Data Type displayed as unknown in Data models

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When I import ddl file, some of the data types are not getting interpreted correctly in the data model. For eg, data types datetime and signednumber are being displayed as unknown. I tried adding Logical Type mappings for signednumber (Tools-> Types Administration), but it still displays as unknown. Is there any solution for this issue?
Thanks,
Parvathy

Hi Philip,
This is the SQL statement. Sections in Bold are coming as unknown. I'm using Oracle 11g.
CREATE TABLE PS_JOB (
"EMPLID" CHAR(11)
,"EMPL_RCD" NUMBER(3)
,"EFFDT" DATE(10)
,"EFFSEQ" NUMBER(3)
,"PER_ORG" CHAR(3)
,"DEPTID" CHAR(10)
,"JOBCODE" CHAR(6)
,"POSITION_NBR" CHAR(8)
,"SUPERVISOR_ID" CHAR(11)
,"HR_STATUS" CHAR(1)
,"APPT_TYPE" CHAR(1)
,"MAIN_APPT_NUM_JPN" NUMBER(3)
,"POSITION_OVERRIDE" CHAR(1)
,"POSN_CHANGE_RECORD" CHAR(1)
,"EMPL_STATUS" CHAR(1)
,"ACTION" CHAR(3)
,"ACTION_DT" DATE(10)
,"ACTION_REASON" CHAR(3)
,"LOCATION" CHAR(10)
,"TAX_LOCATION_CD" CHAR(10)
,"JOB_ENTRY_DT" DATE(10)
,"DEPT_ENTRY_DT" DATE(10)
,"POSITION_ENTRY_DT" DATE(10)
,"SHIFT" CHAR(1)
,"REG_TEMP" CHAR(1)
,"FULL_PART_TIME" CHAR(1)
,"COMPANY" CHAR(3)
,"PAYGROUP" CHAR(3)
,"BAS_GROUP_ID" CHAR(3)
,"ELIG_CONFIG1" CHAR(10)
,"ELIG_CONFIG2" CHAR(10)
,"ELIG_CONFIG3" CHAR(10)
,"ELIG_CONFIG4" CHAR(10)
,"ELIG_CONFIG5" CHAR(10)
,"ELIG_CONFIG6" CHAR(10)
,"ELIG_CONFIG7" CHAR(10)
,"ELIG_CONFIG8" CHAR(10)
,"ELIG_CONFIG9" CHAR(10)
,"BEN_STATUS" CHAR(4)
,"BAS_ACTION" CHAR(3)
,"COBRA_ACTION" CHAR(3)
,"EMPL_TYPE" CHAR(1)
,"HOLIDAY_SCHEDULE" CHAR(6)
,"STD_HOURS" NUMBER(7)
,"STD_HRS_FREQUENCY" CHAR(5)
,"OFFICER_CD" CHAR(1)
,"EMPL_CLASS" CHAR(3)
,"SAL_ADMIN_PLAN" CHAR(4)
,"GRADE" CHAR(3)
,"GRADE_ENTRY_DT" DATE(10)
,"STEP" NUMBER(2)
,"STEP_ENTRY_DT" DATE(10)
,"GL_PAY_TYPE" CHAR(6)
,"ACCT_CD" CHAR(25)
,"EARNS_DIST_TYPE" CHAR(1)
,"COMP_FREQUENCY" CHAR(5)
,"COMPRATE" NUMBER(19)
*,"CHANGE_AMT" SIGNEDNUMBER(20)*
*,"CHANGE_PCT" SIGNEDNUMBER(8)*
,"ANNUAL_RT" NUMBER(19)
,"MONTHLY_RT" NUMBER(19)
,"DAILY_RT" NUMBER(19)
,"HOURLY_RT" NUMBER(19)
,"ANNL_BENEF_BASE_RT" NUMBER(19)
,"SHIFT_RT" NUMBER(19)
,"SHIFT_FACTOR" NUMBER(5)
,"CURRENCY_CD" CHAR(3)
,"BUSINESS_UNIT" CHAR(5)
,"SETID_DEPT" CHAR(5)
,"SETID_JOBCODE" CHAR(5)
,"SETID_LOCATION" CHAR(5)
,"SETID_SALARY" CHAR(5)
,"SETID_EMPL_CLASS" CHAR(5)
,"REG_REGION" CHAR(5)
,"DIRECTLY_TIPPED" CHAR(1)
,"FLSA_STATUS" CHAR(1)
,"EEO_CLASS" CHAR(1)
,"FUNCTION_CD" CHAR(2)
,"TARIFF_GER" CHAR(2)
,"TARIFF_AREA_GER" CHAR(3)
,"PERFORM_GROUP_GER" CHAR(2)
,"LABOR_TYPE_GER" CHAR(1)
,"SPK_COMM_ID_GER" CHAR(9)
,"HOURLY_RT_FRA" CHAR(3)
,"ACCDNT_CD_FRA" CHAR(1)
,"VALUE_1_FRA" CHAR(5)
,"VALUE_2_FRA" CHAR(5)
,"VALUE_3_FRA" CHAR(5)
,"VALUE_4_FRA" CHAR(5)
,"VALUE_5_FRA" CHAR(5)
,"CTG_RATE" NUMBER(3)
,"PAID_HOURS" NUMBER(7)
,"PAID_FTE" NUMBER(8)
,"PAID_HRS_FREQUENCY" CHAR(5)
,"UNION_FULL_PART" CHAR(1)
,"UNION_POS" CHAR(1)
,"MATRICULA_NBR" NUMBER(5)
,"SOC_SEC_RISK_CODE" CHAR(3)
,"UNION_FEE_AMOUNT" NUMBER(9)
,"UNION_FEE_START_DT" DATE(10)
,"UNION_FEE_END_DT" DATE(10)
,"EXEMPT_JOB_LBR" CHAR(1)
,"EXEMPT_HOURS_MONTH" NUMBER(3)
,"WRKS_CNCL_FUNCTION" CHAR(1)
,"INTERCTR_WRKS_CNCL" CHAR(1)
,"CURRENCY_CD1" CHAR(3)
,"PAY_UNION_FEE" CHAR(1)
,"UNION_CD" CHAR(3)
,"BARG_UNIT" CHAR(4)
,"UNION_SENIORITY_DT" DATE(10)
,"ENTRY_DATE" DATE(10)
,"LABOR_AGREEMENT" CHAR(6)
,"EMPL_CTG" CHAR(6)
,"EMPL_CTG_L1" CHAR(6)
,"EMPL_CTG_L2" CHAR(6)
,"SETID_LBR_AGRMNT" CHAR(5)
,"WPP_STOP_FLAG" CHAR(1)
,"LABOR_FACILITY_ID" CHAR(10)
,"LBR_FAC_ENTRY_DT" DATE(10)
,"LAYOFF_EXEMPT_FLAG" CHAR(1)
,"LAYOFF_EXEMPT_RSN" CHAR(11)
,"GP_PAYGROUP" CHAR(10)
,"GP_DFLT_ELIG_GRP" CHAR(1)
,"GP_ELIG_GRP" CHAR(10)
,"GP_DFLT_CURRTTYP" CHAR(1)
,"CUR_RT_TYPE" CHAR(5)
,"GP_DFLT_EXRTDT" CHAR(1)
,"GP_ASOF_DT_EXG_RT" CHAR(1)
,"ADDS_TO_FTE_ACTUAL" CHAR(1)
,"CLASS_INDC" CHAR(1)
,"ENCUMB_OVERRIDE" CHAR(1)
,"FICA_STATUS_EE" CHAR(1)
,"FTE" NUMBER(8)
,"PRORATE_CNT_AMT" CHAR(1)
,"PAY_SYSTEM_FLG" CHAR(2)
,"BORDER_WALKER" CHAR(1)
,"LUMP_SUM_PAY" CHAR(1)
,"CONTRACT_NUM" CHAR(25)
,"JOB_INDICATOR" CHAR(1)
,"WRKS_CNCL_ROLE_CHE" CHAR(30)
,"BENEFIT_SYSTEM" CHAR(2)
,"WORK_DAY_HOURS" NUMBER(7)
,"REPORTS_TO" CHAR(8)
,"FORCE_PUBLISH" DATE(10)
,"JOB_DATA_SRC_CD" CHAR(3)
,"ESTABID" CHAR(12)
,"SUPV_LVL_ID" CHAR(8)
,"SETID_SUPV_LVL" CHAR(5)
,"ABSENCE_SYSTEM_CD" CHAR(3)
,"POI_TYPE" CHAR(5)
,"HIRE_DT" DATE(10)
,"LAST_HIRE_DT" DATE(10)
,"TERMINATION_DT" DATE(10)
,"ASGN_START_DT" DATE(10)
,"LST_ASGN_START_DT" DATE(10)
,"ASGN_END_DT" DATE(10)
,"LDW_OVR" CHAR(1)
,"LAST_DATE_WORKED" DATE(10)
,"EXPECTED_RETURN_DT" DATE(10)
,"EXPECTED_END_DATE" DATE(10)
,"AUTO_END_FLG" CHAR(1)
*,"LASTUPDDTTM" DATETIME(26)*
,"LASTUPDOPRID" CHAR(30)
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like refers the existing data object
reward if useful
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Dynamic ORDER BY clause - Possible different data types...

I have a lexical parameter in my ORDER BY clause:
ORDER BY &P_ORDER_BY
My problem is that I have to designate this parameter as either a date, character or number, but the user defined column being ordered by could be any one of these. When I designate the parameter as a character type, and a number data type column is chosen, it orders by that value, but it orders it as though it were a character field, referencing the initial digit and not the overall numeric value. If I choose a number parameter type, and a character value is chosen, I get an invalid number error, and so on.
Anyone have any ideas how I can do this?

Okay, now we're on the right track. The lexical parameter I'm using allows the user to choose from a list of the columns being retrieved in the SELECT statement, so it will always be one that's in there, as you said. Now, since I don't know which one it's going to be, I can't just make all but one of them 'None' for the break order, BUT, what I intended to do was to add a column to the SELECT statement that would always return the column they chose, and I could put the break order on that column, leaving all the rest 'None'. However, in the past, this has created 2 problems for me.
1.) As I mentioned in the first post, the column being returned could have a data type of character, number or date, but the parameter must be designated as only one of these. So, if the user chooses to order by a column having a value with a data type other than what the parameter is designated to be, then I get errors, it doesn't order correctly, etc...
2.) This is the strange, but anytime I've marked all but one column as 'None' for the Break Order, my child data doesn't always stay with the parent. For example, the report is on an IT request database. The 'group fields' consist of data elements that are demographic info.of a request (requester, date requested, description, etc...), and the details for each request list out the comments that have been made in the system for that request. The problem I'm seeing when I set the break orders this way is that each request displays not only its own comments, but it lists out comments for other requests as well, and there doesn't seem to be any logic to which request's comments it lists in addition to its own, it just lists as many as will fit on the page...I don't know if I explained that very well, but that's what's happening.
Does any of that make sense? Any ideas?

How to set the date date type to work

This may be a silly question, but I can't seem to get the Date data type to work for a date account member. When I go into the Planning app and choose an account that I want to set as a date entry account, the web form doesn't seem to show that the date setting works for the account. I even set my account type to be Saved Assumption. For example, I expect to see the date formatted to 10/20/2009 when I enter that value in the web form under my account "Hire Date". I also checked the display options under the Planning preferences. So does anyone know if this function even works on 9.3 or 11.1?

Hi,
Sounds like you have not set the evaluation order for accounts. Administration > Dimensions > Evaluation Order > select plan type > move accounts to the other window, apply.
Try the form again.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Data types in DB connect

Hi all
I have following fields in my SQL 2005 DB
<b>type - len</b>
uniqueidentifier - 16
ENUM     - 1
datetime     - 23
NAME     - 255
COMMENT - 16
When I make the data source in BW 2004s , what are the data types that I should use for my infoobjects
Can you please tell me. also let me know if I need to concentrate on any other data types as well.
Note: Date time has both date and time in 12 hr format with AM/PM

Hello Chetan,
I am trying to pull data thru DB and I am getting similar unknown error. I have everything what you have explained in your reply.
Only thing I am doing differently is ''date'' field. I am trying to bring it in as charactor field. I will convert it to SAP date format in my level 2 DSO.
I have activated data source. When I try to preview data ( total # only 20). I get following error :
Unknown error occured while uploading data from the DB Table.
Message no. RSDS_ACCESS027
I have noticed another thing on Proposal Tab page : Columne - 'Type in Database' --All enteries in this column says 'undefined'.
I dont know why it is so.. it should be varchar2/numner/date etc.
Please let me know.
Thanks
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        Shaan

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