Displaying 00/00/0000 in the report

[sudhir_vanap]

Hello All,

We have a report in BW system where in it shows the Freight rates, changed date and user who has done it.

and it is fetching the date Information directly from CDPOS table in SAP where there are few Invalid entries like '0146/1/' and '147/01 '

So business has requested to make this Invalid date entries as to be appeared as 00/00/0000 in the report output.

We have written sample code in BW side to make all Invalid date as 00/00/0000, but when the load from Inbound DSO to cube happens,

the data in the cube is appearing as blank value and in the report it is appearing as '#'.

Could any body please help me here as I need to display that value 00/00/0000 as it is in the report output.

[anshu_lilhori]

You need to store that date as keyfigure.Make keyfigure of type date and map with the characteristic date.

If you store it is characteristic then for blank records it will show as # but for keyfigure you will get your desired format.

Regards,

AL

[sudhir_vanap]

Is there any way...in Query level can we convert this date char to Key figure, as this is only for display purpose......?

[anshu_lilhori]

Yes you can convert the char into keyfigure with the help of replacement path and then it should show you the date as desired when blank.

Give it a try.

Regards,

AL

[Loed]

Hi Sudhir,

Check this doc for converting your DATE to keyfigure:

In the CURRENCY/UNIT tab, just choose DATE..

Regards,

Loed