Invoke Custom Function

[Anonymous]

Hi

I'm trying to use the 'Invoke Custom Function' to populate a new column in a query.  The function requires a date parameter to be passed and a financial period is returned.

I've imported the function from a SQL Server database and tested it by passing in date from the selection calendar and the function returns the financial period as expected. When I 'Invoke Custom Function' to add a column and pass in the parameter, changing the parameter setting from 'date/time' to 'Column Name' and selecting my date column, the step completes but it returns errors with the following message;

Does anyone have any ideas about getting around this?

Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

Hi @AlB 

Thanks for the response but the value being passed is DateTime and the result (Period) is Int. 

I'm still struggling to resolve this, any ideas?

Regards 

[Anonymous]

I found the solution.  The parameter needs to be DateTime and not just Date. 

[AlB · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

It looks like your Period column is of type date and needs to be converted to datetime, which is the type the function expects

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