Calculated field on top of Pre-defined calculated field

Bharath Kumar shared this question 4 years ago
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Hi Team,

Is there any RFE in place for creating calculated fields on top of pre-defined calculations.

For example - I want to use sub-string based on a special character(-). In this case, I have to create a calculated field with Char Index at view level and then apply Sub-String on top of it at report level.

It would be easier if it allows both the calculations at report itself. This will save unnecessary fields at view.

Regards,

Bharath

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Hi Bharath,

Thanks for getting in touch. I assume by RFE you are asking whether there is a request for enhancement? I cannot see one in relation to what you are trying to do, so it could be raised as an idea. Perhaps though if you were able to elaborate a little more and if possible show some form of visual idea also it would help to explain this correctly to the dev team.

Thanks,

Paul

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Hi Paul,

We have lots of scenarios which require this feature. As I said, I want to apply Sub-string based on a special character. In this case, I have to create a Char Index first which identifies the position of my special character. Then I apply the sub-string on the results.

Here, I will have to create Char Index at View and sub-string at report. If I create char index at report, then I do not find it in the select/field drop down of substring.

Similarly, if I want to create a date difference with Incident Reported Date and Current data, first I have to create current data at view and then I can select it in date difference drop down.

Basically, I want to use predefined calculated fields in another calculations.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Bharath

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Hi Bharath,

Thanks for the extra information. I have now created an enhancement request with the dev team (YFN-16669). If there is any movement on this I will let you know. Please let me know if there is anything else I can help you with on this question.

Regards,

Paul

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Hi Bharath,

As this has now been added as an enhancement, I am going to close this off for now. If you have any further enquiries on this please let me know.

Thanks,

Paul

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Ok, thanks Paul.

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