Oracle Taleo Enterprise Edition: Converting a Flex Field (UDF) from String Type to Date Type in Reporting (Doc ID 2974713.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Taleo Platform Cloud Service - Reporting and Analytics - Version 23C and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Problem Description:

A user-defined field (UDF) is set up as a date type field, but the values are not sorting in date order (chronologically) in Reporting.

If the Flex Field column for the UDF is used in a filter, the results are not accurate.

Example: filtering for greater than a date but the results show values that are less than the date.

When the Flex Field column for the UDF is used in a custom formula, one of the following errors occur:

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