Casting integer to interval (minute) no longer works

[RubenvdLinden]

I had a report in Cognos 10.1.1 in which I cast an integer value to interval, e.g.:

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cast(960; interval minute)

(960 can be replaced by an integer dataitem).

In Cognos 10.2.1 fixpack 5, this no longer works:
UDA-EE-0107 Casting an numeric value to an interval with a non-single primary datefield is invalid.


I might be able to fix this with:

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960 * 1 minute

but I'm wondering why the cast is no longer supported?

[MFGF]

I had a report in Cognos 10.1.1 in which I cast an integer value to interval, e.g.:

Code Select Expand

cast(960; interval minute)

(960 can be replaced by an integer dataitem).

In Cognos 10.2.1 fixpack 5, this no longer works:
UDA-EE-0107 Casting an numeric value to an interval with a non-single primary datefield is invalid.


I might be able to fix this with:

Code Select Expand

960 * 1 minute

but I'm wondering why the cast is no longer supported?

I'm not aware of any change in the way this works. Are you sure the item is still an integer? If I would you I would:

a. Check the data type of the item in your database.
b. Check the data type of the item in your FM model.

If I was a betting man, I'd wager the data type in the FM model might have changed from Integer to something different - perhaps when the xml was upgraded? Just a guess, though.

Cheers!

MF.

[RubenvdLinden]

Yes, it worked fine until the upgrade to 10.2.1 this weekend  ;D
I also tried casting the dataitem to smallint first, then cast it to interval. Same result.

To make sure, I also tried packages on multiple database platforms (both Oracle and MSSQL). No difference.