User`s guide

10. Select Advanced and provide the subject and format, if applicable. In this case, select the right arrow that is associated
with the Format field, date7., and OK. Edit the format to DATE
. and then select OK. Note that the new formula variable
is now on the list of variables.
Repeat these steps to define another formula variable, UDAY, which has the formula:
UDAY = weekday(datepart(datetime));
and the description
number of the day of the week (1-7), where 1=Sunday
, and defaults for the remaining
values.
To return to the main window, select Close -> OK -> Close -> OK.
Note: Your views will be rebuilt.
To examine the effect of defining the formula variable, follow this path from the main window:
Administration -> Examine PDB Data -> select a table/level combination that you want to check -> click
right mouse button -> View Data
Use the scroll bars to view the UDAY and UWEEK values for each observation (if you have data).
Note: For other browsing methods, see the information on the Print Report Style in the GUI or see the information about the
%CPPRINT macro in the Macro Reference documentation for IT Service Vision.
Note: Formula variables do not have selectable statistics. If you want statistics on a formula variable, you must define the
statistics as formula variables at the desired non-detail levels.