Variable in load statement

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am loading rows and based on the valie of a field in a row I want to change the value of a variable.

I am currently trying:

MTDCalcsViewtoCalc:

LOAD

COB_Date,

Month,

Drawdown,

IF(Month = Previous(Month), '$(vMTDTotalsVariable)' = '$(vMTDTotalsVariable)' + [Sector Daily PnL],'$(vMTDTotalsVariable)' = '$(vMTDTotalsVariable)'),

'$(vMTDTotalsVariable)' as [MTD Drawdown]

Resident MTDCalcsView;

Clearly this wont work as the IF Statement is not working on the variable directly.

How do I create this if statement to make the variable add from the previous row?

H

[#2]

Hey H,

If I understood your problem correctly, you might not need the variable to change.

What you want is, if month = previous month, [MTD Dradown] to be some value + Sector Daily, right?

If so, you have to set the variable once and use something like this.

Set Variable='somevalue';

If (Month=Previous(Month), $(Variable)+[Sector Daily], $(Variable))               as  [MTD Dradown]

Hope that helps.

gr.

Frank

[Anonymous]

Hi Frank

Thanks for the response.

You are correct with that statement but I need to enhance it.

If (Month=Previous(Month), $(Variable)+[Sector Daily], $(Variable)) as  [MTD Dradown]

I need to make it as such

IF Month = Previous Month then

   $(Variable) = $(Variable) + Current Month,

   $(Variable))

I am trying to build a counter that is increased by a value in the rows according to a condition.

Regards

H

[Anonymous]

I am now assuming it is not possible to have a "Let" or a "Set" statement in the load script between the

Load and From bits??

[#5]

He you could try something with a loop;

For example:

Let vVariable=0;

let i=0;

do until i=5;

TMP:

LOAD RowID,

     Date,

     Month,

     Year,

     Value,

     Dim

FROM

C:\test\test.qvd

(qvd)

where RowNo()=$(i);

LEt vVariable=$(vVariable)+FieldValue('Value',1);

i=i+1;

loop;

You still have to tweak it to your own data.

If you could upload an qvd I can maybe help you better.

gr.

Frank