Using * in Reports
Answered
Dear YF Team,
we want to use the special character * in reports, titels, descriptions, row an column names, KPIs etc.
Does this special character cause a problem?
Thanks and regards
Matthias
Hi Matthias,
Thanks for reaching out. As part of a quick test, I had no issues saving or editing a report that contain most of these things:
The only potential conflict would be if the '*' was being used as part of a SQL query, which wouldn't happen in most contexts, at least not in the places you've referenced.
For example, the above reports' SQL query is just:
As such, I can't see there being an adverse effect using this in most contexts. Of course, much like anything else when building reports, it's best practice to test all your most utilized reports and most used functionality extensively, just to be sure.
Please let me know how goes and whether you have any follow-up questions or concerns.
Regards,
Mike
Hi Matthias,
Thanks for reaching out. As part of a quick test, I had no issues saving or editing a report that contain most of these things:
The only potential conflict would be if the '*' was being used as part of a SQL query, which wouldn't happen in most contexts, at least not in the places you've referenced.
For example, the above reports' SQL query is just:
As such, I can't see there being an adverse effect using this in most contexts. Of course, much like anything else when building reports, it's best practice to test all your most utilized reports and most used functionality extensively, just to be sure.
Please let me know how goes and whether you have any follow-up questions or concerns.
Regards,
Mike
Hi Matthias,
I just wanted to check in and see if you had any follow-up questions on this.
Regards,
Mike
Hi Matthias,
I just wanted to check in and see if you had any follow-up questions on this.
Regards,
Mike
Hi Mike,
thanks you. We will try and come back if there are any further issues.
Regards
Matthias
Hi Mike,
thanks you. We will try and come back if there are any further issues.
Regards
Matthias
Hi Matthias,
Thanks for the update. Please do!
Regards,
Mike
Hi Matthias,
Thanks for the update. Please do!
Regards,
Mike
Hi Matthias,
I just wanted to check in and see how things are going with this.
Regards,
Mike
Hi Matthias,
I just wanted to check in and see how things are going with this.
Regards,
Mike
Hi Matthias,
I'm going to go ahead and mark this one as Answered since I haven't heard back from you, but if you have further questions or concerns on this, if you respond, it will re-open the case and put it back in my queue and I'll be happy to help.
Regards,
Mike
Hi Matthias,
I'm going to go ahead and mark this one as Answered since I haven't heard back from you, but if you have further questions or concerns on this, if you respond, it will re-open the case and put it back in my queue and I'll be happy to help.
Regards,
Mike
Hi Mike
thanksfor asking. We will come back if we have further questions.
Regards
Matthias
Hi Mike
thanksfor asking. We will come back if we have further questions.
Regards
Matthias
Hi Matthias,
Thanks for letting us know. Please do!
Regards,
Mike
Hi Matthias,
Thanks for letting us know. Please do!
Regards,
Mike
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