I have a date parameter in my report, which pulls data based on a date in the report which is formatted mm/dd/yyyy. However when the parameter prompts for an input, the parameter requests the date in yyyy-mm-dd.
When entered, data is still correctly shown, however for the user I'd prefer the parameter to be shown mm/dd/yyyy.
How do I change how the parameter date formatting?
All date Parameter from your Crystal Report must set as string format.
Do not rely on date itself
for example you have a date in your query something like:
20190322 your parameter must looks like this so that it will match when passing it.
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I am trying in D365 to create a dynamic date format, that is based on the preferences of the user. There is a field "Date, time, and number format" and based on the value of this field, the date format has to be changed. The field on the SSRS report is for some other purposes string, created by some values and one date field, so I would like to ask, if there is any function, that would in a code change the date format based on the user's preferences.
Many thanks for any advice
I am trying to change the date format for one of my field to dd/MM/yyyy but every time I used the below expression I get dd/MM/yyyy as the value in the cell instead of changing the format.
The data source that I am using is Teradata.
Expression used: =Format(FormatDateTime(Fields!DATE.Value, DateFormat.ShortDate),"dd/MM/yyyy")
Can some one help me with where am I going wrong.
Any help would be appreciated.
The FormatDateTime function returns a string instead of a date. When the FORMAT function tries to format it, it doesn't find a date field so it returns the characters in the format.
If your field is a date, you should be able to format the field without conversion:
=Format(Fields!DATE.Value,"dd/MM/yyyy")
If it does need to be converted first, try using the CDATE function:
=Format(CDATE(Fields!DATE.Value),"dd/MM/yyyy")
A stored procedure is included in a report builder file of type rdl. the stored procedure has many fields. One of the fields returns a date (not datetime). The desired outcome in the report is to show the date only and empty field if no date is returned.
With just the field value the result shows empty field when the date is null otherwise shows the date with a datetime value.
Using IIF to check the value for 'nothing' as shown below.
=IIF(Fields!myDate.Value Is Nothing,"",Fields!myDate.Value)
The output is the same. A datetime value is shown when date is available.
Attempting to use the shortDateString() function yields the correct result in when a date is present but #Error when a date is NOT present. This is the statement:
=IIF(Fields!rlsPromoDate.Value Is Nothing, "",
Fields!rlsPromoDate.Value.ToShortDateString())
The version below was attempted. No errors resulted however the date was not returned but this was "Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportProcessing.OnDemandReportObjectModel.FieldImpl".
=IIF(Fields!myDate.Value Is Nothing,"", String.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy}",
Fields!myDate))
Please advise if there is a solution.
Try the following:
=IIF(Fields!rlsPromoDate.Value Is Nothing, "", Format(Fields!rlsPromoDate.Value, "dd/MM/yyyy"))
or whatever date format you'd actually like to use.
In a data flow from one table to another, I would like to cast a date.
The date leaves the source table as a string in this format: "2009-01-05 00:00:00:000 + 01:00".
I tried to convert this to a date using a tConvertType, but that is not allowed apparently.
My second option is to cast this string to a date using a formula in a tMap component.
At the moment I tried these formulas:
- TalendDate.formatDate("yyyy-MM-dd",row3.rafw_dz_begi);
- TalendDate.formatDate("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss",row3.rafw_dz_begi);
- return TalendDate.formatDate("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss",row3.rafw_dz_begi);
None of these worked. When inserting the result into the target-table (MySQL, InnoDB) a receive the error message that the date is not valid. The format of the target field is a MySQL Date field.
How can I cast the date to the desired format?
Talend offers you a nice way of handling date formats.
You can easily change the date format in the Schema editor tab at the tMap window.
It works for both tMap input and output flows.
I've added a picture for a better illustration.
to cast this string to a date using a formula.... error message that
the date is not valid. The format of the target field is a MySQL Date
field.
What I understand from your question is, you want to insert a date into MySQL Date field.
But the method that you are using, returns the 'String' type.
TalendDate.formatDate(String pattern, Date date); //formats a date into Date/Time string
So in that case, if your field is of 'Date' type.
TalendDate.parseDate("yyyy-MM-dd", TalendDate.formatDate("yyyy-MM-dd",row3.rafw_dz_begi));
I have a Crystal report (version XI r3) that uses a SQL command object to retrieve its data. In the command object I have a parameter for a date. My database uses "date" fields stored as numeric values in YYYYMMDD format, so I've specified the parameter as numeric and added a prompt to say "enter date in YYYYMMDD format".
My users don't much care for that; they want to be able to use the date-picker and/or to be able to enter the date in MM/DD/YYYY format.
My investigations so far have led me to believe that if I convert the parameter to a true date datatype, I won't be able to make use of it in the SQL command object because I can't convert it from a date to a number in the SQL statement, so I'd have to do my date-range control in the Crystal Select Wizard rather than in my SQL statement, which could slow my report down by an order of magnitude or two (since I'm hitting a table that is indexed by this date field, and that has a lot of records per day).
Am I wrong? Is there a way to let a user enter a date in MM/DD/YYYY format and still be able to use it as a numeric YYYYMMDD parameter in my SQL command object?
I'm afraid you would have to modify the original Command's to replace the numeric parameter with a date parameter, and do the conversion from date to number within the Command itself.
So, within the Command:
WHERE MyDate = {?MyNumberParam)
would become:
WHERE MyDate = (YEAR({?MyDateParam})*10000) + (MONTH({?MyDateParam})*100) + DAY({?MyDateParam})
The last part will convert 20th April 2012 to (2012*10000 + 4*100 + 20) = 20120420, which I believe is what you'd want.