Convert DateWID in fact to a date

All,
I have a requirement to convert a date_wid into a date in one of my fact tables. Below is the formula that i am trying to use
CASE WHEN "Oracle Data Warehouse"."Catalog"."dbo"."Fact_W_WRKFC_EVT_MONTH_F_Snapshot"."X_CONTRACT_START_DT_WID" = 0 THEN NULL ELSE Evaluate('TO_DATE(%1,%2)' AS DATE , "Oracle Data Warehouse"."Catalog"."dbo"."Fact_W_WRKFC_EVT_MONTH_F_Snapshot"."X_CONTRACT_START_DT_WID",'YYYYMMDD') END
It throws me an exception saying 'Incompatible Types' but i have used the same formula in one of my dimension it has worked. Below is the formula that worked for me in the Dimension.
CASE WHEN "Oracle Data Warehouse"."Catalog"."dbo"."Dim_W_EMPLOYEE_D"."CONTRACT_ST_DT_WID" = 0 THEN NULL ELSE Evaluate('TO_DATE(%1,%2)' AS DATE , "Oracle Data Warehouse"."Catalog"."dbo"."Dim_W_EMPLOYEE_D"."CONTRACT_ST_DT_WID",'YYYYMMDD') END
Kindly let me know if i am doing anything wrong, it would be deeply appreciated if anyone could help me.
Thanks & Regards

I dont understand why you need to convert wid's of fact to date...You join with time table and select date from the time dimension in your report..
Any simple BI design tells you to do this..Not sure why date_wids are asked to convert..
I beleive you might be having multiple date wid's in your fact and wants to get date for each one of them..Like Invoiced_date,Posted date etc..
Post your requirement I will tell you what you have to..
Regards,
Veeresh Rayan

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