Question
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"
Message was edited by: Lochan to add Category
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.
Can you please let me know in which library does NextBusinessDay() function resides in ?
I don't see it in "DateTime" Library
It's in BusinessCalendar library.
Murali...
Thanks
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...