wrong calculation on multiple instances

tkilshaw · Post by **tkilshaw** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:48 pm

using build 760 on Windows XP

the following rule of object Goal, used on an instance of Goal which has 3 ProgressGoals and the following starting values:

Goal.AccountTarget set to 200

ProgressGoal[1].Percentage set to 10
ProgressGoal[2].Percentage set to 5
ProgressGoal[3].Percentage set to 2

ProgressGoal[1].NumAccounts = 20
ProgressGoal[2].NumAccounts = 10
ProgressGoal[3].NumAccounts = 4

If I change Goal.AccountTarget the following rule is applied:

If Goal.AccountTarget WAS CHANGED Then
FIND ProgressGoal WHERE ProgressGoal IN Goal.ProgressGoals
ProgressGoal.NumAccounts=Goal.AccountTarget*ProgressGoal.Percentage/100

After application we have:

Goal.AccountTarget changed to 100

ProgressGoal[1].Percentage set to 10
ProgressGoal[2].Percentage set to 5
ProgressGoal[3].Percentage set to 2

ProgressGoal[1].NumAccounts = 10
ProgressGoal[2].NumAccounts = 10
ProgressGoal[3].NumAccounts = 10

So for some reason the value calculated for the first ProgressGoal instance is applied to all ProgressGoal instances.

Is my code wrong?

thanks,

Terry

aware_support · Post by **aware_support** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:57 pm

Terry,

your rule is fine. We have tried to reproduce the problem using the latest build (762) and the version of your business space that we've got and everything works correctly. There was a small problem fixed in build 762 that might affect it. Could you please download it and check if the problem still occurrs. If it does, could you send us the latest version of your business space and tell us the steps you are doing to reproduce the problem.

Best Regards

tkilshaw · Post by **tkilshaw** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:10 am

I tried build 762 but the problem persists.

I'll send my code to Vladimir.

Terry

aware_support · Post by **aware_support** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:49 am

We will be fixing this problem. In the meantime you can do the following - move the rule that re-calculates percentages from the Goal object to the ProgressGoal object, so instead of having the following rule on Goal:

If Goal.AccountTarget WAS CHANGED Then
FIND ProgressGoal WHERE ProgressGoal IN Goal.ProgressGoals
ProgressGoal.NumAccounts=Goal.AccountTarget*ProgressGoal.Percentage/100

you will have the following rule on ProgressGoal:

If ProgressGoal.Goal.AccountTarget WAS CHANGED Then
ProgressGoal.NumAccounts=ProgressGoal.Goal.AccountTarget*ProgressGoal.Percentage/100

This will be more correct conceptually as well as you should try to put rules that modify objects on the objects being modified.

Best Regards