topic Re: Can a variable be formatted as a number? in App Development

Can a variable be formatted as a number?

jtay — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:43:41 GMT

I have a field in my Master Calendar called Month Sequence.

(,AutoNumber( year(TempDate)&month(TempDate)) as MonthSequence)

It is generated as a number field.

In a KPI, Max(MonthSequence) show 142 which is correct.

Also in a KPI Max(MonthSequence)-12 shows 130 I can perform calculations on that number.

I’ve defined the variable $(vMaxMonSeq) as Max(MonthSequence) adding the variable to a KPI shows a value of 142

But, I can’t do any calculations with it.

I've tried setting it up as a number with num(), num#(), and with num(num# (Max(MonthSequence)))

I can change the variable definition to Max(MonthSequcne)-12 and it will show correctly.

Do all variables come in as text? What are my options?

Nothing seems to work.

Thank you

Gysbert_Wassenaar — Fri, 26 May 2017 14:30:41 GMT

But, I can’t do any calculations with it.

Can you give an example of a calculation you're trying to do. An example QS app would help.

jtay — Fri, 26 May 2017 14:43:20 GMT

I will work on getting an example...

but the calculation I'm trying is simply subtracting 12.

$(vMaxMonSeq)-12

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2017 14:46:15 GMT

you could try $(#vMaxMonSeq) for getting the number...

jtay — Fri, 26 May 2017 15:19:15 GMT

Hi Gysbert

I got an example app ready to post and was adding the KPIs with the calculation examples to a sheet.

I created the variable. I added two KPIs without the variable and two more with the variable.

They all worked correctly. (scratches head and wonders why...)

I copied everything into my main app and now things are calculating correctly there too.

Problem solved, but I don't know why it wasn't working before.

I guess the exercise of starting over helped. thanks you for the suggestion.

Gysbert_Wassenaar — Fri, 26 May 2017 15:23:55 GMT

You're welcome. Glad you got it sorted now.