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Date field? issue

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Forum Discription: The best way to design a report and problems you have encountered
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Printed Date: 01 May 2025 at 4:33pm


Topic: Date field? issue
Posted By: zusulik
Subject: Date field? issue
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2008 at 7:19am
Hello,
 
I am relatively new to CR, but have compiled a few reports so far. I've been bale to resolve most problems I've encountered myself, but this one is tough.
 
The data is taken from a CSV file which CR identifies no problem. One of the columns is "COMPONENT" where data is in the form x.x.x (ex. 4.1.7). I'd like it to stay that way. CR treats this data as a DateTime field, which I can understand, first digit - day, second - month, third-year. But that's not what I want!
 
So, I'm wondering if there is a way to change the type of field in this case?
 
I think I could work around this with some nifty formula (ex. DayPart function), but there has to be some setting that allows you to avoid the hustle.
 
Thank you.


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Posted By: zusulik
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2008 at 8:59am
Update:
 
I was able to resolve this issue by importing the CSV file into XLS format and building the report from there. This is not convinient though.

Posted By: zusulik
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2008 at 8:29am
Damn you guys are useless!!!


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