Setting default values in BI Publisher

Zimmer

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Setting default values in BI Publisher

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Hi,

 

I am trying this given piece of code in .rtf to set default value of a variable to 3 but it remains blank in .pdf  generated by BI Publisher when the variable value is null. Could this be wrong syntax?

 

<?if:MY_VARIABLE!=''?><?MY_VARIABLE?><? else '3' ?><?end if?>

 

Regards,

Zimmer

Thanks for your help, Venkat-BIP. I changed my code a little in order to format numbers.

<?if:MY_VARIABLE!= '*'?><?format-number(MY_VARIABLE,'## ##0',’Yen’)?>,-<?end if?> <?if:MY_VARIABLE='*'?><?format-number(5,'## ##0',’Yen’)?>,-<?end if?>

Here I have '*' as I am using 11g and I am trying to set 5 as default value. But I am still getting the error "Cannot convert to number". could this be because of formatting default value?

Youssef_B_82

Hi,

try if the <?choose:?><?when:element!=""?> statement works  --> try both quotes '' and double cotes ""

For example:

<?choose:?>

<?when:MY_VARIABLE!=""?><?MY_VARIABLE?><?end when?>

<?otherwise:?>3<?end otherwise?>

<?end choose?>

also, if your tag is within a repeating group you might want to add the path

for example

<?choose:?>

<?when:MY_VARIABLE!='""?><?./G_1/MY_VARIABLE?><?end when?>

<?otherwise:?>3<?end otherwise?>

<?end choose?>

Let us know if that works

Regards,

Youssef

Venkat Thota - BIP

can you upload xml and rtf template. Thanks

Zimmer

It's a number. A double. It's from a data model created as a result of a query.

Venkat Thota - BIP

what exactly my variable is storing ? it is number or varchar. what is the source for myvariable ?

Dir_Pal

<?xdofx:if MY_VARIABLE!= '*' then XXXX

else

if MY_VARIABLE!= '*' then XXXX

else

XXXX

end if?>

try using this which might be helpful if u can do it in case.

Venkat Thota - BIP

xdofx:if $FAC!='*' then 'ALL FACILITIES' else $FAC end if ?> ,replace $fac with your variable OR <?xdofx:if $FAC!='' then 'ALL FACILITIES' else $FAC end if

Venkat Thota - BIP

first please check in bip data model how the null value is generating. example in bip 12c null value can be treated as '' in bip 11g it will treat as '*'  , sometimes RTF template wont recognise null as null it will treat as * value. please try with different combinations as '' or '*'.

Zimmer

Thanks a lot, Youssef. Using <?choose?> worked. Since MY_VARIABLE is defined beforehand in my data model, how can I set default value for it? For instance:

<?otherwise:?><?MY_VARIABLE=3?><?end otherwise?>

something like that?

Regards,