Possibility to set value for a StageVariable in another SV?

[vnspn]

Hi,

We are working on verion 7.1. I have a question like - Is it not possible to set a value for a Stage Variable in another Stage Variable ?

Ok, here is my scenario. I have 2 Stage Variables. One has an 'If' condition in it and another has a 'counter' expression in it. So, I would need to increment the counter for each record. But when a particular condition occurs, I would need to reset the value of counter back to '0'. Let me show using the real case how it looks -

Stage Variable ----------> Expression
--------------------------------------------
sv1 -----------------------> If <condition> Then <expression1> Else sv2=0
sv2 -----------------------> sv2+1

This is kind of logic that I'm using. The expression after the 'Else' clause does not seem to work. Even when the given condition is untrue, the sv2 is not set to '0'. It keeps on incrementing by '1' for every record.

Is this a kind of fuctionality that is not supported by DS? Is is not possible to assign a value to a Stage Variable from another Stage Variable?

Thanks.

[kcbland]

No. Stage variables are assignment operations.

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sv = (if <condition> then <result1> else <result2>)

Simply just rewrite your stage variables to work accordingly.

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sv0 = <condition>
sv1 = (if sv0 then <expression1> else sv1)
sv2 = (if sv0 then sv2+1 else 1)

[us1aslam1us]

The way you are assigning the Stage variables is wrong. Seperate your Condition into a seperate Stage variable (sv0) then define

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sv1 = (if sv0 then expr else sv1)
sv2= (if sv0 then sv2+1 else 0)

IHTH

[vnspn]

Thanks a lot Ken and us1aslam1us.

I would re-write my logic, the way Stage Variables work.

Thank you.