Hi All
I'm just wondering if anyone knows if its possible to display a date/Time from a parameter on a visual overview but have it display -1 hour instead of the retrieved datetime from the parameter?
Thanks
Ryan
In a Visual Overview you can perform simple date-time calculations inside a dynamic placeholder.
The “[Subtract: … ]” placeholder allows you to show the value of a datetime parameter minus a specific TimeSpan.
Example (you can put this in shape text or most shape data fields)
[Subtract:[param:MyElement,123],01:00:00]
• 123 = the ID of the datetime parameter
• 01:00:00 = one hour (HH:MM:SS)
At run-time the placeholder returns the parameter value shifted one hour back, so the shape will display “parameter time – 1 h”.
Hi Toon, can this be used in the Parameter shape data field?
My parameter is a table parameter so I need to extract it based on Display Key
With param placeholders, you should also be able to pass along the key to get the right value as well. If that doesn't work you can also use the SubscriptionFilter shape data alongside to ensure it does.
Hi Toon, i havent managed to get it working in the parameter shape data field but i have in the shape text, one other thing I am trying to do is a compare between the time and dataminer time to display a shape using show data field using the following:
[sep:-^]<A>^A|[Subtract:[param:MyElement,2004,[this service]],00:55:00]|!=[DataMinerTime:Format=G]
Should this work as I cant seem to get it to work?
Thanks Toon, I will take a look, I must have missed that bit in the documentation when I was looking for it