Output formatting of substitutions

The output text of a substitution can be processed according to your specifications to render data in the desired format. For example, a date with raw input data 2008-06-19 can be formatted as:
Thursday, June 19, 2008.

Date, time, date-time, numeric (integer, decimal, currency, percentage), and text data can be formatted.

Note:

StoryTeller only parses standard forms of data. Any non-standard data must be converted to standard form by applying a parsing mask in the Event tool, e.g. StreamIN.

A set of predefined output formats are available. You can also create custom formats with an optional language code for the substitution. You can also set a variable on the format property for the substitution, to dynamically manage which output format to use for a specific substitution during runtime.

For more information about the syntax of output formatting in StoryTeller, see Picture clauses.

Example 58

Custom format

Input value: 13:30:15

Format: HH:MM A Z

Output value: "13:30 PM EDT"

 

Example 59

Custom format with language code

Input value: 2008-05-30

Format: date(es){EEEE, D 'de' MMMM 'de' YYYY}

Output value: "Viernes, 30 de mayo de 2008"