanks. But without using operations to manipulate it and just using the selected datetime itself, it works no problem. Is it not possible to subtract an hour from a SELECTEDVALUE datetime? If not, what workaround(s) should I try? (I have also attempted using -TIME(1,0,0) instead of -1/24 but that gave me blanks as well.)
Thanks in advance!!
I think the reason is that the subtraction you are operating isn't convenient to go row by row. Would you please try rather to put it as follows, and put the MAXX() function around the calculus you did, while adding another argument, which is the name of the table in which you want the subtraction to be performed:
S-1 =
CALCULATE (
'UptimeView'[Uptime %],
FILTER (
'UptimeView',
'UptimeView'[LocalShiftDateHour]
= MAXX('Replace_with_Tablename',SELECTEDVALUE(
'CalendarTable'[DateTime] ) - ( 1 / 24 ))
)
)
This is the trick I use. In fact, MAXX(tablename, expression) Evaluates an expression for each row of a table and returns the largest value.
Don't worry about the max, it doesn't have any effect on the result, since the max(one precise value in a precise row)= that same value
I'm trying to do an OUTER-JOIN in progress using this page as inspiration. My code is as follows
OPEN QUERY qMovto
FOR EACH movto-estoq
WHERE movto-estoq.lote BEGINS pc-lote
AND movto-estoq.it-codigo BEGINS pc-it-codigo
AND movto-estoq.dt-trans >= pd-data1
AND movto-estoq.dt-trans <= pd-data2
AND movto-estoq.cod-emitente = pi-cod-emitente,
EACH item OUTER-JOIN
WHERE movto-estoq.it-codigo = item.it-codigo,
EACH item-cli OUTER-JOIN
WHERE item-cli.item-do-cli BEGINS pc-item-cli
AND movto-estoq.cod-emitente = item-cli.cod-emitente
AND movto-estoq.it-codigo = item-cli.it-codigo
AND movto-estoq.un = item-cli.unid-med-cli,
EACH nota-fiscal OUTER-JOIN
WHERE movto-estoq.nro-docto = nota-fiscal.nr-nota-fis
BY movto-estoq.dt-trans DESCENDING BY movto-estoq.hr-trans DESCENDING.
The problem that is happening is when 1 element in null, all the other elements that are in the OUTER-JOIN are appearing as null as well, even though they are not null. Is there a better way to write this code? Should I put 'LEFT' before the OUTER-JOIN? Thanks for your time.
To make your example easier, consider making it work from ABL dojo. The following code:
define temp-table ttone
field ii as int
.
define temp-table tttwo
field ii as int
field cc as char
.
create ttone. ttone.ii = 1.
create ttone. ttone.ii = 2.
create tttwo. tttwo.ii = 2. tttwo.cc = "inner".
create tttwo. tttwo.ii = 3. tttwo.cc = "orphan".
define query q for ttone, tttwo.
open query q
for each ttone,
each tttwo outer-join where tttwo.ii = ttone.ii.
get first q.
do while available ttone:
message ttone.ii tttwo.cc.
get next q.
end.
Can be run from https://abldojo.services.progress.com/?shareId=600f40919585066c219797ed
As you can see, this results in :
1 ?
2 inner
The join which is not available is shown as unknown. The value of the outer part of the join is shown.
Since you do not show how you are getting an unknown value for everything, maybe you are concatenating the unknown values?
I have a problem where I have a list of fields from a table (not static, can be modified by user), and I need to generate a report using these user selected fields. The report can show all the rows, no need for aggregation or filtering.
I thought I could create a report layout then using a filemaker script to populate it but can't seem to find the right commands, can someone let me know how I could achieve this?
I'm using filemaker pro 18 advanced
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: Since you want a dynamic report, then I recommend you look up a technique called "Virtual List" for rendering the data.
Here's an example script that iterates over a found set of records and builds the virtual list data in a variable (it doesn't show how to render it though):
# Field names and delimiter
Set Variable [ $delim ; Value: Char(9) // tab character ]
# Set these dynamically with a script parameter
Set Variable [ $fields ; Value: List ( "Contacts::nameFirst" ; "Contacts::nameCompany" ; "Contacts::nameLast" ) ]
Set Variable [ $fieldCount ; Value: ValueCount ( $fields ) ]
Go to Layout [ “Contacts” (Contacts) ; Animation: None ]
Show All Records
Go to Record/Request/Page [ First ]
# Loop over all the records and append a row in the $data variable for each
Set Variable [ $data ; Value: "" ]
Loop
# Get the delimited field values
Set Variable [ $i ; Value: 0 ]
Set Variable [ $row ; Value: "" ]
Loop
Exit Loop If [ Let ( $i = $i + 1 ; $i > $fieldCount ) ]
Set Variable [ $value ; Value: GetField ( GetValue ( $fields ; $i ) ) ]
Insert Calculated Result [ Target: $row ; If ( $i > 1 ; $delim ) & $value ]
End Loop
enter code here
# Append the new row of data to the list variable
Insert Calculated Result [ Target: $data ; If ( Get ( RecordNumber ) > 1 ; ¶ ) & $row ]
Go to Record/Request/Page [ Next ; Exit after last: On ]
End Loop
# Save to a global variable to show in a virtual list layout
Set Variable [ $$DATA ; Value: $data ]
Exit Script [ Text Result: ]
please note this code is just one of many possible formats the virtual list can take. A lot of people, myself included, prefer to use JSON objects or arrays for each row of the list since it automatically handle field values with carriage returns. This is sort of the old-fashioned way. Kevin Frank at FileMaker Hacks has some good recent articles about virtual list techniques if you're interested.
PS, another great technique for rendering table data dynamically is to collect the data in a JSON array and render it in a webviewer with https://datatables.net/
I did something like this for the oncology department of UM om 1980 or so using 4th Dimension and a new plug in that used one line of code to create a web browser with all the functions that a doctor might want. The data was placed inside a variable as it was sent/returned and 4D could use a variable in the report to display the data.
FileMaker does not have this ability built in as 4D did so you will have to do it yourself.JSON is the most likely tool that I am familiar with. YouTube has many videos on JSON.
You have two classes of variables for your report: Column headers and column data to display. Fortunately Filemaker is quite good and very easy to design. Just make a typical report and replace the text/header or field names with a JSON variable or any. $ColumnName = JSON variable.
Create a JSON calculated field in the database. In that calculated field set the JSON variable and this can be used for all of the columns.
This is the essence of the idea with the final result to be determined by you. What you are asking for is not easy and would require serious work by a skilled JSON scripter.
I am trying to create a form in Acrobat. I want it to do some calculations. I got almost all of them done aside from 2.
I have an array of cells DF1 to DF78 so I need a calculation script that will give me the minimum value in that array not counting the blank ones.
In the same array of cells DF1 to DF78 I need a calculation script to find how many fields in that array have value and bring me up the number.
I already tried using the min option on the acrobat DC and selecting the fields. Ii want to look at DF1 to DF78. However, it always shows 0 because it's counting the empty fields as well.
I tried looking online, but all the scripts that they show are very confusing. I can't find where to put the array in there.
I wish I had a script to put it in here... sorry.
I have fields DF1 to DF78 so a total of 78 fields, and I need to find the minimum value in that array not including the fields that are blank.
Another script for the same fields DF1 to DF78 needs to count how many of the fields actually have data ex: DF1, DF2, DF3 had data on it and the rest are empty so it should display the number 3 because 3 of the 78 fields have data in them.
I hope somebody can help me with this.
This should work... Add it to the calculate action of a new hidden field you want the numbers to show up. Fix the names on the last two lines first.
valueArray = [];
for (var i = 1; i <= 78 ; i++) {
//Get the fieldvalue by assembling the name with the prefix and the number increment
var fieldVal = this.getField("DF"+i).value;
//Acrobat field values are never null. The value of a blank field is an empty string
if (fieldVal != "") {
//Add non-empty field values to an Array.
valueArray.push(fieldValue);
}
}
// Get the minimum value in the array.
var minValue = Math.min.apply(null, valueArray);
// Get the number of non-blank fields.
var nonBlankFields = valueArray.length;
this.getField("RESULT FOR YOUR 1st QUESTION FIELD NAME HERE").value = minValue;
this.getField("RESULT FOR YOUR 2nd QUESTION FIELD NAME HERE").value = nonBlankFields;