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lucasdavis500
Creator III
Creator III

Invalid Expression Error when trying to create a Calendar

I'm trying to load my "master table" twice in to my QVW, because I have more than one date I would like to use as a reference for the end user... however, I'm getting an error when trying to load the Calendar script : 'Invalid Expression'

 

Does anyone have any insight into what is causing this error?

 

The table I'm Resident Loading this data, Final_Data_Model2, is Qualified so that it doesn't tie directly back to Final_Data_Model.

 

Could this be causing an error?

 

I've also tried to add the following above Master_Calendar2:

UNQUALIFY Week_Res, Year_Res....WeekDay_Res ;

 

Error when reloading:

Invalid expression

MasterCalendar2: 

LOAD 

               [Resolution Date], 

               WEEK([Resolution Date]) AS Week_Res, 

               YEAR([Resolution Date]) AS Year_Res, 

               MONTH([Resolution Date]) AS Month_Res, 

               DAY([Resolution Date]) As Day_Res, 

               YEARTODATE([Resolution Date])*-1 AS CurYTDFlag_Res, 

               YEARTODATE([Resolution Date],-1)*-1 AS LastYTDFlag_Res, 

               INYEAR([Resolution Date], MONTHSTART(MAX([Resolution Date])),-1) AS RC12_Res, 

               DATE(MONTHSTART([Resolution Date]), 'MMM-YYYY') AS MonthYear_Res, 

               APPLYMAP('QuartersMap2', MONTH([Resolution Date]), NULL()) AS Quarter_Res, 

               WEEK(WEEKSTART([Resolution Date])) & '-' & WEEKYEAR([Resolution Date]) AS WeekYear_Res, 

               WEEKDAY([Resolution Date]) AS WeekDay_Res 

RESIDENT Final_Data_Model2

 

 

Script Looks Like:

MasterCalendar2: 
LOAD 
[Resolution Date]
WEEK([Resolution Date]) AS Week_Res
YEAR([Resolution Date]) AS Year_Res
MONTH([Resolution Date]) AS Month_Res
DAY([Resolution Date]) As Day_Res
YEARTODATE([Resolution Date])*-1 AS CurYTDFlag_Res
YEARTODATE([Resolution Date],-1)*-1 AS LastYTDFlag_Res
INYEAR([Resolution Date], MONTHSTART(MAX([Resolution Date])),-1) AS RC12_Res
DATE(MONTHSTART([Resolution Date]), 'MMM-YYYY') AS MonthYear_Res
APPLYMAP('QuartersMap2', MONTH([Resolution Date]), NULL()) AS Quarter_Res
WEEK(WEEKSTART([Resolution Date])) & '-' & WEEKYEAR([Resolution Date]) AS WeekYear_Res
WEEKDAY([Resolution Date]) AS WeekDay_Res 
RESIDENT Final_Data_Model2; 

STORE MasterCalendar2 INTO $(vQVDPath)MasterCalendar2.qvd (QVD);

 

Log Looks Like:

 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0801  MasterCalendar2: 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0802  LOAD 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0803                 [Resolution Date], 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0804                 WEEK([Resolution Date]) AS Week_Res, 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0805                 YEAR([Resolution Date]) AS Year_Res, 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0806                 MONTH([Resolution Date]) AS Month_Res, 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0807                 DAY([Resolution Date]) As Day_Res, 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0808                 YEARTODATE([Resolution Date])*-1 AS CurYTDFlag_Res, 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0809                 YEARTODATE([Resolution Date],-1)*-1 AS LastYTDFlag_Res, 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0810                 INYEAR([Resolution Date], MONTHSTART(MAX([Resolution Date])),-1) AS RC12_Res, 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0811                 DATE(MONTHSTART([Resolution Date]), 'MMM-YYYY') AS MonthYear_Res, 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0812                 APPLYMAP('QuartersMap2', MONTH([Resolution Date]), NULL()) AS Quarter_Res, 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0813                 WEEK(WEEKSTART([Resolution Date])) & '-' & WEEKYEAR([Resolution Date]) AS WeekYear_Res, 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0814                 WEEKDAY([Resolution Date]) AS WeekDay_Res 

11/10/2016 11:46:15 AM: 0815  RESIDENT Final_Data_Model2

11/10/2016 11:46:19 AM:        12 fields found: Resolution Date, MasterCalendar2.Week_Res, MasterCalendar2.Year_Res, MasterCalendar2.Month_Res, MasterCalendar2.Day_Res, MasterCalendar2.CurYTDFlag_Res, MasterCalendar2.LastYTDFlag_Res, MasterCalendar2.RC12_Res, MasterCalendar2.MonthYear_Res, MasterCalendar2.Quarter_Res, MasterCalendar2.WeekYear_Res, MasterCalendar2.WeekDay_Res, 

11/10/2016 11:46:19 AM:       Invalid expression

11/10/2016 11:46:19 AM:       Error: Invalid expression

11/10/2016 11:46:23 AM:      Execution finished.

 

 

 

6 Replies
sunny_talwar

You are using a max function in your load which needs a group by statement. What exactly are you trying to do here?

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lucasdavis500
Creator III
Creator III
Author

So, I was trying to create a Master Calendar for my Resolution Date, but there are NULL Values in Resolution Date, which is causing my master calendar script to not work properly...

original script:

QuartersMap2: 
MAPPING LOAD  
ROWNO() AS Month_Res
'Q' &
CEIL (ROWNO()/3) AS Quarter_Res
AUTOGENERATE (12); 

Temp2: 
LOAD 
MIN([Resolution Date]) AS MinDate_Res
MAX([Resolution Date]) AS MaxDate_Res 
RESIDENT Final_Data_Model2; 

LET vMinDate = PEEK('MinDate_Res', 0, 'Temp'); 
LET vMaxDate = PEEK('MaxDate_Res', 0, 'Temp'); 
DROP TABLE Temp2; 

TempCalendar: 
LOAD 
$(vMinDate) + ITERNO()-1 AS Num_Res
DATE($(vMinDate) + ITERNO() - 1) AS TempDate_Res 
AUTOGENERATE 1 WHILE $(vMinDate) + ITERNO() -1 <= $(vMaxDate)

TempCal2:
LOAD
date($(vMinDate) + rowno() - 1) AS TempDate_Res
AUTOGENERATE
$(vMaxDate) - $(vMinDate) + 1;

MasterCalendar:2 
Load 
TempDate_Res AS [Resolution Date]
WEEK(TempDate_Res) AS Week_Res
YEAR(TempDate_Res) AS Year_Res
MONTH(TempDate_Res) AS Month_Res
DAY(TempDate_Res) As Day_Res
YEARTODATE(TempDate_Res)*-1 AS CurYTDFlag_Res
YEARTODATE(TempDate_Res,-1)*-1 AS LastYTDFlag_Res
INYEAR(TempDate_Res, MONTHSTART($(vMaxDate)),-1) AS RC12
DATE(MONTHSTART(TempDate_Res), 'MMM-YYYY') AS MonthYear_Res
APPLYMAP('QuartersMap', MONTH(TempDate_Res), NULL()) AS Quarter_Res
WEEK(WEEKSTART(TempDate_Res)) & '-' & WEEKYEAR(TempDate_Res) AS WeekYear_Res
WEEKDAY(TempDate_Res) AS WeekDay_Res 
RESIDENT TempCal2 
ORDER BY TempDate_Res ASC
DROP TABLE TempCal2;

STORE MasterCalendar2 INTO $(vQVDPath)MasterCalendar2.qvd (QVD);

so I scaled this down to:

QuartersMap2: 
MAPPING LOAD  
ROWNO() AS Month_Res
'Q' &
CEIL (ROWNO()/3) AS Quarter_Res 
AUTOGENERATE (12); 

//Temp2: 
//LOAD 
// MIN([Resolution Date]) AS MinDate_Res, 
// MAX([Resolution Date]) AS MaxDate_Res 
//RESIDENT Final_Data_Model2; 
// 
//LET varMinDate_Res = PEEK('MinDate_Res', 0, 'Temp2'); 
//LET varMaxDate_Res = PEEK('MaxDate_Res', 0, 'Temp2'); 
//DROP TABLE Temp2; 
// 
//TempCalendar2: 
//LOAD 
// $(varMinDate_Res) + ITERNO()-1 AS Num_Res, 
// DATE($(varMinDate_Res) + ITERNO() - 1) AS TempDate_Res 
// AUTOGENERATE 1 WHILE $(varMinDate_Res) + ITERNO() -1 <= $(varMaxDate_Res); 
//
//TempCal2:
//LOAD
//date($(varMinDate_Res) + rowno() - 1) AS TempDate_Res
//AUTOGENERATE
// $(varMaxDate_Res) - $(varMinDate_Res) + 1;
 
MasterCalendar2: 
LOAD 
[Resolution Date]
WEEK([Resolution Date]) AS Week_Res
YEAR([Resolution Date]) AS Year_Res
MONTH([Resolution Date]) AS Month_Res
DAY([Resolution Date]) As Day_Res
YEARTODATE([Resolution Date])*-1 AS CurYTDFlag_Res
YEARTODATE([Resolution Date],-1)*-1 AS LastYTDFlag_Res
INYEAR([Resolution Date], MONTHSTART(MAX([Resolution Date])),-1) AS RC12_Res
DATE(MONTHSTART([Resolution Date]), 'MMM-YYYY') AS MonthYear_Res
APPLYMAP('QuartersMap2', MONTH([Resolution Date]), NULL()) AS Quarter_Res
WEEK(WEEKSTART([Resolution Date])) & '-' & WEEKYEAR([Resolution Date]) AS WeekYear_Res
WEEKDAY([Resolution Date]) AS WeekDay_Res 
RESIDENT Final_Data_Model2; 

STORE MasterCalendar2 INTO $(vQVDPath)MasterCalendar2.qvd (QVD);

replacing

INYEAR(TempDate_Res, MONTHSTART($(vMaxDate)),-1) AS RC12

with

INYEAR([Resolution Date], MONTHSTART(MAX([Resolution Date])),-1) AS RC12_Res

sunny_talwar

NULL should not be causing issues, can you elaborate on the issues you are seeing due to the NULL in resolution date

lucasdavis500
Creator III
Creator III
Author

My Error:

error.png

My Script:

QuartersMap2: 
MAPPING LOAD  
ROWNO() AS Month_Res
'Q' &
CEIL (ROWNO()/3) AS Quarter_Res 
AUTOGENERATE (12); 

Temp2: 
LOAD 
MIN([Resolution Date]) AS MinDate_Res
MAX([Resolution Date]) AS MaxDate_Res 
RESIDENT Final_Data_Model2; 

LET vMinDate = PEEK('MinDate_Res', 0, 'Temp2'); 
LET vMaxDate = PEEK('MaxDate_Res', 0, 'Temp2'); 
DROP TABLE Temp2; 

TempCalendar2: 
LOAD 
$(vMinDate) + ITERNO()-1 AS Num_Res
DATE($(vMinDate) + ITERNO() - 1) AS TempDate_Res 
AUTOGENERATE 1 WHILE $(vMinDate) + ITERNO() -1 <= $(vMaxDate)

TempCal2:
LOAD
date($(vMinDate) + rowno() - 1) AS TempDate
AUTOGENERATE
$(vMaxDate) - $(vMinDate) + 1;

MasterCalendar2: 
Load 
TempDate_Res AS [Resolution Date]
WEEK(TempDate_Res) AS Week_Res
YEAR(TempDate_Res) AS Year_Res
MONTH(TempDate_Res) AS Month_Res
DAY(TempDate_Res) As Day_Res
YEARTODATE(TempDate_Res)*-1 AS CurYTDFlag_Res
YEARTODATE(TempDate_Res,-1)*-1 AS LastYTDFlag_Res
INYEAR(TempDate_Res, MONTHSTART($(vMaxDate)),-1) AS RC12_Res
DATE(MONTHSTART(TempDate_Res), 'MMM-YYYY') AS MonthYear_Res
APPLYMAP('QuartersMap', MONTH(TempDate_Res), NULL()) AS Quarter_Res
WEEK(WEEKSTART(TempDate_Res)) & '-' & WEEKYEAR(TempDate_Res) AS WeekYear_Res
WEEKDAY(TempDate_Res) AS WeekDay_Res 
RESIDENT TempCal2 
ORDER BY TempDate_Res ASC
DROP TABLE TempCal2;

STORE MasterCalendar2 INTO $(vQVDPath)MasterCalendar2.qvd (QVD);

MY LOG:

11/10/2016 12:24:08 PM: 0772  QuartersMap2: 

11/10/2016 12:24:08 PM: 0773  MAPPING LOAD  

11/10/2016 12:24:08 PM: 0774  ROWNO() AS Month_Res, 

11/10/2016 12:24:08 PM: 0775  'Q' & CEIL (ROWNO()/3) AS Quarter_Res 

11/10/2016 12:24:08 PM: 0776  AUTOGENERATE (12)

11/10/2016 12:24:08 PM:        2 fields found: Month_Res, Quarter_Res, 12 lines fetched

11/10/2016 12:24:08 PM: 0778  Temp2: 

11/10/2016 12:24:08 PM: 0779  LOAD 

11/10/2016 12:24:08 PM: 0780                 MIN([Resolution Date]) AS MinDate_Res, 

11/10/2016 12:24:08 PM: 0781                 MAX([Resolution Date]) AS MaxDate_Res 

11/10/2016 12:24:08 PM: 0782  RESIDENT Final_Data_Model2

11/10/2016 12:24:11 PM:        2 fields found: Temp2.MinDate_Res, Temp2.MaxDate_Res, 1 lines fetched

11/10/2016 12:24:11 PM: 0784  LET vMinDate = PEEK('MinDate_Res', 0, 'Temp')

11/10/2016 12:24:11 PM: 0785  LET vMaxDate = PEEK('MaxDate_Res', 0, 'Temp')

11/10/2016 12:24:11 PM: 0786  DROP TABLE Temp2

11/10/2016 12:24:11 PM: 0788  TempCalendar2: 

11/10/2016 12:24:11 PM: 0789  LOAD 

11/10/2016 12:24:11 PM: 0790                  + ITERNO()-1 AS Num_Res, 

11/10/2016 12:24:11 PM: 0791                 DATE( + ITERNO() - 1) AS TempDate_Res 

11/10/2016 12:24:11 PM: 0792                 AUTOGENERATE 1 WHILE  + ITERNO() -1 <=

11/10/2016 12:24:11 PM:       Error: Field not found - <<=>

11/10/2016 12:25:30 PM:       General Script Error

11/10/2016 12:25:30 PM:       Execution Failed

11/10/2016 12:25:30 PM:      Execution finished.

DEBUGGER:

LET vMinDate = PEEK('MinDate_Res', 0, 'Temp2'); 
LET vMaxDate = PEEK('MaxDate_Res', 0, 'Temp2'); 

RETURNS <NULL>

I think I've found my issue though. [Resolution Date] contains the actual TEXT, 'Null'

I believe this is the issue..

lucasdavis500
Creator III
Creator III
Author

Question, how long does the QUALIFY statement qualify for?

Does it stop after it reaches the end of a table?

It seems like QUALIFY *; before one of my tables is trying to QUALIFY all TABLES that come after the statement QUALIFY *;

sunny_talwar

It doesn't unless you specifically put UNQUALIFY *; at the end of the table