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Yaseen's avatar
Yaseen
New Contributor III
2 years ago

Error using Where clause with 'or' condition inside GetDataBufferUsingFormula

Hello -

 

is there a way to make the below work inside GetDataBufferUsingFormula .

Getting Error processing script 'V#Periodic:F#EndBal_Input:A#:U1#USF02'.

Dim SrcDataBuffer As DataBuffer = api.Data.GetDataBufferUsingFormula("FilterMembers(V#Periodic:F#EndBal_Input:S#Actual:T#" & sLastActMth & ":U1#" & mCostCenter.Member.name & ",[A#[PNL].Base.Where((Name StartsWith '4') or (Name StartsWith '5') or (Name StartsWith '7') or (Name StartsWith 'X'))], [U3#[TopUD3].Base],[U2#[TopUD2].Base])").

Looks like not recognizing filter with 'or' inside where clause.

 

 

Below works fine without an 'or' condition.

Dim SrcDataBuffer As DataBuffer = api.Data.GetDataBufferUsingFormula("FilterMembers(V#Periodic:F#EndBal_Input:S#Actual:T#" & sLastActMth & ":U1#" & mCostCenter.Member.name & ",[A#[PNL].Base.Where(Name StartsWith '4')], [U3#[TopUD3].Base],[U2#[TopUD2].Base])").

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  • EricOsmanski's avatar
    EricOsmanski
    2 years ago

    Try this removing the square brackets from around the member name, so you don't have 2 sets.

     

    Dim SrcDataBuffer As DataBuffer = api.Data.GetDataBufferUsingFormula("FilterMembers(V#Periodic:F#EndBal_Input:S#Actual:T#" & sLastActMth & ":U1#" & mCostCenter.Member.name & ",[A#PNL.Base.Where((Name StartsWith '4') or (Name StartsWith '5') or (Name StartsWith '7') or (Name StartsWith 'X'))], [U3#TopUD3.Base],[U2#TopUD2.Base])").

  • EricOsmanski's avatar
    EricOsmanski
    Valued Contributor
    2 years ago

    Try this removing the square brackets from around the member name, so you don't have 2 sets.

     

    Dim SrcDataBuffer As DataBuffer = api.Data.GetDataBufferUsingFormula("FilterMembers(V#Periodic:F#EndBal_Input:S#Actual:T#" & sLastActMth & ":U1#" & mCostCenter.Member.name & ",[A#PNL.Base.Where((Name StartsWith '4') or (Name StartsWith '5') or (Name StartsWith '7') or (Name StartsWith 'X'))], [U3#TopUD3.Base],[U2#TopUD2.Base])").

    • Yaseen's avatar
      Yaseen
      New Contributor III
      2 years ago

      Thanks Eric, removing the square brackets worked.

  • MikeG's avatar
    MikeG
    Contributor III
    2 years ago

     

    No single quotes are required.  And you may need some brackets when doing the expansion in a GetDataBufferUsingFormula API.  Here are some examples:

     

    I'm not the best coder, but give this a try:

    api.Data.GetDataBufferUsingFormula("FilterMembers(V#Periodic, [F#EndBal_Input], [S#Actual], [T#" & sLastActMth & "], [U1#" & mCostCenter.Member.name & "], [A#[PNL].Base.Where((Name StartsWith 4) or (Name StartsWith 5) or (Name StartsWith 7) or (Name StartsWith X))], [U3#[TopUD3].Base],[U2#[TopUD2].Base])")

     

     

  • MikeG's avatar
    MikeG
    Contributor III
    2 years ago

    Hi Yaseen just for my sanity, can you confirm if in the StartsWith condition that '4' and 4 without the single quotes works?  It won't throw an error, but I believe the quotes are not needed even for a string condition check.

    • Yaseen's avatar
      Yaseen
      New Contributor III
      2 years ago

      Hi Mike- Yes, works with out single quotes as well. thanks!

  • Krishna's avatar
    Krishna
    Valued Contributor
    2 years ago

    1. It should be single code missing verify the string

    2. You can create an account alternative hierarchy and loop through those accounts, you dont have to deal with all the where condition. Just base will work.