test

Hi, I was wondering if anyone on the group might be able to elaborate on their
experiences using survey software similar to Dimensions, but from companies
other than SPSS?  I'd like to know what other software you have been using, and
it would be ideal if you could provide comparisons in functionality to
functionality currently available in the Dimensions product line?

We have been using Dimensions for quite some time now, but due to various
factors, we are considering moving to an alternative platform for our survey
research lifecycle.

Any product comparisons would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Hi Zabi,
Did you ever manage to resolve this issue. If not, let me know and
I'll take another look at this again
Kind regards
Rich
--- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "Zabi" <zsalauddin@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Rich,
>
> Thanks for the reply, yes i got it's an error in creating a custom
> chart type, i don't know how you created your chart type, when i
> recreated it in Excel 2003 it alerts same error message but chart
> type is been used in the output, but i "guess" due to this error
msg
> displayed in mrStudio, some of the formatting stuff present in
custom
> chart type are not being taken care in the output.
>
> Thanks,
> --- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "spssrich" <richnwilson@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "Zabi" <zsalauddin@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am new to Dimensions. I am using mrStudio/TOM for tabulation
> > > requirement. I need to report the results in custom chart
types,
> when
> > > i do that it displays an error message:
> > > Export error(): Unable to get the MajorUnit Property of the Axis
> > > Class: Exception Occured.
> > >
> > > This error displays only when you access custom chart types
> created in
> > > excel.
> > >
> > > Please help!
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Zabb
> > >
> >
> > Hi Zabb,
> > Without seeing your script, the C:\Documents and
> > Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\Xlusrgal.xls
> file
> > and knowing what version of Excel you are using, it would be hard
> to
> > troubleshoot this.
> >
> > That being said, can you copy the following code into a mrs
script:-
> >
> > Dim TableDoc,Table
> > Set TableDoc = Createobject("TOM.Document")
> >
> > With TableDoc
> >  .DataSet.Load("C:\Program Files\SPSS
> > Dimensions\DDL\Data\Quanvert\Museum\qvinfo", "mrQvDsc")
> >
> >  With .Tables
> >  	 set Table= .AddNew("Table" + CText
> > (TableDoc.Tables.Count), "gender*age")
> >  	 SetProperty(Table.Properties, "ChartType", "SPSS Demo
> > Bar")
> >  End With
> >
> >  .Populate()
> >
> >   With .Exports.mrHtmlExport
> >   	 .Properties["OverwriteOutput"] = True
> >   	 .Properties["LaunchApplication"] = True
> >   	 .Export()
> >   End With
> > End With
> >
> > Sub SetProperty(Properties, Name, Value)
> > Dim Property
> >     Set Property = Properties.FindItem(Name)
> >     If IsNullObject(Property) Then
> >         Set Property = Properties.CreateProperty()
> >         Property.Name = Name
> >         Property.Value = Value
> >         Properties.Add(Property)
> >     Else
> >         Property.Value = Value
> >     End If
> > End Sub
> >
> > I will email the SPSS Demo Bar custom chart I have and if you can
> copy
> > this into your C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application
> > Data\Microsoft\Excel\Xlusrgal.xls file and, assuming you have the
> DDL
> > installed locally, can you run this script and let me know if
this
> > works.
> >
> > This script does work for me, I am using 5.5 Patch 1 and Excel
2003
> SP3.
> >
> > If this does work for you, switch the custom chart name and see
if
> that
> > works. If it doesn't then, there must be something wrong with the
> > custom chart you created. Did you create this from an original
> export ?
> > If not follow the DDL link: DDL.chm::/charts_custom.htm to do
this
> (To
> > use this DDL link, just right click on DDL title bar and paste
the
> URL
> > into the "Jump to URL".
> >
> > If this does work (my script with your custom chart), if may be
> > something to do with your script.
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Rich Wilson
> >
>

Hello,

I thought you might be interested in this page that we have added to
our website. It's a Page dedicated to tools that others have written
to help them work with Dimensions.

http://www.smarterdimensions.com/Downloads.html

You can Download, Rate and Comment on them, also if you have a tool
that you would like to get added to the list the drop us an email and
will get it added to the list.

Regards
The Smarter Dimensions Team

So the workaround would look something like this.

Metadata:
Q1_LOOP "" loop
{
Row1 "Row1",
Row2 "Row2",
Row3 "Row3",
Row4 "Row4",
Row5 "Row5"
} fields -
(
COL_LOOP "" loop
{
     Col1 "Col1",
     Col2 "Col2",
     Col3 "Col3",
     Col4 "Col4"
} fields -
(
     Q1 ""
     long;

) expand;

) expand;

Routing:
Q1_LOOP[..].COL_LOOP.Categories.Filter = {Col2,Col3,Col4,Col1}
Q1_LOOP[..].COL_LOOP.Categories.Order = OrderConstants.oCustom
Q1_LOOP.Ask()

--- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, Bret Hodge <mailhodge@...> wrote:
>
> The only ordering that works on question filters is normal, random,
and rotate.
>
> The asc, desc, and custom orderings only work with categories.  So
for your question the only custom ordering you could do would be on
defining how the rows are displayed
>
>
> A work around is to change your four inner questions to 1
categorical grid with 4 iterations with one long question defined
inside the loop.  Then apply the custom ordering to the grid
iteration's categories. Although, I don't know how that will affect
your displaying of them.
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: msqrd1979 <msqrd1979@...>
> To: NADUG@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:17:12 PM
> Subject: [NADUG] QuestionFilter oCustom
>
>
> Trying to custom order columns in grid.  I know this is a documented
> bug by SPSS.  But, I am wondering if anyone has found a perhaps
> undocumented way to archive this.  I am using mrStudio 4.0.
>
> Metadata:
> Q1_LOOP "Question text blah blah blah" loop
> {
> Row1 "Row 1",
> Row2 "Row 2",
> Row3 "Row 3",
> Row4 "Row 4",
> Row5 "Row 5"
>
> } fields
> (
> Col_1 "Column 1" long [1 .. 10];
>
> Col_2 "Column 2" long [1 .. 10];
>
> Col_3 "Column 3" long [1 .. 10];
>
> Col_4 "Column 4" long [1 .. 10];
>
> ) expand;
>
> Routing:
> Q1_LOOP[..]. QuestionOrder = OrderConstants. oCustom
> Q1_LOOP[..]. QuestionFilter = "Col_3,Col_1, Col_2,Col_ 4"
> Q1_LOOP.Ask( )
>

Trying to custom order columns in grid.  I know this is a documented
bug by SPSS.  But, I am wondering if anyone has found a perhaps
undocumented way to archive this.  I am using mrStudio 4.0.

Metadata:
Q1_LOOP "Question text blah blah blah" loop
{
Row1 "Row 1",
Row2 "Row 2",
Row3 "Row 3",
Row4 "Row 4",
Row5 "Row 5"

} fields
(
Col_1 "Column 1" long [1 .. 10];

Col_2 "Column 2" long [1 .. 10];

Col_3 "Column 3" long [1 .. 10];

Col_4 "Column 4" long [1 .. 10];

) expand;

Routing:
Q1_LOOP[..].QuestionOrder = OrderConstants.oCustom
Q1_LOOP[..].QuestionFilter = "Col_3,Col_1,Col_2,Col_4"
Q1_LOOP.Ask()

Hi Group,

My tables created using axis specification are not being sorted by
columns. In the axis specification i have used multiple variables to
create a summary tables. The variables being used are categorical.
The syntax i used is..

Tabledoc.tables.AddNew("Table103","axis({base() [Ishidden =
true],q3a 'Iced tea in bottles or cans'expression('q3_1 =
{_1_Dunkin_rsquo_Donuts_carries_this_beverage }')} ) as axis1_
+ axis({base () [Ishidden = true], q3b 'Freshly brewed iced
tea'expression('Q3_2 =
{_1_Dunkin_rsquo_Donuts_carries_this_beverage}')}) as axis2_
+ axis({base () [Ishidden = true], q3c 'Coolatta'
	 expression('Q3_3 =
{_1_Dunkin_rsquo_Donuts_carries_this_beverage}')}) as axis3_
+ axis({base () [Ishidden = true], q3d 'Smoothies'
	 expression('Q3_4 =
{_1_Dunkin_rsquo_Donuts_carries_this_beverage}')}) as axis4_
+ axis({base () [Ishidden = true], q3e 'Hot tea'
	 expression('Q3_5 =
{_1_Dunkin_rsquo_Donuts_carries_this_beverage}')}) as axis5 *
Gender", "Summary Table")
Tabledoc.table103.SortColumn = "Gender{base}"

Please let me know how this type of tables can be sorted by
descending.

Thanks,
Zabi

Hi Rich,

Thanks for the reply, yes i got it's an error in creating a custom
chart type, i don't know how you created your chart type, when i
recreated it in Excel 2003 it alerts same error message but chart
type is been used in the output, but i "guess" due to this error msg
displayed in mrStudio, some of the formatting stuff present in custom
chart type are not being taken care in the output.

Thanks,
--- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "spssrich" <richnwilson@...> wrote:
>
> --- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "Zabi" <zsalauddin@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am new to Dimensions. I am using mrStudio/TOM for tabulation
> > requirement. I need to report the results in custom chart types,
when
> > i do that it displays an error message:
> > Export error(): Unable to get the MajorUnit Property of the Axis
> > Class: Exception Occured.
> >
> > This error displays only when you access custom chart types
created in
> > excel.
> >
> > Please help!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Zabb
> >
>
> Hi Zabb,
> Without seeing your script, the C:\Documents and
> Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\Xlusrgal.xls
file
> and knowing what version of Excel you are using, it would be hard
to
> troubleshoot this.
>
> That being said, can you copy the following code into a mrs script:-
>
> Dim TableDoc,Table
> Set TableDoc = Createobject("TOM.Document")
>
> With TableDoc
>  .DataSet.Load("C:\Program Files\SPSS
> Dimensions\DDL\Data\Quanvert\Museum\qvinfo", "mrQvDsc")
>
>  With .Tables
>  	 set Table= .AddNew("Table" + CText
> (TableDoc.Tables.Count), "gender*age")
>  	 SetProperty(Table.Properties, "ChartType", "SPSS Demo
> Bar")
>  End With
>
>  .Populate()
>
>   With .Exports.mrHtmlExport
>   	 .Properties["OverwriteOutput"] = True
>   	 .Properties["LaunchApplication"] = True
>   	 .Export()
>   End With
> End With
>
> Sub SetProperty(Properties, Name, Value)
> Dim Property
>     Set Property = Properties.FindItem(Name)
>     If IsNullObject(Property) Then
>         Set Property = Properties.CreateProperty()
>         Property.Name = Name
>         Property.Value = Value
>         Properties.Add(Property)
>     Else
>         Property.Value = Value
>     End If
> End Sub
>
> I will email the SPSS Demo Bar custom chart I have and if you can
copy
> this into your C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Excel\Xlusrgal.xls file and, assuming you have the
DDL
> installed locally, can you run this script and let me know if this
> works.
>
> This script does work for me, I am using 5.5 Patch 1 and Excel 2003
SP3.
>
> If this does work for you, switch the custom chart name and see if
that
> works. If it doesn't then, there must be something wrong with the
> custom chart you created. Did you create this from an original
export ?
> If not follow the DDL link: DDL.chm::/charts_custom.htm to do this
(To
> use this DDL link, just right click on DDL title bar and paste the
URL
> into the "Jump to URL".
>
> If this does work (my script with your custom chart), if may be
> something to do with your script.
>
> Kind regards
> Rich Wilson
>

David -

Short & easy surveys might take a couple hours, long & complicated ones
could take close to a week, but the vast majority are done in 1-2
days.

All of our programming is done in mrStudio by a dedicated team of
programmers.  We use Word Capture as well as scripts to clean
formatting such as special characters.  Without a good native libary
solution we rely on internally stored common code.  We are also working
at improving our standard questionnaire document so the layout is more
conducive to conversion to MDD.

Thomas

--- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "Zabi" <zsalauddin@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am new to Dimensions. I am using mrStudio/TOM for tabulation
> requirement. I need to report the results in custom chart types, when
> i do that it displays an error message:
> Export error(): Unable to get the MajorUnit Property of the Axis
> Class: Exception Occured.
>
> This error displays only when you access custom chart types created in
> excel.
>
> Please help!
>
> Thanks,
> Zabb
>

Hi Zabb,
Without seeing your script, the C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\Xlusrgal.xls file
and knowing what version of Excel you are using, it would be hard to
troubleshoot this.

That being said, can you copy the following code into a mrs script:-

Dim TableDoc,Table
Set TableDoc = Createobject("TOM.Document")

With TableDoc
  .DataSet.Load("C:\Program Files\SPSS
Dimensions\DDL\Data\Quanvert\Museum\qvinfo", "mrQvDsc")

	 With .Tables
 		 set Table= .AddNew("Table" + CText
(TableDoc.Tables.Count), "gender*age")
 		 SetProperty(Table.Properties, "ChartType", "SPSS Demo
Bar")
	 End With

  .Populate()

 	 With .Exports.mrHtmlExport
  		 .Properties["OverwriteOutput"] = True
  		 .Properties["LaunchApplication"] = True
  		 .Export()
 	 End With
End With

Sub SetProperty(Properties, Name, Value)
Dim Property
     Set Property = Properties.FindItem(Name)
     If IsNullObject(Property) Then
         Set Property = Properties.CreateProperty()
         Property.Name = Name
         Property.Value = Value
         Properties.Add(Property)
     Else
         Property.Value = Value
     End If
End Sub

I will email the SPSS Demo Bar custom chart I have and if you can copy
this into your C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application
Data\Microsoft\Excel\Xlusrgal.xls file and, assuming you have the DDL
installed locally, can you run this script and let me know if this
works.

This script does work for me, I am using 5.5 Patch 1 and Excel 2003 SP3.

If this does work for you, switch the custom chart name and see if that
works. If it doesn't then, there must be something wrong with the
custom chart you created. Did you create this from an original export ?
If not follow the DDL link: DDL.chm::/charts_custom.htm to do this (To
use this DDL link, just right click on DDL title bar and paste the URL
into the "Jump to URL".

If this does work (my script with your custom chart), if may be
something to do with your script.

Kind regards
Rich Wilson

--- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "Zotter, E. David" <david@...> wrote:
>
> How many engines are you running on your typical online/web
cluster for mrinterview?
>
> One of our clusters has 9 engines per app server for a total of 36
and the other has 4 engines per app server for a total of 8.
>
> We're trying to figure out if it is better to have more engines
doing less work each or less engines doing more work each.
>
>
> I'm curious to hear what others are doing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -David
>

Good question David.  We've deployed a couple different
configurations at this point, although if I'm honest, I can't say we
have a lot of solid reasoning behind the choices we've made.

We currently haven't extended beyond six engines per app server yet
(total number of engines per cluster varies typically from 18 to
24).  One factor that has acted as an artificial threshold of sorts
is the need to use an Enterprise-level OS for servers with more than
4GB.  But if I thought I could deploy 16 engines on a single server
with no downside, the extra costs for the Enterprise OS would be a
no-brainer to me.

We are following the general guideline communicated to us long ago
by SPSS to allocate 1GB of physical RAM per engine.  With the use of
virtualization, we've been able to take advantage of that more
readily, but still face the OS memory limitation if we deployed with
the Standard OS.

The key driver for adding engines at this point seems to be memory,
memory, and memory.  Some engines will struggle with a relatively
low number of live interview sessions because of a huge per-session
memory footprint attributed to a project or two.  This potential for
variance at the project-level is very frustrating when trying to
project the capacity of a given cluster.

Do you segment out your app servers from the other tiers?  How many
app servers are you using in your cluster configurations?

Hi,

I am new to Dimensions. I am using mrStudio/TOM for tabulation
requirement. I need to report the results in custom chart types, when
i do that it displays an error message:
Export error(): Unable to get the MajorUnit Property of the Axis
Class: Exception Occured.

This error displays only when you access custom chart types created in
excel.

Please help!

Thanks,
Zabb

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone here has used an OLE/ODBC Data Adapater for
connecting to the mrData model and exporting the data via ODBC, rather
than using OLE via mrStudio.  If you have would you mind passing along
information about what adpater you used and if it's not too much to ask
for,  the price your organization paid for it.

Thanks.

--Mark

All,

Thanks to Rich and Tyler for their helpful posts.  I have implemented
the following code, but it seems to not work.  I'm wondering if this
is a bug.  I'm running mrStudio 4.5.  The code below does not seem to
update the IOM.Properties["SectionNumber"].Value from "2" to "1" when
I use the previous button after viewing Q3.

Metadata(en-US, Question, Label)
     Section1 "Section A"
     info;

     Section2 "Secction B"
     info;

     Q1 "This is my Q1 question text" text;

     Q2 "What is your first name?"
     text;
     Q3 "What is your last name?"
     text;
End Metadata

Routing(Web)

Dim SectionHeader[11], Label[11], i, SectionName[11]

'LIST ALL SECTION INFO QUESTIONS BELOW
set SectionHeader[1]=Section1
set SectionHeader[2]=Section2
set SectionHeader[3]=NULL
set SectionHeader[4]=NULL
set SectionHeader[5]=NULL
set SectionHeader[6]=NULL
set SectionHeader[7]=NULL
set SectionHeader[8]=NULL
set SectionHeader[9]=NULL
set SectionHeader[10]=NULL


Sub OnInterviewStart(IOM)
    Dim Property
	 Set Property = IOM.Properties.CreateProperty()
	 Property.Name = "SectionNumber"
	 Property.Value = 1
	 IOM.Properties.Add(Property)
End Sub

Sub OnBeforeQuestionAsk(Question, IOM)
	 Dim i
	 For i=1 to 10
		 if IOM.Properties["SectionNumber"].Value=i then
			 IOM.Banners[..].Style.Color = "#E5E5E5"
			 IOM.Banners[..].Style.Font.Size=8
			 IOM.Banners[..].Style.Font.Family="Helvetica"
   			 IOM.Banners[i-1].Style.Color = "#007D90"
   		 End if
	 Next
End Sub

for i=1 to 10
if not SectionHeader[i].IsNullObject() then
	 if SectionHeader[i].Label <> "" then
		 SectionName[i]="SideBanner" + CTEXT(i)
	 End if
	 IOM.Banners.Add(SectionName[i], SectionHeader[i].label)
End if
Next
IOM.LayoutTemplate="Template_DefaultALT.htm"
Set IOM.Properties["SectionNumber"].Value=1

     Q1.Ask()

     Q2.Ask()

Set IOM.Properties["SectionNumber"].Value=2

     Q3.Ask()

End Routing

Just so I understand this, Option GlobalVariables makes ALL variables
declared global and not just selected variables?

I can see why this would be problematic.  Why would anywone want to
declare all variables as global?  Is there no option to indicate
specific variables as global?

Thanks.

--- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "thegonz14" <thegonz14@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Doing this is not advisable as it can be confusing especially if you
> try to reuse variable names.  In general, global variables are seen
as
> a poor programming practice.  It would be better to use a metadata
> question or to add a property with a value to the IOM.Properties
> collection as part of OnInterviewStart to be accessible as
a "global"
> variable.
>
> Dim myProp
> Set myProp= IOM.Properties.CreateProperty()
> myProp.Name = "VariableName"
> myProp.Value = 0
> IOM.Properties.Add(myProp)
>
> Then, you can access the value of this property anywhere in your
> routing or subs/functions with this syntax:
>
> IOM.Properties["VariableName"]
>
> However if you do still want to do this you can declare this as the
> first line of your routing:
>
> Option GlobalVariables
>
> That will make routing dim variables accessible in subs/functions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tyler
>
> --- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "mlamias" <mlamias@> wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to find out how to set a global variable in my
Dimensions
> > Script in the routing section using mrStudio.  I have declared a
> > variable, SectionNumber, using:
> >
> > Dim SectionNumber
> >
> > But I want to make this a global variable so that I can use it
> > throughout the script.  I've looked in the DDL documentation and
found
> > little about declaring global variables outside of dms scripts.
> >
> > What I'm trying to do is refer to a global variable in the
> > OnBeforeQuestionAsk Event -- not a question defined in the
metadata
> > section.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>

Hi, Tyler,

Thanks for the suggestion.  This is actually what I ended up doing
before your suggestion.  I think adding a property works quite well
and this is what I'll use.

Thanks again.

Mark

--- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "thegonz14" <thegonz14@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Doing this is not advisable as it can be confusing especially if you
> try to reuse variable names.  In general, global variables are seen
as
> a poor programming practice.  It would be better to use a metadata
> question or to add a property with a value to the IOM.Properties
> collection as part of OnInterviewStart to be accessible as
a "global"
> variable.
>
> Dim myProp
> Set myProp= IOM.Properties.CreateProperty()
> myProp.Name = "VariableName"
> myProp.Value = 0
> IOM.Properties.Add(myProp)
>
> Then, you can access the value of this property anywhere in your
> routing or subs/functions with this syntax:
>
> IOM.Properties["VariableName"]
>
> However if you do still want to do this you can declare this as the
> first line of your routing:
>
> Option GlobalVariables
>
> That will make routing dim variables accessible in subs/functions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tyler
>
> --- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "mlamias" <mlamias@> wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to find out how to set a global variable in my
Dimensions
> > Script in the routing section using mrStudio.  I have declared a
> > variable, SectionNumber, using:
> >
> > Dim SectionNumber
> >
> > But I want to make this a global variable so that I can use it
> > throughout the script.  I've looked in the DDL documentation and
found
> > little about declaring global variables outside of dms scripts.
> >
> > What I'm trying to do is refer to a global variable in the
> > OnBeforeQuestionAsk Event -- not a question defined in the
metadata
> > section.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>

Hi Mark,
I can think of a couple of ways to go:-

1) If you want to store the value in the case data you could do the
following:-

Metadata(en-US, Question, label)
Q1 "Q1" categorical [1] {Yes,No};
Q2 "Q2" categorical [1] {Yes,No};
SectionNumber "Section Number" long;
End Metadata
Routing(Web)
SectionNumber=1
Q1.Ask()
SectionNumber=2
Q2.Ask()

Sub OnBeforeQuestionAsk(Question,IOM)
	 If (IOM.Questions["SectionNumber"].Response=1) Then _
		 Debug.MsgBox("Only appears before Q1")
End Sub

End Routing


2) Of if you wanted to use a temporary variable on the fly, you could
do something like this:-

Metadata(en-US, Question, label)
Q1 "Q1" categorical [1] {Yes,No};
Q2 "Q2" categorical [1] {Yes,No};
End Metadata
Routing(Web)
IOM.Info.User9=1
Q1.Ask()
IOM.Info.User9=2
Q2.Ask()

Sub OnBeforeQuestionAsk(Question,IOM)
	 If (IOM.Info.User9=1) Then _
		 Debug.MsgBox("Only appears before Q1")
End Sub

End Routing

Obviously this assumes you're not using I.User9 on the URL for this
survey.

I think the better option 1) would probably be more applicable as you
have the value stored in the case data.

Let me know if this helps
Kind regards
Rich (Wilson)


--- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "mlamias" <mlamias@...> wrote:
>
> I am trying to find out how to set a global variable in my
Dimensions
> Script in the routing section using mrStudio.  I have declared a
> variable, SectionNumber, using:
>
> Dim SectionNumber
>
> But I want to make this a global variable so that I can use it
> throughout the script.  I've looked in the DDL documentation and
found
> little about declaring global variables outside of dms scripts.
>
> What I'm trying to do is refer to a global variable in the
> OnBeforeQuestionAsk Event -- not a question defined in the metadata
> section.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>

Hi,

Doing this is not advisable as it can be confusing especially if you
try to reuse variable names.  In general, global variables are seen as
a poor programming practice.  It would be better to use a metadata
question or to add a property with a value to the IOM.Properties
collection as part of OnInterviewStart to be accessible as a "global"
variable.

Dim myProp
Set myProp= IOM.Properties.CreateProperty()
myProp.Name = "VariableName"
myProp.Value = 0
IOM.Properties.Add(myProp)

Then, you can access the value of this property anywhere in your
routing or subs/functions with this syntax:

IOM.Properties["VariableName"]

However if you do still want to do this you can declare this as the
first line of your routing:

Option GlobalVariables

That will make routing dim variables accessible in subs/functions.

Thanks.

Tyler

--- In NADUG@yahoogroups.com, "mlamias" <mlamias@...> wrote:
>
> I am trying to find out how to set a global variable in my Dimensions
> Script in the routing section using mrStudio.  I have declared a
> variable, SectionNumber, using:
>
> Dim SectionNumber
>
> But I want to make this a global variable so that I can use it
> throughout the script.  I've looked in the DDL documentation and found
> little about declaring global variables outside of dms scripts.
>
> What I'm trying to do is refer to a global variable in the
> OnBeforeQuestionAsk Event -- not a question defined in the metadata
> section.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>