Construct table name dynamically in pentaho - pentaho

I am making a pentaho transformation and i have a table input step. My requirement was to pass the table input step dynamically as a variable and this i achieved by doing :
select * from ${table_name}
and when i run the transformation, i pass in the value of
table_name.
This works.
But my new requirement is: To pass the date as a variable and then construct a table name from the date based on the month and year
So for example:If I pass in 2012-01-31, I want a sql like this:
select * from xxx_201201_v
I cannot use a substr like this:
select * from xxx_substr(${input_date} ,0,4)
So I am confused how to do this

You could use a Get Variables step so you have your date in a field. Then use steps to manipulate your strings and then pass the field to the Table Input step like this
select * from ?
Of course you should activate the option of the Table Input step to get fields from a previous step. If you have 2012-01-31 you can get 201201 using a find and replace step where you find "-" and replace it with nothing, and then cut the string so that you have the first 6 digits.

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How to retrieve the required string in SQL having a variable length parameter

Here is my problem statement:
I have single column table having the data like as :
ROW-1>> 7302-2210177000-XXXX-XXXXXX-XXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-U-XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX
ROW-2>> 0311-1130101-XXXX-000000-XXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-X-XXXXXXXXX-WIPXXX
Here i want to separate these values from '-' and load into a new table. There are 11 segments in this string separated by '-', therefore, 11 columns. The problem is:
A. The length of these values are changing, however, i have to keep it as the length of these values in the standard format or the length which it has
e.g 7302- (should have four values, if the value less then that then keep that value eg. 73 then it should populate 73.
Therefore, i have to separate as well as mentation the integrity. The code which i am writing is :
select
SUBSTR(PROFILE_ID,1,(case when length(instr(PROFILE_ID,'-')<>4) THEN (instr(PROFILE_ID,'-') else SUBSTR(PROFILE_ID,1,4) end)
)AS [RQUIRED_COLUMN_NAME]
from [TABLE_NAME];
getting right parenthesis error
Please help.
I used the regex_substr SQL function to solve the above issue. Here below is an example:
select regex_substr('7302-2210177000-XXXX-XXXXXX-XXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-U-XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX ROW-2>> 0311-1130101-XXXX-000000-XXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-X-XXXXXXXXX-WIPXXX',[^-]+,1,1);
Output is: 7302 --which is the 1st segment of the string
Similarly, the send string segment which is separated by "-" in the string can be obtained by just replacing the 1 with 2 in the above query at the end.
Example : select regex_substr('7302-2210177000-XXXX-XXXXXX-XXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-U-XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX ROW-2>> 0311-1130101-XXXX-000000-XXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-X-XXXXXXXXX-WIPXXX',[^-]+,1,2);
output: 2210177000 which is the 2nd segment of the string

PowerQuery - Using a cell in a table as part of the code in a query (dynamically or not)

I am trying to use a cell as a parameter in Excel powerquery. The query works without this, but I have to manually input the values, which I need to constantly change them in the query in other to get the results that I want.
Query (Advanced Editor):
let
Criteria01 = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Servers"]}[Content][ServerSearch]{0},
Criteria02 = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Servers"]}[Content][ServerSearch]{1},
Criteria03 = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Servers"]}[Content][ServerSearch]{2},
Source = Sql.Database("SERVERNAMEHERE", "DATABASENAMEHERE", [Query="SELECT DISTINCT [...........] AND (TABLEPREF.COLUMNHERE like '%MANUALVALUE01%' OR#(lf)TABLEPREF.COLUMNHERE like '%MANUALVALUE02%' OR#(lf)TABLEPREF.COLUMNHERE like '%MANUALVALUE03%' OR#(lf)TABLEPREF.COLUMNHERE like Criteria01)#(lf)#(lf)#(lf)order by 1 asc"])
in
Source
"Servers" is the table name and "ServerSearch" is the column header. If I check the step for Criteria01/etc it will show me the correct value of that table that I need to use.
Original query done in Sql-Server. I have no problems when running the query with only LIKE '%MANUALVALUES%' lines.
My main goal is to automatically get N values of "MANUALVALUES" from a table in a sheet, which will be used as an input for comparing WHERE TABLEPREF.COLUMNHERE like '%VALUEHERE%'. I must use this and I can't get the whole table/database because there are way too many results besides the ones that I want.
However for test purposes at this moment, I am trying to use only 1-3 values, the first 3 of this table (Criteria{0}{1}{2} in the query above). However, if I try to do something like TABLEPREF.COLUMNHERE like Criteria01 I get the following error:
DataSource.Error: Microsoft SQL: Invalid column name 'Criteria01'.
Details:
DataSourceKind=SQL
DataSourcePath=dalsql390;itdw
Message=Invalid column name 'Criteria01'.
Number=207
Class=16
So my questions are:
I am getting the table cell value by the right way? Meaning:
Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Servers"]}[Content][ServerSearch]{0}.
How do I refer this value in my query? Since the way that I wrote
that query bought me that error.
Also please note that if change TABLEPREF.COLUMNHERE like
Criteria01 to CHG1.CI_Name like "Criteria01" I get the
following error:
Expression.SyntaxError: Token Comma expected.
After fixed 1 and 2, how can I use this dynamically? For
example, instead of getting values of index 1 2 3, what if I want to
use a whole table? I know that using
Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Servers"]}[Content] will bring me the whole table of values (1 column, unknown number of rows), but
how do I use this table content 1 by 1 in my query?
That will get the value, but you can't refer to steps inside of text values by putting the step name inside of it.
You have a couple options for doing this dynamically.
Use Value.NativeQuery to create a parameterized query where you can pass in other values as parameters. For example, Value.NativeQuery(Sql.Database("SERVERNAMEHERE", "DATABASENAMEHERE"), "select #a, #b", [a = 1, b = "x"]) will return the table [1, x]. You can put in the step name in the record value to pass that it (e.g. replace "x" with Criteria01).
Add the text values directly in the query field, e.g. [Query = "select " & Criteria01 ";"]. This is highly discouraged since this can lead to SQL injection issues.
For the third question, it depends what you want to do with the list of values. At some point you will likely need List.Accumulate to turn them all into a single text value which can be placed in the query value, and maybe to turn them into a record to place into the parameters value.

How do I split an ssrs text value by comma?

I have an SSRS report that takes a parameter called Customer ID Enroller List. Its datatype in SSMS is varchar(max) and its datatype in SSDT/SSRS is listed as text.
As an example, the user may pass in 2 customerID's like the following:
2110012639,2110179997
I'd like to create document map based the passed parameters but I need to split the values first. I've tried using the following code:
=Split(Parameters!CustomerID_EnrollerList.Value,",")
My report runs but the value returned in the textbox is #Error. Any ideas on how to split a text datatype parameter by a comma delimiter?
Split function returns an array and you can select item by its index
First value would be
=Split(Parameters!CustomerID_EnrollerList.Value,",")(0)
And Second value would be
=Split(Parameters!CustomerID_EnrollerList.Value,",")(1)

Extract the last element of a list for a split string

I'm trying to take a regular expression and split it by a pre-determined character, and then extract the final value of the returned list.
For example, my string may take the form:
name
WAYNE.ROONEY.226
ROSS.BARKLEY.HELLO.113
ADAM.A122
Pythonically, what I'm trying to do is:
for x in list:
my_val = x.split('.')[-1] #Return the last element of the list when split on .
e.g. desired output:
name value
WAYNE.ROONEY.226 226
ROSS.BARKLEY.HELLO.113 113
ADAM.A122 A122
Can anyone provide me any pointers in either Hive or Impala please?
If I can create this as a view, ideally, that would be perfect, but am also happy with generating actual output with it and then re-uploading to a table
Thank you!
For Hive:
select regexp_extract(NAME, '\\.([^\\.]+)$', 1) as VALUE
from WHATEVER
And pleeeease [edit] learn the power of regular expressions...

How to create list as a parameter in SSRS?

I have a report in 2005 SSRS which I want to add a parameter to. The parameter would be comprised of a group of zip codes, but be selected as a single item in the list.
For example, I would like to have 5 zip codes as one selection in the list and 3 for another, etc:
Select 11111,22222,33333,44444,55555,66666 AS Boondock
Select 77777,88888,99999 AS Timbuck
Select Zip Codes NOT IN (11111-99999) AS Everything Else
So my selections in the dropdown would be:
Boondock
Timbuck
Everything Else
Can anyone help me with how I should go about creating this parameter?
Create a simple string parameter to present to the user. Let's call it ZipCodeSet.
Create a dataset that examines the #ZipCodeSet parameter and returns the appropriate list of zip codes. Call it ZipCodeSelection.
Create an internal multivaue parameter that uses ZipCodeSelection as both its Available Values and Default Values. Call it SelectedZipCodes.
Use SelectedZipCodes in your report's datasets.
The easiest solution here would probably to use a Calculated Field on your dataset, called LocationDescription, for example:
=SWITCH(Fields!ZipCode >= 11111 and Fields!ZipCode <= 66666, "Boondock", Fields!ZipCode >= 77777 and Fields!ZipCode <= 99999, "Timbuck",True, "Everywhere Else")
The lone true statement at the end is due to the SWITCH expression reading left-to-right and exiting once it evaluates one of the switches as TRUE. This way for each of the items in your table of ZipCodes you will always end up with a TRUE result.
I assume you're evaluating a range of ZipCodes, and not exact values of 11111,22222, and so on? If so, the switch will have more values. A sample of your data would help if you want an exact answer.
Once you have built your Calculated Field, you can then set up a Parameter (called #LocationParameter) with available values based on a query of your LocationDescription field, then just filter your dataset using:
Expression:
= Fields!LocationDescription
Operator: =
Value:
#LocationParameter
(if you want multiple selections on your parameter, change the operator to IN)
Hope that helps.