Input Data

If you intend to use an Input data step on a date-time field, please be aware of the following:

• If the field resides in the page data model, the user must enter a value in the format YYYY-MM-DD-HH.MM.SS (and therefore we do not recommend doing this).
• If the field resides in the user interface, you must use two steps if you want to populate both date and time. To explain this, we'll assume the field you want to populate is called EXPIRE_​DTTM:
  • First, you populate the date portion of the field. To do this, you'd input the date (this value can be in any valid date format that a user is allowed to enter) in a field called EXPIRE_​DTTM_​FWDDTM_​P1. In other words, you suffix _​FWDDTM_​P1 to the field name.
  • If you want to populate the time, you'd input the time (again, the field value can be in any format that a user could use to enter a time) in a field called EXPIRE_​DTTM_​FWDTTM_​P2. In other words, you suffix _​FWDDTM_​P2 to the field name.

If you intend to use an Input data step to populate a date-only field, please be aware of the following:

• If the field resides in the page data model, the user must enter a value in the format YYYY-MM-DD (and therefore we do not recommend doing this).
• If the field resides in the user interface, the user can enter any valid date format.