Count Function on Date Field in Discoverer

Hey folks,
How would someone like to educate a novice on how to perform a count function on a date field? I am writing a Discoverer report and have a requirement to display counts of the number of records that have a modified date of > 30 days and > 60 days. I am trying to use the 2nd count function as such: COUNT(modified_date < (SYSDATE - 30)). I keep getting the "error in function" message. I have tried it with CURRENT_DATE as well and get the same error.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks much,
Schuyler

Hi
You can't use logical expression in a function like this:
COUNT(modified_date < (SYSDATE - 30))
instead of this use CASE expression:
COUNT(case when modified_date < (SYSDATE - 30) then 1 else 0 end)
Ott Karesz
http://www.trendo-kft.hu

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As of now master data planning is not so flexibly supported.
Still u can refer the below link which is enhancement of standard Repost function,and can be used to change master data.
[http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/10d2b273-0e12-2c10-fab3-a34bde559f92]
As far as my knowledge goes u cannot directly input date in rows.
regards,
Rajendra

MaxLength="10" Character Count Limit in a Data Field

Hello,
Below is the syntax I'm using trying to get a data field ( MyField ) in my panel to have a maximum allowance of 10 characters.
This syntax is not doing anything to limit the count. Do you know what I have wrong in the line below?
<xmp_property name="MyField" category="external" label="$$$/Custom/Property/MyField Input_Label= My Field:" type="text" maxLength="10" ui:width="50%" ui:mru="true"/>

Hi Jacob,
here a short example with char and string.
DATA: ST TYPE STRING.
DATA: CH(250).
START-OF-SELECTION.
ST = 'I am a String with an % Character'.
SEARCH ST FOR '%'.
WRITE: / SY-SUBRC, sy-fdpos.
CH = 'I am a Char with an % Character'.
SEARCH CH FOR '%'.
WRITE: / SY-SUBRC, sy-fdpos.
Regards, Dieter

NCo 3.02 crashes when invoking functions that return a date field

I'm using NCo 3.02 (.NET 4 target framework) with Visual Studio 2010.
When I invoke a function that returns date fields (like BAPI_SALESORDER_GETLIST) NCo crashes with the following message:
SAP.Middleware.Connector.RfcTypeConversionException: Cannot convert DOCDATE....
Below is the code I'm using:
Dim customer_orderAPI As IRfcFunction = ecc.Repository.CreateFunction("BAPISALESORDER_GETLIST")
customer_orderAPI.SetValue("CUSTOMER_NUMBER", "0000020000")
customer_orderAPI.SetValue("SALES_ORGANIZATION", "ARCO")
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("MATERIAL", False)
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("DOCUMENT_DATE", False)
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("DOCUMENT_DATE_TO", False)
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("PURCHASE_ORDER", False)
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("TRANSACTION_GROUP", False)
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("PURCHASE_ORDER_NUMBER", False)
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("MATERIAL_EVG", False)
customer_orderAPI.Invoke(_ecc) ' >>>> I receive the error in this line
Dim table As IRfcTable = customer_orderAPI.GetTable("SALES_ORDERS")
Dim returnCode As String = customer_orderAPI.GetStructure("RETURN").GetString("TYPE")
If (returnCode.Equals("E") Or returnCode.Equals("A")) Then
Console.WriteLine(customer_orderAPI.GetStructure("RETURN").GetString("MESSAGE"))
Else
Console.WriteLine("*********** SUCCESS **********")
Console.WriteLine("Number of orders is .", table.RowCount)
End If
Does anyone know what is the issue and how to fix it?

I'm using NCo 3.02 (.NET 4 target framework) with Visual Studio 2010.
When I invoke a function that returns date fields (like BAPI_SALESORDER_GETLIST) NCo crashes with the following message:
SAP.Middleware.Connector.RfcTypeConversionException: Cannot convert DOCDATE....
Below is the code I'm using:
Dim customer_orderAPI As IRfcFunction = ecc.Repository.CreateFunction("BAPISALESORDER_GETLIST")
customer_orderAPI.SetValue("CUSTOMER_NUMBER", "0000020000")
customer_orderAPI.SetValue("SALES_ORGANIZATION", "ARCO")
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("MATERIAL", False)
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("DOCUMENT_DATE", False)
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("DOCUMENT_DATE_TO", False)
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("PURCHASE_ORDER", False)
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("TRANSACTION_GROUP", False)
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("PURCHASE_ORDER_NUMBER", False)
customer_orderAPI.SetParameterActive("MATERIAL_EVG", False)
customer_orderAPI.Invoke(_ecc) ' >>>> I receive the error in this line
Dim table As IRfcTable = customer_orderAPI.GetTable("SALES_ORDERS")
Dim returnCode As String = customer_orderAPI.GetStructure("RETURN").GetString("TYPE")
If (returnCode.Equals("E") Or returnCode.Equals("A")) Then
Console.WriteLine(customer_orderAPI.GetStructure("RETURN").GetString("MESSAGE"))
Else
Console.WriteLine("*********** SUCCESS **********")
Console.WriteLine("Number of orders is .", table.RowCount)
End If
Does anyone know what is the issue and how to fix it?

Count records based on detail row containing a null date field

i need to count the no of rows where a date field is null and print the result in each group footer. the formula isnull works well in details section but not when I create a running total to count records where evaluate condition is based on a formula and when i test isnull(field) ?
works in detail section:
Global NumberVar numOpen;
if (IsNull({db.DateField}))
then numOpen := numOpen + 1;
does not work in group footer?
IsNull({db.DateField})

Abhilash Kumar wrote:
Well, what database are you reporting off and how did you insert a NULL value to the date column?
In my case, I have worked with Oracle, Access, and now SQL.,
and have used several different versions of Crysal (but never XI)
I/we don't put anything into the date... the field is simply empty and I use
IsNull({datefield})
also for numbers (&currency)
IsNull({numberfield})
For text fields I now use
IsNull({textfield}) or {textfield} not equal ""
as SQL is a little funny about the empty text fields. Sometimes one works and sometimes the other so I use both.
Debi

Price reference date field is not editable in ML81N copy function

Hello Everyone,
When we create a Service entry sheet via the copy function in ML81N, we notice that the Price Reference date field (ESSR-LBLDT) is display only. Is there anyway we can make this an optional (editable) field. We tried looking in the configuration for the screen layout but could not find anything that would change this.
Thanks,
Hoonaid

Hello Basrai,
The service entry sheet (SES) is always posted with teh PO price. No new price determination is carried out in the SES.
That's why the field ESSR-LBLDT cannot be changed in ML81N.
You can make use of the user exit EXIT_SAPLMLSR_010 to change this behaviour. See the function module documentation for more info.
Regards,
Purnima.

Discoverer 2000 : Problem in sorting date field on report

Hello,
I am not able to sort on date field on report
it is giving error as
( illegal operation).

Thanks Savitha.
I found one more way of making that code work, just want to share this.
If we add the following statement, the same code works without having to add the time part along with date.
"DBMS_XMLSave.setdateformat(updctx, 'yyyy-MM-dd');"
note the format is case sensitive. Instead of MM, if you give 'mm' it won't work, it uses java format.

Need to Programmatically Set IRR Filter on Date Field Due to APEX 4.1 Bug

There may be another work around but, here is the problem that we are encountering...
We have a huge table that is partitioned on a DATE field and an IRR that reports on this table. By default, we want to show the most recent 3 days of data. There is a built-in filter for "is in the last 3 Days." Sounds Great! Unfortunately APEX generates the code using TIMESTAMP rather than DATE functions. As a result of this, the query does not perform partition pruning and, as a consequence, it is doing a full table scan which takes forever. Note the use of the "LOCALTIMESTAMP" function in the query that is generated by APEX for this filter:
SELECT "BUSINESS_DATE",
 COUNT ( * ) OVER () AS apxws_row_cnt
FROM (SELECT *
 FROM (SELECT *
 FROM position_delta_his p) r
 WHERE ("BUSINESS_DATE" BETWEEN *LOCALTIMESTAMP*
 - NUMTOYMINTERVAL (:APXWS_EXPR_1,
 'year')
 AND *LOCALTIMESTAMP*)) r
WHERE ROWNUM <= TO_NUMBER (:APXWS_MAX_ROW_CNT)If, instead, APEX used the SYSDATE function, as the underlying column is a DATE, this returns instantly, after partition pruning.
SELECT "BUSINESS_DATE",
 COUNT ( * ) OVER () AS apxws_row_cnt
FROM (SELECT *
 FROM (SELECT *
 FROM position_delta_his p) r
 WHERE ("BUSINESS_DATE" BETWEEN *SYSDATE*
 - NUMTOYMINTERVAL (:APXWS_EXPR_1,
 'year')
 AND *SYSDATE*)) r
WHERE ROWNUM <= TO_NUMBER (:APXWS_MAX_ROW_CNT)
The bug is that APEX should base the underlying function on the data type of the filtered column.
As a work around, if we create a filter where BUSINESS_DATE >= '4/13/2012' (three business days ago), again, this returns instantaneously. The issue is that we can only set this filter by using the APEX GUI. We need to be able to:
1. Determine the date for 3 business days ago
2. Set this as the default filter.
I tried creating a BEFORE HEADER PL/SQL page process but, it does not appear to be having any effect. Here is that code:
DECLARE
 ldt_Filter DATE;
 CURSOR lcsr_GetMaxBusinessDate IS
 SELECT Max(BUSINESS_DATE)
 FROM POSITION_DELTA_HIS;
 DAYS_AGO CONSTANT NUMBER := 3;
BEGIN
 APEX_UTIL.IR_CLEAR( :APP_PAGE_ID );
 OPEN lcsr_GetMaxBusinessDate;
 FETCH lcsr_GetMaxBusinessDate INTO ldt_Filter;
 CLOSE lcsr_GetMaxBusinessDate;
 ldt_Filter := ( Trunc( ldt_Filter ) - 3 );
 APEX_UTIL.IR_FILTER( p_page_id => :APP_PAGE_ID,
 p_report_column => 'BUSINESS_DATE',
 p_operator_abbr =>'GTE',
 p_filter_value => TO_CHAR( ldt_Filter, 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS' ) );
END;Can anyone tell me:
1. How to set this filter programmatically (also needs to be displayed on the page so the user can see the current filter...as if it were created via the GUI) ***OR***
2. Some other work around for this issue..
Thanks,
-Joe

Actually, now that I look further, I don't think it is going to work to simply set the filter programmatically. The end user can still click the column heading where they are only given the choice of the LOCALTIMESTAMP based filters. If they pick one, the page is going to be out to lunch for them.
We really need some other fix. We really need a way to actually address the underlying issue.
-Joe

Bizare date field behavior in an Oracle database.

I have this bizare data problem quering an oracle date field.
Look at these two result sets.
Missing Two records.:
COUNTY_CD
CONAME
FILE_DATE
TRANSMISSIONS
RECORDS
NO_ERROR_RECORDS
ERROR_RECORDS
TOTAL_ERRORS
03
AMADOR
07-NOV-11
10
405
396
9
9
10
FRESNO
07-NOV-11
1
204
200
4
4
16
KINGS
07-NOV-11
3
1296
1110
186
194
20
MADERA
07-NOV-11
1
552
535
17
17
51
SUTTER
07-NOV-11
1
43
5
38
38
WHERE
 r.file_date BETWEEN TO_DATE('2011-11-07 00:00:00','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')
 AND TO_DATE('2011-11-07 15:00:00','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')
All Expected records
COUNTY_CD
CONAME
FILE_DATE
TRANSMISSIONS
RECORDS
NO_ERROR_RECORDS
ERROR_RECORDS
TOTAL_RECORDS
03
AMADOR
07-NOV-11
10
405
396
9
9
10
FRESNO
07-NOV-11
1
204
200
4
4
16
KINGS
07-NOV-11
3
1296
1110
186
194
20
MADERA
07-NOV-11
1
552
535
17
17
50
STANISLAUS
07-NOV-11
2
17002
7165
9837
10028
51
SUTTER
07-NOV-11
1
43
5
38
38
WHERE
 r.file_date BETWEEN TO_DATE('2011-11-07 00:00:00','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')
 AND TO_DATE('2011-11-07 15:59:59','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')
Can anybody tell me why looking for recrods by the FILE_DATE field that has no time portion, it is a 'DATE' data type field, would produce different results based on different time parameters passed into the WHERE clause? This has me really confused and I just can not figure out why this behavior changes which makes me leary to trust a work around solution of just apending random time data to the where clause.
Below it the entire SQL query from the origanal source.
SELECT
r.county_cd,
c.coname,
COUNT(unique r.file_name) AS transmissions,
count(r.use_no) AS records,
count(r.use_no) - count(e.use_no) AS no_error_records,
count(e.use_no) AS error_records,
sum(e.errors) AS total_errors
FROM
raw_pur r INNER JOIN
pur_lookup l
ON (r.use_no = l.use_no AND r.year = l.seq_year) LEFT OUTER JOIN
SELECT
year,
use_no,
count(use_no) AS errors
FROM
errors
WHERE
NOT (error_code = 17 OR error_code = 20 OR error_code = 72 OR error_code = 52 OR
(error_code = 12 AND error_type = 'POSSIBLE') OR
(error_code = 69 AND error_type = 'POSSIBLE') OR
(error_code = 37 AND error_type = 'POSSIBLE') OR
(error_code = 39 AND error_type = 'POSSIBLE'))
GROUP BY
year,
use_no
) e ON (r.year = e.year AND r.use_no = e.use_no) INNER JOIN
county c
ON (r.county_cd = c.county_cd)
WHERE
r.file_date BETWEEN <cfqueryparam value="#form.fromDate#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_date">
AND <cfqueryparam value="#form.toDate#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_date">
GROUP BY
r.county_cd,
c.coname
ORDER BY
r.county_cd

Thanks guys. The errant records in question do indeed have time portions to the values in the FILE_DATE field, though they are not supposed to and all the other records do not.
Thanks for the suggestion to use the to_char function to suss out the actual, full values.
It is always so useful to have helpful IDEs (Oracle SQL Developer in my case) that hide information from you. I was using this to look at the field expecting to find time data, but was not seeing it. I guess SQL developer is formatting the date-time value for me since this is a date field. How helpful in a debugging situation.
Now to figure out why these records are in the database in this way in the first place. Because they are not supposed to be.
Again, thanks for the help.
Ian

Sql count function in order by clause

Post Author: krypton
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
Hi Guys
Can i ask a quick question. I am trying to retrieve data remotely from a SQL Server via crystal reports.
Within the Database Expert I have entered a SQL query to retrive the number of (call center) support calls raised by our customers:-
Select `Primary_Company`, COUNT(`Calls`)From `SPRT_Issue` GROUP BY `Primary_Company`ORDER BY COUNT(`Calls`) desc
The customer's column is called 'Primary Company' and the calls they raise are in the 'Calls' column. the above is a normal sql query.
However Crystal fails to run the query and generates an error message :-
Failed to open a rowset. Details: 420: Driver] Expected lexical element not found: <identifier>
I dont understand why it wont run. In the ORDER BY clause if i replace field 'Calls' by the field 'Primary Company' then it works.
I think the problem is that it wont accept the count function in the order by clause. which is what i want it to do i.e display the calls in descending order by each customer.
Could someone tell me if there is a way around it.
Thanks
Krypton

Post Author: krypton
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
Thanks Lynn
I tried your suggestion. But there is one probelm.
When i sort the data in descending order using the count(calls) field, the data is returned but the customer's name appears multiple times along with their calls raised.
E.g, if customer Mark raised multiple calls i.e. 2, 5, and 10 calls, then the report will show
Mark 2
Mark 5
Mark 10
But is there a way to aggregate all the calls for mark and show them only once:
such as Mark 17
Thanks

Count() function with selective criteria?

I'm struggling with what I would expect to be a fundamental reporting concept in CR.
Suppose I have the following EMPLOYEE table:
u2022 EMPLOYEE.ID
u2022 EMPLOYEE.GENDER_CODE
u2022 EMPLOYEE.MANAGER_FLAG
I need to generate a statistical summary report containing the following:
u2022 Total number of Employees
u2022 Number of Male Employees
u2022 Number of Management Employees
This would be easy if I could just use a Count() function in the Function Workshop which
contained selective criteria. For example: Count ({EMPLOYEE.GENDER_CODE} = 'M')
But I can't figure out how to do this without getting a CR error message.
Record Selection doesn't work, because I need the whole data set.
Group Selection with Summaries doesn't work, because the gender and management
attributes are not mutually exclusive.
One solution that seems awkward to me is to create additional SQL commands in the
Database Expert using COUNT(*) and WHERE criteria to get the number of Males
and number of Managers. But I have to believe that there is a better way. Plus this
approach causes problems elsewhere in my report.
Am I missing something?
Thanks,
Bill

Thanks Raghavendra!
The good news is that I was able to create a "1 or 0" formula and then sum the resulting values.
The bad news is that I'm only able to get this to work for part of my report.
I am joining two tables. As an example COMPANY and EMPLOYEE.
I can use "1 or 0" formulas on all of the employee statistics.
But I cannot do the same for company statistics, because the number of company records being assigned a 1 is being inflated by the join between the two tables.
I have achieved a successful result by using Running Total Fields at the end of the report.
But I want to place these summary statistics at the begining of my report. (Such as Total Companies in the Western Region.)
I tried to use "COMPANY.NAME = previous(COMPANY.NAME)" logic in my function, but then I was not allowed to summarize it.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Bill

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