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Rob's avatar
Rob
New Contributor
4 years ago

Clear data on Origin Forms

Does anyone have a piece of code to clear data on the origin Forms member for just a few accounts? The api.data.clearcalculateddata is not possible (data is not calculated) and api.data.setdatacell d...
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  • ChristianW's avatar
    ChristianW
    4 years ago

    You can combine calculate with clearcalculateddate like this:

    Dim script as string = pov

api.data.calculate($"{script} = 0 * {script}")

api.data.clearcalculateddata(script)

    The first row will make it calculated, the second row will delete it, because now it is calculated.

  • Rob's avatar
    Rob
    4 years ago

    Thanks Christian, tested this and works as expected. 

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poswald
New Contributor III

I've tried this, but I'm not following how to do this.  I have several accounts where I only want to clear the Forms data.  

 

I need the forms data cleared for all the accounts where Text 8 Startswith VarPercentofSales

This was the code I tried:

 

Dim script As String = "A#All:F#EndBal_Input:V#Periodic:O#Forms:U1#Local_Input:U2#None:U3#None:U4#None:U5#None:U6#None:U7#None:U8#None.Where(Text8 Startswith VarPercentofSales)"

api.data.calculate($"{script} = 0 * {script}")

api.data.ClearCalculatedData("TRUE","TRUE","TRUE","TRUE","A#IncStmnt.Base.Where(Text8 Startswith VarPercentofSales)",,"O#Forms",,,,,,,,,)

 

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ChristianW
Valued Contributor
4 years ago

The script and the syntax is not correct, try this:

Dim script As String = "A#All"

api.data.calculate($"{script} = 0 * {script}","A#IncStmnt.Base.Where(Text8 Startswith VarPercentofSales)",,"O#Forms")
api.data.ClearCalculatedData(True,True,True,True,"A#IncStmnt.Base.Where(Text8 Startswith VarPercentofSales)",,"O#Forms")

 

  • poswald's avatar
    poswald
    New Contributor III
    4 years ago

    This worked.  You showed me something different when working with variables.  Usually I see variables used like this:

    api.data.calculate (script & "= 0* "& script, "A#IncStmnt.Base.Where(Text8 Startswith VarPercentofSales)",,"O#Forms")

    Instead the script appears like this:

    api.data.calculate ($"{script} = 0* {script}", "A#IncStmnt.Base.Where(Text8 Startswith VarPercentofSales)",,"O#Forms")

    Does the $ sign have to be used with the "{ }" brackets?

    Where do you find these different formats that can be used?  Does it have to do with how VB.net script is setup?

    • JackLacava's avatar
      JackLacava
      Honored Contributor
      2 years ago

      For reference: this is called "string interpolation", and is a relatively recent feature of VB.Net - no extra setup required in recent OneStream versions (I'd say 6+, but might work on earlier ones too).