I am trying to create a rule for a dlist.
The steps I follow are
New
Next
Rule Name "Temp"
Rule Message "Temp"
Choose cube
Choose DList
Expression "IF (Code New <> 0) THEN 0 ELSE 1"
When I press next the following error is returned
"The following section of the expression is not valid ' 0 '. Please update this section"
The "0" in the message refers to the secon "0" in the expression.
I have made sure the DList item is numeric so I can't understand why it isn't allowing me to move to the next step.
I have also tried the expression
"(Code New <> 0)"
Error returned
"The following section of the expression is not valid ' 0'. Please update this section"
and
"(Code New >0)"
"This expression is not valid. Please check the expression"
Any ideas anyone ???
Hi Andyhofer,
Remove bracket IF Code New <> 0 THEN 0 ELSE 1 and try.
Regards,
Jitesh
Hi Jitesh
I'd already tried that and got the same message
"The following section of the expression is not valid ' 0 '. Please update this section"
Thanks for the suggestion.
Additional information.
It is failing on the second 0
IF Code New <> 0 THEN 0 ELSE 1
If I change the second 0 to say 12 the error returns
IF Code New <> 0 THEN 12 ELSE 1
"The following section of the expression is not valid ' 12 '. Please update this section"
Hi Andy,
could you please tel me what exaclty is the business requirement and what you want to achieve with this validation.
regards,
Jitesh
It looks to me like it is expecting an expression for the second 0. For example, I have one rule that looks like this:
IF Code New <> 0 THEN Code New > 0 OR Code New < 0 ELSE 1
The THEN part of the statement is enforcing the business logic required here.
Perhaps that is what is needed.
Hi Andy,
Did you ever find a fix for this error? I'm experiencing the same issue following an upgrade to 10.1 (windows 7). On my 8.4 version entering a rule like you outline would work but since I've upgraded I can't enter even simple rules - I keep getting "the expression is not valid"??
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
24.01.2014 - **Update** As a result of trial and error I think I've identified the cause of the problem. In my D-List I was using the pipe symbol '|' to create blank spacer lines. However this seems to have caused the error message above when trying to create a validation rule on the D-List. I've no idea why this is the case but I can confirm that by removing this symbol and using a full stop instead, the validation works with no issues. I've tried this on a few different D-List - some recent, some very old - and its the same result each time. Don't ask me why but the pipe symbol seems to prevent Data Validation from working. For reference I'm on 10.1 fix pack 2.