PM06806: SEMICOLON AS FUNCTION PARAMETER DELIMETER IS NOT SUPPORTED IN LINEAGE VIEWER.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Report has Data Items where Expression Definition has a function
  and in a function semicolon ";" is used as parameter delimiter.
  Examples:
  
  
  "filter([great_outdoors_company].[Years].[Years].[Year];caption(
  [great_outdoors_company].[Years].[Years].[Year])='2004'))"
  
  
  "except([great_outdoors_company].[Years].[Years].[Year];set([200
  4]))"
  
  When lineage viewer is launched, report spec parser throws an
  error with empty error code stating semicolon not being among
  supported delimeter tokens.
  
  ERROR
  ---
  com.cognos.xqe.ast.v5Exp.parser.ParseException: Encountered ";"
  at line 1, column 55. Was expecting one of: "," ... "+" ... "-"
  ... "/" ... "*" ... "||" ... "->" ... at
  com.cognos.xqe.ast.v5Exp.parser.V5ExpressionParser.generateParse
  Exception
  ---
  
  Report validates and runs fine in Report Studio and Cognos
  Connection. Lineage is shown fine if semicolon is changed to
  comma. Tested with 8.4 FP2 and 8.4.1.
  

Local fix

• Lineage is shown fine if semicolon is changed to comma.
  

Problem summary

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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
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Problem conclusion

• Code Fix
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  COG8 BI COG VIE

• Fixed component ID

  5724W12CV

Applicable component levels

• RA10 PSN

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