We have an issue where some users accidentally enter a non-numeric value in a custom field. This has resulted in downstream issues with some of the python/API scripts that we run to load data into projects.
I'd like to create an exception report where I could check if the custom field has a non-numeric value and where the field is not blank. I reviewed the list of expressions available in WF and didn't see anything that would work.
Anyone have any creative suggestions? Thank you!
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Hi Hrug,
I often refer to this Calculated data expressions reference in such cases, and for your Is This Numeric challenge, can suggest a few options:
Regards,
Doug
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Thanks Doug. On the last suggestion, can you please elaborate? Do you mean format the custom form field as a Number? Anything else I can do to reject non-numeric input?
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Think I got this figured out, but another way. I created another calc field that checks the LEN() of "My Field". If length of the data in "My Field" is <> 12, then it returns "Error". Now I can report on the "Error" field separately in a report.
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Hi Hrug,
Glad you got something worked out. What I was referring to was the data type of the Custom Parameter: when you create it, you could choose "Number" instead of "Text" to ensure that only numbers are allowed to be entered.
Regards,
Doug