I am having an issue where a field is stored in our database as '##ABC' with no space between the number and letters. The number can be anything from 1-100 and the letters can be any combination, so no consistency of beginning letter or numeric length.
I am trying to find a way to insert a space between the number and letters.
For example, '1DRM' would transform to '1 DRM'
'35PLT' would transform to '35 PLT'
Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this?
You can use regular expressions like the one below (assuming your pattern is digits-characters)
= System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace( Fields!txt.Value, "(\d)(\D)", "$1 $2")
Unfortunately, there's no built in function to do this.
Fortunately, Visual Studio lets you create functions to help with things like this.
You can add Visual BASIC custom code by going to the Report Properties and going to the Custom Code tab.
You would just need to write some code to go through some text input character by character. If it finds a number and a letter in the next character, add a space.
Here's what I wrote in a few minutes that seems to work:
Function SpaceNumberLetter(ByVal Text1 AS String) AS String
DIM F AS INTEGER
IF LEN(Text1) < 2 THEN GOTO EndFunction
F = 1
CheckCharacter:
IF ASC(MID(Text1, F, 1)) >= 48 AND ASC(MID(Text1, F, 1)) <=57 AND ASC(MID(Text1, F + 1, 1)) >= 65 AND ASC(MID(Text1, F + 1, 1)) <=90 THEN Text1 = LEFT(Text1, F) + " " + MID(Text1, F+1, LEN(Text1))
F = F + 1
IF F < LEN(Text1) THEN GOTO CheckCharacter
EndFunction:
SpaceNumberLetter = Text1
End Function
Then you call the function from your text box expression:
=CODE.SpaceNumberLetter("56EF78GH12AB34CD")
Result:
I used text to test but you'd use your field.
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I am from Bangladesh and in Bangladesh comma (,) is used as thousand separator. We use comma after 3 digit, 5 digit, 7 digit from right to left like 9,999, 99,999, 9,99,999,99,99,999,9,99,99,999 & 99,99,99,999. I was trying to accomplish this format by textbox format property. When I use #,##0 as format then it only format till 5 digit. When number is 6 digit or higher then it only shows one comma like 456,456 while expected is 4,56,456. I have tried to use #,##,##,##0 but it automatically goes to #,##0. So, how can I format the text box to get my desired result as below?
You can't. You'll have to run a custom format like this:
TextValue = Format(Fix(Value), Left("##\,##\,##\,##\,##\,##\,", -Int(-(Len(Abs(Fix(Value))) - 2) \ 2) * 4) & "##0")
Note, the negative values will be formatted correctly as well while decimals will be cut off.
If you have decimals, append these:
TextValue = Format(Fix(Value), Left("##\,##\,##\,##\,##\,##\,", -Int(-(Len(Abs(Fix(Value))) - 2) \ 2) * 4) & "##0") & LTrim(Str(Abs(CCur(Value)-Fix(Value))))
As used as ControlSource (read-only) in a form or a report:
=Format(Fix([Amount]),Left("##\,##\,##\,##\,##\,##\,",-Int(-(Len(Abs(Fix([Amount])))-2)\2)*4) & "##0")
Addendum:
To cover any situation with values:
Larger than 1, with or without decimals
Smaller than 1, a positive decimal value
Zero
Larger than -1, a negative decimal value
Smaller than -1, with or without decimals
an extended expression is needed:
TextValue = Format(Value, ";-") & _
Format(Abs(Fix(Value)), Left("##\,##\,##\,##\,##\,##\,", -Int(-(Len(CStr(Abs(Fix(Value)))) - 2) \ 2) * 4) & "##0") & _
IIf(Value - Fix(Value), LTrim(Str(Abs(Value - Fix(Value)))), "")
First part controls the sign
Second part controls the integer value
Third part controls decimals
This will output correctly for any value within the entire range of Currency.
Trying to attempt the following in MS Access.
Convert data in one field to an 18 digit number starting with 01 in another field.
There are also some conditions that have to be met:
the first dash should become double zeros
the second dash should be removed
the third and fourth dash should be a single zero
the decimal must also be replaced with a zero
My query works fine until the decimal is the 15th character in the data.
Here is the query:
SELECT MasterVacant.ParcelIdNumber,
"01" + Mid([ParcelIdNumber],1,2) + "00" + Mid([ParcelIdNumber],4,2) + Mid([ParcelIdNumber],7,1)
+ IIf(Mid([ParcelIDNumber],11,1) = "", "0"+Mid([ParcelIDNumber],9,2), Mid([ParcelIDNumber],9,3))
+ IIf(Mid([ParcelIDNumber],14,1) = ".", "0"+Mid([ParcelIDNumber],12,2), Mid([ParcelIDNumber],12,3))
+ Mid([ParcelIDNumber],15,3) AS ParcelNumber
FROM MasterVacant;
Here is a start and finish example...
'12-06-1-00-50.000-RR' should become '011200061000050000'
'12-06-3-07-09.000-RR' should become '011200063007009000'
'13-35-1-01-129.000-RR' should become '011300035100112900'
However, instead of getting `0113000351001129000' I get '013000351001129.00'.
The issue is how do I remove the decimal when the decimal is the 15th character like in the third set of example?
I receive the data as a single column. Some of it is below....
1. 13-35-1-07-29.000-RR
2. 13-35-1-01-112.000-RR (Removing the decimal when the data is like this is the issue)
3. 13-35-4-01-01.000-RR
4. 13-35-4-02-04.000-RR
5. 13-35-1-13-17.000-RR
The output for the above data should be
1. 011300351007029000
2. 011300351001112000
3. 011300354001001000
4. 011300354002004000
5. 011300351013017000
Use a custom function:
Public Function Make18(ByVal Value As String) As String
Const Head As String = "01"
Const Tail As String = "000"
Const Lead As String = "00"
Dim Parts As Variant
Dim Part As Integer
Dim Result As String
Parts = Split(Split(Value, ".")(0), "-")
For Part = LBound(Parts) To UBound(Parts)
Select Case Part
Case 0
Parts(Part) = Head & Parts(Part)
Case 1
Parts(Part) = Lead & Parts(Part)
Case 3, 4
Parts(Part) = Right(Lead & Parts(Part), 3)
End Select
Next
Result = Join(Parts, "") & Tail
Make18 = Result
End Function
and your query becomes:
SELECT
MasterVacant.ParcelIdNumber,
Make18([ParcelIdNumber]) AS ParcelNumber
FROM
MasterVacant;
I am assuming you meant the opposite where:
12-06-1-00-50.000-RR should become 011200061000050000
12-06-3-07-09.000-RR should become 011200063007009000
13-35-1-01-129.000-RR should become 0113000351001129.00
I would recommend the REPLACE() in MSACCESS to strip the dashes out. Once you have the dashes out you can MID()
Unfortunately your attempted code does something different with the 3rd row because 3 zeros are being put in when there should be only two in my opinion.
Try in a text box:
=Replace("13-35-1-01-129.000-RR","-","")
will return 1335101129.000RR
and see if that assists you in making your code.
Maybe go one step further and put it in a function.
I'm struggeling with a part of code that I want to implement in Microsoft Access.
The required code is used for project asignments.
The code format contains the last 2 numbers of the year + 4 digits which add up until a new year, then the last 2 numbers of the year add up with 1 and the 4 digits start at 1 again.
For example:
2019:
190001 = first task;
190002 = second task;
etc...
2020:
200001 = first task;
200002 = second task;
etc...
Could anybody help me out how to code this in Microsoft Access, preferably by VBA?
This way I can asign the code to a "submit" button to avoid similar numbers.
Thanks!
Formatting your code given an integer could be achieved in several ways, here is one possible method:
Function ProjectCode(ByVal n As Long) As Long
ProjectCode = CLng(Format(Date, "yy") & Format(n, "0000"))
End Function
?ProjectCode(1)
200001
?ProjectCode(2)
200002
?ProjectCode(100)
200100
You probably need to assign the next task id to a project.
So, look up the latest id in use and add 1 to obtain the next task id:
NextTaskId = (Year(Date()) \ 100) * 10000 + Nz(DMax("TaskId", "ProjectTable", "TaskId \ 10000 = Year(Date()) \ 100"), 0) Mod 10000 + 1
Nz ensures that a task id also can be assigned the very first task of a year.
Generally people use the default option that Spotfire gives. Connect to the DB and pull the set of columns that you need and create an Information Link and load the data to Spotfire.
However, I am using SQL Query to fetch data to Spotfire. I am creating a table similar to Views, and writing a simple stored procedure to pull the data:
Create procedure ProcA(In Start_Date date, IN End_Date date, In Site_Name text)
Begin
SELECT * FROM TableA where day between Start_Date and End_Date and
site_name = Site_Name;
This works fine if I am not using site name filtering.
The Information Links helps in filtering the date properly. But when it comes to Site Name, nothing works.
There are 2 requirements:
Is it possible to give a drop-down just like how filter comes for Date
How to pass multiple site names to pull only those sites into the Spotfire file
TL;DR: There are better ways to do this; if it's just for the column names, I don't think it's worth it to do part 2, since it's easy enough to change the sql in the information link, but it's possible.
Okay, I will try (read: fail) not to be too long-winded.
1) Is it possible to do a drop-down for dates? Yes. The easiest way to do this would be to pull a data table with all of your date choices available for the end user. Here's an example finding a list of better way to generate months/year table Remember when creating your dropdownlist that your Document Property has to have the Data type "Date", and then you should be able to set property values through Unique Values in column against your date column from the new data, the same as you would do for a string drop-down list.
If you have a small subset of specific dates to choose from, this probably isn't too bad. If the drop down list gets longer, your end-users can type in the date they're looking for to speed up their search (though in my experience, a lot of them will scroll through until they find the date they're looking for).
While this is perfectly acceptable, if you're at all comfortable adding javascript, I'd personally recommend using a Popup Calendar These are fairly straightforward for end-users, and can allow them to use the calendar or type it themselves. (And if they type something that isn't a date in, it's even kind enough to inform them with red letters and an exclamation mark that they haven't typed an actual date)
2) How to pass multiple site names to pull only those sites into the Spotfire file
Hoo boi, where to start.
Step one: How do you want to select your list of Site Names? I'm going to go ahead and assume you have a data table with a list of distinct Site Names.
Your next choice is how to let your user select which Site Names they want. General options are using a List Box Filter, displaying a table and using marked rows, or providing a text area where the user can type their selections themselves.
When I needed to do this, I did a combo of a data table and a text area, so that's what I'm going to describe here.
I start off by providing the user with a text area, formatted to "specific size" with a larger than usual height to prompt that, yes, they are allowed to type multiple rows. If they know the values they're looking for, they can type them in manually, or copy paste from an excel file, etc.
If they don't know what they're looking for, the list of Site Names would be in a Table displayed for the user, where they can then mark the rows they want on the visualization and push a button which will do a cursor through the list of marked Site Names, concatenate them together, and put them in the text box previously mentioned (Note: if you don't want to let them enter their list manually, you can leave off the text area, combine these next two pieces of code, and throw it straight into the SpecialFilterProperty).
Please note that cursors are slow; if you have more than a few thousand rows to cycle through, this may stall out for a few seconds.
Code for the button:
from Spotfire.Dxp.Application.Visuals import CrossTablePlot
from Spotfire.Dxp.Data import IndexSet
from Spotfire.Dxp.Data import RowSelection
from Spotfire.Dxp.Data import DataValueCursor
from Spotfire.Dxp.Data import DataSelection
TextFltr = ""
crossSource = Document.Data.Tables["Distinct_SiteNames"]
##Get a Row Count
rowCount = Document.Data.Tables["Distinct_SiteNames"].RowCount
##Index Set of all our rows
rowIndexSet=Document.ActiveMarkingSelectionReference.GetSelection(Document.Data.Tables["Distinct_SiteNames"]).AsIndexSet()
allRows = IndexSet(rowCount,True)
if rowIndexSet.IsEmpty != True:
allRows = rowIndexSet
colCurs = DataValueCursor.CreateFormatted(crossSource.Columns["Site_Name"])
##Optional: Loop through to determine average value
colTotal = ''
for row in crossSource.GetRows(allRows, colCurs):
colTotal += ', ' + colCurs.CurrentValue
if TextFltr == "":
TextFltr += colTotal[2:]
else:
TextFltr += colTotal
Document.Properties["SelectedSiteNames"] = TextFltr
from System.Collections.Generic import Dictionary
from Spotfire.Dxp.Application.Scripting import ScriptDefinition
import clr
scriptDef = clr.Reference[ScriptDefinition]()
Document.ScriptManager.TryGetScript("Change Special Filter Value", scriptDef)
params = Dictionary[str, object]()
Document.ScriptManager.ExecuteScript(scriptDef.ScriptCode, params)
At the bottom it references a second script; this is the script attached to the button that parses through the text area when the user wants to submit their selections and refresh the data table.
The General Code I've used is here, script titled "Change Special Filter Value", which allows delimiting by newline, tabs, commas, quotes, and a few others. Feel free to add or subtract here, depending on your user-base's needs.
strVals = Document.Properties["SelectedSiteNames"]
lst = ""
cnt = 0
x = 0
y = 0
z = 0
for letter in strVals:
if y == 1:
if letter == " ":
lst = lst + "'" + strVals[x:z] + "', "
y = 0
elif letter == ",":
lst = lst + "'" + strVals[x:z] + "', "
y = 0
elif letter == "\n":
lst = lst + "'" + strVals[x:z] + "', "
y = 0
elif letter == "\r":
lst = lst + "'" + strVals[x:z] + "', "
y = 0
elif letter == "'":
lst = lst + "'" + strVals[x:z] + "', "
y = 0
elif letter == '"':
lst = lst + "'" + strVals[x:z] + "', "
y = 0
elif letter == '\t':
lst = lst + "'" + strVals[x:z] + "', "
y = 0
else:
if letter <> " " and letter <> "," and letter <> "\n" and letter <> "\r" and letter <> "'" and letter <> '"' and letter <> "\t":
if y == 0:
cnt += 1
print letter
x = z
y = 1
z += 1
if y == 1:
lst = lst + "'" + strVals[x:z] + "', "
print lst
lst = lst.upper()
if len(lst) > 0:
lst = lst[1:len(lst) - 3]
Document.Properties["SpecialFilterValue"] = lst
Step one is now complete! You have a list of all your selected site names in a property that you can now pass to your stored procedure.
Note: I believe there's a limit to the number of characters Spotfire can pass through a string value. In my previous testing, I think it's been over 500,000 characters (it's been a while, so I don't remember exactly), so you have a lot of leeway, but it does exist, and depending on which data source you're using, it may be lower.
Step Two: Alter the stored Procedure
Your stored procedure will basically be something along the lines of this:
Create procedure ProcA(In Start_Date date, IN End_Date date, In Site_Name text)
Begin
DECLARE #Script nvarchar(max) =
N'
Select * from TableA where day between Start_Date and End_Date and Site_Name in (' + #Site_Name + ') '
EXECUTE (#Script)
Downright easy in comparison!
(No loop after all! The bizarre use case I was remembering doesn't apply here, unless you're also using a data base that doesn't allow you to pass parameters directly...)
So Im working on a Spreedsheet in Google Docs, my question is: I would like to combine say columns A,B,C,ect... in column I with a space between them. I'm currently using something like this =A1&" "&B1&" "&C1&" "&ect... This works fine and dandy but if the cell is blank I would like to ignore it. Should this be done via script or formula?
So in my head I'm thinking if cell A = value then grab it and combine it with B (if that contains a value if not leave blank or skip) But I'm not good at PHP So any help would be great!!! Happy NY to everyone ; )
Here's a custom function that will return a string with the given range values joined by the given separator. Any blanks are skipped.
function joinVals( rangeValues, separator ) {
function notBlank(element) {return element != '';}
return rangeValues[0].filter(notBlank).join(separator);
}
Examples:
A B C Formula Result
1 1 2 3 =joinVals(A1:C1," x ") 1 x 2 x 3
2 1 2 =joinVals(A1:C1," x ") 1 x 2
3 1 3 =joinVals(A1:C1," x ") 1 x 3
4 1 2 3 =joinVals(A1:C1) 1,2,3
By using IF and ISBLANK you can determine whether a cell should be included, or ignored. Like this:
=if(ISBLANK(A1),"",A1 & " ")
That reads "if the cell is blank, ignore it, otherwise echo it with a trailing space." You can daisy-chain a series of those together:
=if(ISBLANK(A1),"",A1 & " ")&if(ISBLANK(B1),"",B1 & " ")&if(ISBLANK(C1),"",C1 & " ")...
That gets pretty long and repetitive. Adding ARRAYFORMULA and JOIN, we can have that repetitive piece apply across a range of cells, A1:F1 in this case:
=JOIN("",ARRAYFORMULA(IF(ISBLANK(A1:F1),"",A1:F1&" ")))