Format strings / typed measures / mdxformat()

Hi all,
what is the 'secret' of format strings? I read the manual but I don't understand the clear difference to 'typed measures'. According to dbag format strings need a MDX Format directive.
MDX Format Directive
A format string is defined by the following syntax:
format_string_expression = MdxFormat ( string_value_expression ) where string_value_expression is a valid MDX string value expression as described in the MDX specification documented in theOracle Essbase Technical Reference.
I don't find any documentation about a MDX Format directive. Does anybody have 'speaking sample'...I just want to get the idea...
And again, what is the clear difference to typed measures?
Thanks
Robert

Farmat strings are part of typed measures. they allow you to use MDX to set up different ways of looking at data. With a text list you are limited to integer values for data with a format string you could use a case statement to define ranges like case when [sales] < 100 then "bad" else "good"

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Format string in Essbase 11.1.1

Hello Experts,
I tried the following from the examples:
MdxFormat(
CASE
WHEN CellValue() <= 5 THEN “Low”
WHEN CellValue() <= 10 THEN “Medium”
WHEN CellValue() <= 15 THEN “High”
ELSE “Very High”
END
no success
CASE
WHEN CellValue() <= 5 THEN “Low”
WHEN CellValue() <= 10 THEN “Medium”
WHEN CellValue() <= 15 THEN “High”
ELSE “Very High”
END
no success
CellValue()
no success
What is a valid format string?
I would appreciate if you could explain me format string and valid example.
Environment :
Essbase 11.1.1
OS : Win Server 2003
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Sonu

Refer the Essbase 11.1.1 Administration Guide document, Chapter 12 "Working with Typed Measures" , under section "Working with Format Strings" in Page 195
A format string is defined by the following syntax:
format_string_expression = MdxFormat ( string_value_expression )
where string_value_expression is a valid MDX string value expression as described in the MDX specification documented in theOracle Essbase Technical Reference.
How to Download Essbase 11.1.1 Database Administrator's Guide and Technical Reference Document.
a) Login into Metalink.
b) Select the option "Knowledge" from the Menu. Under the section "Hyperion Online Product Documentation", Click on the link "Hyperion 11.1.1 Documentation"
c) In the Documentation Library window, Select the tab "Essbase" (http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12825_01/nav/portal_3.htm) and under Oracle Essbase, download the "Database Administrator's Guide" and "Technical Reference" Documents.
Example 1:
MdxFormat
( CASE
WHEN CellValue() <= 5 THEN
"Low"
WHEN CellValue() <= 10 THEN
"Medium"
WHEN CellValue() <= 15 THEN
"High"
ELSE
"Very High"
END
Example 2:
MdxFormat(numtostr(cellvalue())) // need to use mdxformat and numtostr to input a string argument.

ViScanf invalid format string due to #sample size data1, data2,... response

I'm writing a program which will utilize the internal memeory of the Agilent 34410A DMM for making fast measurements (10K/s). In order to do this, I need to setup a test, have the data stored to the internal memory, then read and delete it, while other measurements are still happening. The best command for the read/delete function is the R? command, but it returns the data in a strange format which breaks the ViScanf format string.
an example of the R? reading in below:
R? 2
#231+2.87536000E-04,+3.18131400E-03
Is there a way to setup the ViScanf format string to handle this?
Thanks
Ryan

Yes, I am using CVI
If it was just returning one value I would use a simple viScanf function like this:
viScanf (vi, "%f", fbuf);
If you do a READ from in the instrument, it returns an array of floats so you need to adjust you viScan fuction parse the string into an array of floats like this (array of 500 for this example):
viScanf(vi, "%,500f", fbuf);
The problem is the data response to the R? command starts with the array size and is then followed by the data (#231+2.87536000E-04,+3.18131400E-03). In the previous example, I need to delete the #, and parse the 231 into an array size variable and then fill an array (fbuf in this case) with the data.

Dataexport to Oracle tables with typed measures.

Hi,
Does anyone know if it is possible to export typed measures (dates and text) to an Oracle table using dataexport under Essbase 11.1.1.2? I've tried but I just get a message saying 'unable to export data to sql table' with no associated sql/odbc error messages:
[Mon Aug 17 21:10:03 2009]Local/ChangeR/Change4/admin/Info(1021041)
Connection String is [DSN=datadump;UID=...;PWD=...;]
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Connection With SQL Database Server is Established
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[Mon Aug 17 21:10:03 2009]Local/ChangeR/Change4/admin/Info(1021002)
SQL Connection is Freed
[Mon Aug 17 21:10:03 2009]Local/ChangeR/Change4/admin/Warning(1080014)
Transaction [ 0x1e0003( 0x4a89b91b.0x69398 ) ] aborted due to status [1012085].
I know it's something to do with the typed measures as I copied the cube and deleted the typed measures and had the dataexport working just fine. I've also tried changing the table fields from date & varchar2 to number just in case dataexport was ignoring the smartlist/date lookups.
For the record, typed measures are exported correctly to text files, so it's seems to be just ODBC targets that I'm having this problem with.
Thanks,
Paul.
Edited by: user602952 on 17-Aug-2009 13:30

Thanks Glenn, but I've already tried that - (it's varchar2 in oracle) - I've tried various combinations of varchar2, number and date all to know avail and all with no helpful messages that might give me a clue.

Load associate format string using DLR

Hi,
I'm trying to load an associate format string with a DLR from a text datafile.
My DLR has been built like this :
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Sorry if this has already been asked, couldn't find it in the pages of results that came up for string formatting.
I'm trying to output a string to serial, to control a robot arm for my undergrad final year project. At the moment it'll work if I put in a manually typed in string, but I want to make a nice VI GUI for the 'bot. To do this I need combined strings
eg
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Dynamically update values in Text Lists for typed measures

Hi,
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Parsing formatted String to Int

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Exchange 2010, khi: failed to execute Troubleshoot-DatabaseSpace.ps1 Error formatting a string: Format string is not supported

Hi,
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How to get the system date format string?

Hello, everybody!
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http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=301034&messageID=1193794
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Hi, not sure, but
import java.text.*;
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SQL LOADER and ORA-01861: literal does not match format string

Hi,
I've to load data through control_file(.ctl) into oracle table through sqlldr. Oracle 11g, win xp.
as soon as I use - sqlldr dss/dss control=orders.ctl I get error or nothing.
Text file that is generated after loading fails has the following error.
Record 1: Rejected - Error on table ORDERS, column O_ORDERDATE.
ORA-01861: literal does not match format string
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SYSDATE
2010-01-10but still i'm getting the same error. I've to load millions of data. how I can solve this issue.
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Hi,
It's strange ....nobody knew it?. I think this type of load problem will be very common isn't it.... where date column data is in a different format than in the db i.e.
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1|36901|O|173665.47|1996-01-02|5-LOW|Clerk#000000951|0|nstructions sleep furiously among |
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SQL Error: ORA-01861: literal does not match format string

Hello,
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$if dbms_db_version.ver_le_10 $then
deterministic
$elsif dbms_db_version.ver_le_11 $then
result_cache
$end
as
begin
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C_IP,
CS_USER_AGENT,
(CS_URI_STEM||'?'||CS_URI_QUERY) as WEB_LINK
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select SESSION_DT, C_IP, CS_USER_AGENT,
listagg(WEB_LINK, ' ')
within group(order by C_IP, CS_USER_AGENT) "WEB_LINKS"
from WEBLOG_VIEWS
group by C_IP, CS_USER_AGENT, SESSION_DT
order by SESSION_DT
For this, I got the error,
Error starting at line 1 in command:
create table FINAL_LOG as
select SESSION_DT, C_IP, CS_USER_AGENT,
listagg(WEB_LINK, ' ')
within group(order by C_IP, CS_USER_AGENT) "WEB_LINKS"
from WEBLOG_VIEWS
group by C_IP, CS_USER_AGENT, SESSION_DT
order by SESSION_DT
Error at Command Line:1 Column:7
Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-01861: literal does not match format string
ORA-06512: at "DMUSER.SSNDATE", line 11
ORA-06512: at line 1
01861. 00000 - "literal does not match format string"
*Cause: Literals in the input must be the same length as literals in
the format string (with the exception of leading whitespace).
If the "FX" modifier has been toggled on, the literal must
match exactly, with no extra whitespace.
*Action: Correct the format string to match the literal.
I don't know where I'm going wrong with this.. the to_date function should be fine. In the data that I possess, the date and time are in no format. Example: 30118 and 0:00:09 respectively. If anyone has any clue about this I would be sincerely grateful for any help that I can get!! It's quite urgent..
The Oracle version is 11.2.0.1.0
Edited by: 975265 on Dec 5, 2012 5:31 PM

975265 wrote:
Ok.. Looks like I touched a nerve there. I apologize. I'm still a student, and this is the first time that I've tried something at this level. I'm still in the learning process, so I was hoping that someone could point me in the right direction in order to "fix" the data.Not so much touching a nerve as simply trying to implement a very very poor, but all too common, practice. Since you are a student (which we didn't know until this post) most people will cut you some slack. However, this little exchange should now be burned into your brain as you move forward. One of the very first rules of programming is to ALWAYS use the correct data types for your data. And along with that, never ever depend on implicit type conversions - always use the proper explicit conversion functions.
And as a slight follow-on, when considering the appropriate data type, don't assume that just because we refer to a given element as a 'something number' that it is indeed a number. Telephone "numbers" are NOT numbers. U.S. Social Security "numbers" are NOT numbers. U.S. Postal Zip codes are NOT numbers. All are just character strings which, by convention, we limit to the same characters we use to represent numbers.
And since this entire discussion came up around the representation of dates, you might want to take a look at http://edstevensdba.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/nls_date_format/
Now, go forth and be a smarter programmer than your peers.
Edited by: EdStevens on Dec 6, 2012 6:12 AM

Can I use bpws:getVariableData() within oraext:format-string() ?

I have problem in using the following expression in my "Assign" activity:
oraext:format-string('|{0}|',bpws:getVariableData('inputVariable','payload','/client:process/client:name_param))
I get the following error
<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><env:Header/><env:Body><env:Fault><faultcode>env:Server</faultcode><faultstring>XPath expression failed to execute.
An error occurs while processing the XPath expression; the expression is oraext:format-string(‘|{0}|',bpws:getVariableData('inputVariable','payload','/client:process/client: name_param')).
The XPath expression failed to execute; the reason was: internal xpath error.
Check the detailed root cause described in the exception message text and verify that the XPath query is correct.
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Strangely, I can use the following expressions:
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2. oraext:format-string('|{0}|', 'A value')
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Error: ORA-01861: literal does not match format string

Hi,
I am doing a RFC-XI-JDBC scenario.
In the CC monitoring , i am getting this error for the reciver CC:
"Error while parsing or executing XML-SQL document: Error processing request in sax parser: Error when executing statement for table/stored proc. "TableNAMe"(structure 'STATEMENTNAME'): java.sql.SQLException: ORA-01861: literal does not match format string "
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