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How to pass Character value for Query which has Date column

Shanaka — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:37:48 +0000

In OBIEE Dashboard Answer i have used the following Advanced SQL Filter

CAST(“- Payment Date”.”Calender Date” as date) between CAST (CONCAT (’01-’, ‘@{var_from_date}’) as date) and TIMESTAMPADD(SQL_TSI_MONTH, 1, TIMESTAMPADD(SQL_TSI_DAY, -(DAY(cast(CONCAT (’01-’,'@{var_to_date}’) as date))), cast(CONCAT (’01-’,'@{var_to_date}’) as date)))

here the @{var_to_date} and @{var_from_date} are presentation variables capture values at the dashboard prompt.
Captured values are taken from date dimention month – year string value ‘MON-YYYY’ which need to convert to a date to pass to the query.

Hope this may useful.

Dashboard Prompts – Calender – How to Change the Date Format in the Calendar Object

Shanaka — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:14:25 +0000

1. Go to the following location
\OracleBI\web\config
2. Open the localedefinitions.xml file in edit mode
3. Find the language tag
e.g
-
Change the following tags based on the requirement
Date Short Format dd/MM/yyyy
Date Order dmy

Restart the BI Server and Presentation Services

Between Prompts for Date Columns – Error in Assigning the Date Format

Shanaka — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:50:38 +0000

The Following Error will displays when trying to input numeric or charactor value instead of date

Try to Format the date in the “globalfilterprompt.js” file which will found in the following two locations

1.\OracleBI\web\app\res\b_mozilla\prompts
2.\OracleBI\oc4j_bi\j2ee\home\applications\analytics\analytics\res\b_mozilla\prompts

The default date format which OBIEE accepts is “1900-01-01 12:00:00″

e.g: var sDisplayDate = “1900-01-01 12:00:00″;

Assign the default value for the Date Prompt.

Dashboard Prompts

Shanaka — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:59:25 +0000

How to create a simple dashboard prompt.

For my examples I have used sampleSales.rpd repository which is freely available on OBIEE.

1. Loging to the Presentation Services using default username and password (Administrator/Administrator)

2. Go to Answers. Create Report Layout using the Presentation Layer objects in the Sample Sales Reporsitory appeard in the left hand side.

3. Click on Answers again and go to the Left side and Create New Dashboard Prompt. Then Select the Subject Area. Then again will display the Sample Sales Presentation Layer objects in the left coner. Select a Column that you need as a filter in the Report Layout.

Here Dashboard Prompt Scope can be either Dashboard or Page. If it is Dashboard then the prompt value can accessible only within the Dashboard and if the scope is page then the prompt can use for other pages (Tabs)

Here its visible that the operators which can use for the dashboard prompt (is equal, lessthan, etc), Control – how would like to view the results for the prompt (facility to provide by user or drop down list or Multiple items to select), At report loading can pass a value to the report by using a hard coded value or through sql query etc, Set Variable -Provide a variable name for either for Presentation variable or Request Variable.

4. Then Save the prompt.

5. Go back to Answers (Where the Catelog/Dashboards were displayed).

6. Create Saved Filter to get the earlier declaired Presenation Variable. Here Click on New Saved Filter and then select the subject area and then pick a column which is assigned for DashboardSe Prompt. Save the Filter.

7. Then Add > Variable > Presentation and give the earlier mentioned variable name. Save the Report Layout.

8. Go to Dashboard and Add the prompt and Report.