Question
Atos Syntel
IN
Last activity: 29 Mar 2016 12:51 EDT
Has anyone used TimeDifferenceFirstBusinessDay() Function ?
Have anyone used TimeDifferenceFirstBusinessDay() Function? I am having trouble with the aCalendar parameter.
It says that if aCalendar is null - it should use server's default calendar and local time zone, but it is failing validation if I leave it null.
And what should one give for the calendarObject? should I have to provide the instances of Data-Admin-Calendar ?
Description:
Returns the first business day after the specified DateTime, using the specified calendar.
Usage:
Returns the first business day after the specified date, using "business day" logic (assumes US business day rules (Saturday/Sunday closed), ignores possibility of holidays (constant 5 day weeks)).
Parameter:
aCalendar: calendar to be used for computation, if null, uses the server's default calendar and local time zone
strStart: base date/time, if null or zero length, uses the current date and time
Example:
TimeDifference(calendarObject, "20090127T224645.845 GMT") = "Thu 2009/01/29 23:47:46 GMT+00:00"
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Accepted Solution
GovCIO
US
Hello Dilipan,
You can't directly call this function by passing the Calendar event in the Property-Set of an activity. but you can call it from java code like below. This was one of the oldest functions created by Pega, I guess.
1) Create a local parameter:nextBizDay from a test activity.
2) Use the below java code in that activity and write the below code to set the local param.
java.util.Calendar cal=java.util.Calendar.getInstance();
nextBizDay=com.pegarules.generated.pega_rules_datetime.TimeDifferenceFirstBusinessDay(cal,"20160318T224645.845 GMT");
3) After getting the below value into that local param, you can format it as per your requirement.
O/P: Mon 2016/03/21 17:46:45 CDT
By the way, why don't you use another simple OOTB function:@NextBusinessDay() instead of this function?
Thanks,
Ravi Kumar.
Infosys
AU
Are you getting validation error when you use this function via expression builder? If so, try using this function through a java step, then you would be able to pass null parameters.
aCalendar parameter is of java.util.Calendar type. So you need to pass Java Calendar object and not Data-Admin-Calendar.
If your intention is to get business day after a certain day, then nextBusinessDay function might be useful one for which you can pass Data-Admin-Calendar instance name.
Hope this helps you!
Murali...
Accepted Solution
GovCIO
US
Hello Dilipan,
You can't directly call this function by passing the Calendar event in the Property-Set of an activity. but you can call it from java code like below. This was one of the oldest functions created by Pega, I guess.
1) Create a local parameter:nextBizDay from a test activity.
2) Use the below java code in that activity and write the below code to set the local param.
java.util.Calendar cal=java.util.Calendar.getInstance();
nextBizDay=com.pegarules.generated.pega_rules_datetime.TimeDifferenceFirstBusinessDay(cal,"20160318T224645.845 GMT");
3) After getting the below value into that local param, you can format it as per your requirement.
O/P: Mon 2016/03/21 17:46:45 CDT
By the way, why don't you use another simple OOTB function:@NextBusinessDay() instead of this function?
Thanks,
Ravi Kumar.