Hi All
I have a data object which is type Character at Universe level (Mydate) using SQL Server. As mentioned Mydate is format Character and its output is yyyy.dd.mm.
How do convert this to a date format so its works at report level when used in a prompt
See attached, where I believe I am need to amend
Many thanks for any help
Sims
Hi Sims,
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Try this, CAST(SALESDATE as date).
Thanks,
Mohammed
Hi Mohammed
Thanks for coming back…Appreciated…Used CAST(SALESDATE as date).See 2nd Attachment and the field date comes out as
eg 2021-08-26. In the report I an unable to use this in a user prompt as user is not able select via Parameter as it still recognises it as a Type Character
I then tried to amend the Type format of object to Date and get the non-compatible message.
Again , thank you for your assistance
Jzk
Zahed
Hi Zahed,
As you’ve used the Cast function to change it to Date, please change the Type (in drop down) from Character to Date, that should work.
Thanks,
Mohammed
Hi Mohammed
I did try that and got the following error , see attached
Have I possibly missed a step ?
Again , many thanks
Hi Mohammed
Apologies , it now works. You;re a great help
Jzk
Sims
