Hi folks,
I am having a problem, and not sure how to go about fixing it - I've tried a couple of options, but neither work.
We have transaction data supplied to us in an Info Provider in BW, and I want to load this into BPC with the standard packages, transformations and conversion files.
The source data has a cost centre field (called 0PERS_SAREA), but it's not consistent, so a value could be 4898 (which is correct), but sometimes it is padded with a leading zero (0605 for example, which is wrong; it should be simply 605) or even padded with a leading "E" (E123 for example, which is also incorrect; 123 would be the expected value).
I don't have access to amend this field, or create a new BW field, so I want to clean this value with a conversion file. I am trying to use Javascript in the internal column, like this:
| EXTERNAL | INTERNAL | FORMULA |
|---|---|---|
| 0* | JS:%EXTERNAL%.substr(1,3) | |
| E* | JS:%EXTERNAL%.substr(1,3) | |
| * | * |
So in English, I'm trying to say IF the field value starts with a zero, ignore the first character and just take the other 3 (the field is only 4 characters long).
IF the field value starts with an "E", ignore the first character and just take the other 3.
Otherwise, any other value is valid and OK.
But when I run this, I get an error "JS: %EXTERNAL%.substr(1,3) evaluation error" - no other info is given.
I've used the transformation option CONVERT_INTERNAL and tried both YES and NO values - no effect.
| *OPTIONS |
| FORMAT = DELIMITED |
| HEADER = YES |
| DELIMITER = , |
| AMOUNTDECIMALPOINT = . |
| SKIP = 0 |
| SKIPIF = |
| VALIDATERECORDS=YES |
| CREDITPOSITIVE=YES |
| MAXREJECTCOUNT= |
| ROUNDAMOUNT= |
| CONVERT_INTERNAL=NO |
| *MAPPING |
| ENTITY=0PERS_SAREA |
| *CONVERSION |
ENTITY=ENTITY.xls |
I also tried to use an IF statement in a single row, where EXTERNAL is * like this:
*IF(%external%==0??? then js:%external%.substr(%external%,1,3); %external%==E??? then js:%external%.substr(%external%,1,3); %external%)
(I tried a few variations of this, still no luck. All that happens is the string "%external%" gets added into the transformed file).
Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Or have things changed that dramatically since 7.5NW?
Hope that makes sense - any ideas welcome! I've attached (tab-delimited versions of) the conversion and transformation files to this post if you need them.
Thanks,
Jason