OBIEE - Case When Statement
About
This article is about the case expression in OBIEE Logical SQL.
This operator calculation have two type:
- the case_if
- the case_switch
- In a CASE statement, AND has precedence over OR.
- If no ELSE expression is specified, the system will automatically add an null.
You can enter it on every place where you create a logical sql as the formula in Presentation service but also in the BI Server Expression Builder.
A Point-and-click generation of case statement logic is given by the Bins tab of the Column Formula
Type of case
Default
If the last ELSE statement is omitted, “ELSE NULL” is assumed. The case when statement returns then NULL.
Case If
CASE WHEN "Sales Facts"."Amount Sold" > 600000 THEN 'Big'
WHEN "Sales Facts"."Amount Sold" > 300000 THEN 'Middle'
ELSE 'Small' END
Request Condition Operator:
- >
- =
- IN The IN operator can only be used in the repository and not in the logical sql (ie in an answer/analytics)
Case Switch
It's also known as the case Lookup.
CASE Promotions."Promo Subcategory"
WHEN 'TV commercial' then 'Commercial'
WHEN 'TV program sponsorship' then 'Sponsor'
ELSE 'Default'
END
Support
With the GROUP system session variable in the repository
'Administrators;XMLP_ADMIN' in ('Administrators', 'CNT_ADMIN')