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Hello everybody,

do you know if there is a way to debug a turbo integrator process?
in order to understand where I make errors on my process.

Actually I would like to know if there is printline to see the content of a variable.

Thanks ind advance for you help.

Nicola

Hi there

You can use ASCIIOUTPUT to print a fixed text or the contents of a variable to a text file.

Some points to take into account:

• The first argument of that function should be the file name. If you do not specify the path location, the database directory is used.

• Separate with comma's what you would like to output in the text file.

• The CMA file extension is often used for this kind of files.

• Numeric data should be converted to a string if you want to output them using ASCIIOUTPUT. Use for instance the NumberToString function.

• Depending on the version of TM1, make sure the length of 1 sentence in the output file is not too long.

• Any ASCIIOUTPUT statement in the Metadata or Data tab to a file, will overwrite (hence, delete) that file. This means that an ASCIIOUTPUT statement in the Prolog tab to the same text file will not have the intended purpose.

• I regularly use a temporary cube or dimension to hold data, and be able to evaluate the process. Delete the cube or dimension afterwards, or clear the area in the cube.

• The ProcessQuit and ItemReject functions are also good tools to evaluate processes.

Wim

Hi Nicola,

Cubewise have a non-free third party app that can help with this.

(Disclaimer: I do a bit of work for them).

Martin