Use variables or statements in date fields of DE (ESP dSeries) Reports

Products

• CA Workload Automation DE
• CA Workload Automation DE - Scheduler (dSeries)
• CA Workload Automation DE - System Agent (dSeries)
• CA Workload Automation DE - Business Agents (dSeries)

Issue/Introduction

Users want to run reports using Report event.  How can a user specify generic day and times to To and From fields?

Environment

Release : 11.3

Component :

Resolution

The Reports run independently and outside of DE.  The dSeries variables like %APPL or %WOB will not be recognized by Reports.  The date fields in Reports will accept some common terms like:

TODAY, NOW.

The reports date / time will also accept days of the week:

Monday, Tuesday etc.

The date / time field may also have certain mathematical statements like:

TODAY less 1 DAY

NOW plus 1 DAY 

Additional Information

For more details see this link for Reporting.