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Duplicate dates within my Master Calendar

When I create my Master Calendar I am getting multiple dates (basically i'm getting dates for each and every row of my data).

Example of MasterCalendar output:

11/13/2013

11/13/2013

11/13/2013

11/13/2013

11/14/2013

11/14/2013

11/14/2013

11/15/2013

11/15/2013

The code originally LOADS the data in like this:

LOAD Distinct

DATE(STARTTIME)     AS [CALL DATE],

MONTH(STARTTIME)      AS [CALL MONTH],

fieldA,

fieldB,

and so on.

When i create the Min/Max dates, everything appears fine.

When i create the TempCal like so:

TempCal:

LOAD

     Date($(vMinDate)+rowno()-1)AS TempDate

AutoGenerate

     $(vMaxDate)-$(vMinDate)+1;

Drop Table MinMax;

This also shows only one date:

11/13/2013

11/14/2013

11/15/2013

However, when i create the Master Calendar (as shown below) i get multiples.

MasterCalendar:

LOAD Distinct

TempDate AS [Call Date]

Resident

     TempCal

Order By TempDate ASC;

Drop Table TempCal;

How do I prevent duplicates date in my Master Calendar, yet create a connection back to my original table?

(I have read other posts that state to only use a "Date" Field and not a "Date/Time" field, however this table only has the Date/Time Field to use.

In addition, pulling out the Date from the Load script from above and doing a distinct in the creation of the MasterCalendar should take care of that issue but it is not.

Thanks

1 Solution

Accepted Solutions
Nicole-Smith

You should only use a Date Field and not a Date/Time field.  To get rid of the time, wrap the field in floor():

DATE(floor(STARTTIME))

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Nicole-Smith

You should only use a Date Field and not a Date/Time field.  To get rid of the time, wrap the field in floor():

DATE(floor(STARTTIME))

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Thank you Nicole, That did the trick.

Anonymous
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If you have STARTTIME values like this

01/28/2013 10:00

01/28/2013 10:30

01/28/2013 11:00

They are three different values, even if you show them as date.  The floor(STARTDATE) removes time portion, and you get one value 01/28/2013.

Nicole-Smith

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