| Date Report Parameters only work in designer [message #171669] |
Tue, 20 June 2006 10:01  |
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Originally posted by: Barrysan.hotmail.com
I have created some report parameters of type "DateTime". I can provide it
a default value of something like "01/01/2006" and it works good if I
preview the design. But if I use the BIRT web viewer and pass the exact
same value to it, or any other date value, it says "The value "01/01/2006"
is invalid with the type "dateTime". What might I be doing wrong?
Also, under default value in the Edit Parameter dialog, it says "enter date
values as MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss AM/PM". Where is this configurable in case I
want users to enter a different format?
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| Re: Date Report Parameters only work in designer [message #171733 is a reply to message #171669] |
Tue, 20 June 2006 10:56  |
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Originally posted by: danny.rosenberg.weblayers.com
Ah yes. Definitely one of the less intuitive UIs in BIRT. I think I can
help.
Let's assume for the sake of argument you want to use one of the
"out-of-the-box" date formats. In this example, we'll use Short Date since
it's close to your requested format - 1/1/2006.
Right-click your parameter, and then left-click Edit. Set your default
value to 1/1/2006 (or whatever). Then, believe it or not, you're going to
use the Display As fieldset and click the Change button after "Format string
as:". Select the Short Date format (which today would be 6/20/06), and
click OK. Click OK again.
You could also select a Custom Date format, but the above should get you
started.
best,
-d.
"Barry" <Barrysan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e78rj8$87s$1@utils.eclipse.org...
>I have created some report parameters of type "DateTime". I can provide it
>a default value of something like "01/01/2006" and it works good if I
>preview the design. But if I use the BIRT web viewer and pass the exact
>same value to it, or any other date value, it says "The value "01/01/2006"
>is invalid with the type "dateTime". What might I be doing wrong?
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> Also, under default value in the Edit Parameter dialog, it says "enter
> date values as MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss AM/PM". Where is this configurable in
> case I want users to enter a different format?
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| Re: Date Report Parameters only work in designer [message #171741 is a reply to message #171733] |
Tue, 20 June 2006 12:11 |
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Originally posted by: Barrysan.hotmail.com
Wow, I actually considered doing that, then thought, "nah, that won't work,
that's only for displaying."
I will try it out. Thank you for your help.
"Danny Rosenberg" <danny.rosenberg@weblayers.com> wrote in message
news:e79293$ubr$1@utils.eclipse.org...
> Ah yes. Definitely one of the less intuitive UIs in BIRT. I think I can
> help.
>
> Let's assume for the sake of argument you want to use one of the
> "out-of-the-box" date formats. In this example, we'll use Short Date
> since it's close to your requested format - 1/1/2006.
>
> Right-click your parameter, and then left-click Edit. Set your default
> value to 1/1/2006 (or whatever). Then, believe it or not, you're going to
> use the Display As fieldset and click the Change button after "Format
> string as:". Select the Short Date format (which today would be 6/20/06),
> and click OK. Click OK again.
>
> You could also select a Custom Date format, but the above should get you
> started.
>
> best,
> -d.
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| Re: Date Report Parameters only work in designer [message #171749 is a reply to message #171741] |
Tue, 20 June 2006 11:32 |
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Originally posted by: danny.rosenberg.weblayers.com
Anytime.
"Barry" <Barrysan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e7936e$737$1@utils.eclipse.org...
> Wow, I actually considered doing that, then thought, "nah, that won't
> work, that's only for displaying."
> I will try it out. Thank you for your help.
>
> "Danny Rosenberg" <danny.rosenberg@weblayers.com> wrote in message
> news:e79293$ubr$1@utils.eclipse.org...
>> Ah yes. Definitely one of the less intuitive UIs in BIRT. I think I can
>> help.
>>
>> Let's assume for the sake of argument you want to use one of the
>> "out-of-the-box" date formats. In this example, we'll use Short Date
>> since it's close to your requested format - 1/1/2006.
>>
>> Right-click your parameter, and then left-click Edit. Set your default
>> value to 1/1/2006 (or whatever). Then, believe it or not, you're going
>> to use the Display As fieldset and click the Change button after "Format
>> string as:". Select the Short Date format (which today would be
>> 6/20/06), and click OK. Click OK again.
>>
>> You could also select a Custom Date format, but the above should get you
>> started.
>>
>> best,
>> -d.
>>
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