That's because f_58 is blank for this record. Check the output from the step you are pulling the data from.
S
Scott Talarico
said
over 6 years ago
F_58 is made up of two fields that are pulled from a previous step. One of the fields is a required field in Quickbase. The only error I have received in this version of the formula is when I added (format: 'MM/DD/YYYY'). Could it be a different issue?
Allan Teng
said
over 6 years ago
Whenever you use a formula on a pill, you need to make sure there is data in the pill you are using. If there isn't any data, Workato will give you an error at runtime as it is trying to evaluate a null value using .to_date.
Does that make sens?
S
Scott Talarico
said
over 6 years ago
I went back a retested the formula with (format: 'MM/DD/YYYY') - <items>+""+<Date of Eevnt>.to_date(format: 'MM/DD/YYYY'). All data is account for but I still get the exception error.
Exception: Error calculating input for field 'f_58': wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 0)
Hi Scott, the formula will throw and error if <Date or Event> is blank from the record.
If you see the job output, f_58 (which I assume is for Date or Event), from the previous step is missing from the data output.
Are you saying the data is present in the QuickBase UI? If so, how many fields do you have for this table?
S
Scott Talarico
said
over 6 years ago
f_58 is searching for an activity (This is was the topic we spoke about Friday in the expert hour). This is allowing me to not have duplicate activities.
It outputs correctly without (format: 'MM/DD/YYYY') added to the formula. See the following
I only get the error when I try and add the date format to the formula
Patricia Guevarra
said
over 6 years ago
Hi Scott,
Apologies for the delay in response. The error may be because you are using the format MM/DD/YYYY in the formula when the date is in the YYYY-MM-DD format. In the .to_date formula, you are supposed to specify the format the date is currently in. If you want to change the format of the date to something else, you can use the .strftime formula. You can see more information here: http://docs.workato.com/formulas/date-formulas.html#strftime
I hope this helps! Let us know if you need further assistance.
Scott Talarico
to_date formula
I'm working on a conversion using the to_date formula. Here is the example (Pasted below and attached)
This continues to create an error
Hi Scott, the formula that you are using is wrong. You should not mix text and pills without encapsulating text in ""
Try:
"test - "+<items>+" "+<Date of Event>.to_date
Scott Talarico
Can I get an answer on this question?
Allan Teng
Hi Scott, the formula that you are using is wrong. You should not mix text and pills without encapsulating text in ""
Try:
"test - "+<items>+" "+<Date of Event>.to_date
Scott Talarico
Here is the formula that I'm currently using but instead of exporting Day / Date / Month / Year it's exporting (DD/MM/YYYY)
<items>+""+<Date of Eevnt>.to_date
I have tried using (format: 'MM/DD/YYYY') at the end of the formula but creates the following error
Error calculating input for field 'f_58': wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 0)
https://www.workato.com/recipes/458523/job/47219275
Allan Teng
That's because f_58 is blank for this record. Check the output from the step you are pulling the data from.
Scott Talarico
F_58 is made up of two fields that are pulled from a previous step. One of the fields is a required field in Quickbase. The only error I have received in this version of the formula is when I added (format: 'MM/DD/YYYY'). Could it be a different issue?
Allan Teng
Whenever you use a formula on a pill, you need to make sure there is data in the pill you are using. If there isn't any data, Workato will give you an error at runtime as it is trying to evaluate a null value using .to_date.
Does that make sens?
Scott Talarico
I went back a retested the formula with (format: 'MM/DD/YYYY') - <items>+""+<Date of Eevnt>.to_date(format: 'MM/DD/YYYY'). All data is account for but I still get the exception error.
Exception: Error calculating input for field 'f_58': wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 0)
https://www.workato.com/recipes/458523/job/47506129
Allan Teng
Hi Scott, the formula will throw and error if <Date or Event> is blank from the record.
If you see the job output, f_58 (which I assume is for Date or Event), from the previous step is missing from the data output.
Are you saying the data is present in the QuickBase UI? If so, how many fields do you have for this table?
Scott Talarico
f_58 is searching for an activity (This is was the topic we spoke about Friday in the expert hour). This is allowing me to not have duplicate activities.
It outputs correctly without (format: 'MM/DD/YYYY') added to the formula. See the following
https://www.workato.com/recipes/458523/job/47504899
I only get the error when I try and add the date format to the formula
Patricia Guevarra
Hi Scott,
Apologies for the delay in response. The error may be because you are using the format MM/DD/YYYY in the formula when the date is in the YYYY-MM-DD format. In the .to_date formula, you are supposed to specify the format the date is currently in. If you want to change the format of the date to something else, you can use the .strftime formula. You can see more information here: http://docs.workato.com/formulas/date-formulas.html#strftime
I hope this helps! Let us know if you need further assistance.