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Problem Note 45281: A formula's value might be displayed as a pink cell in a SAS® Financial Management read-only report or data-entry form

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A formula's value might be displayed as a pink cell in a SAS Financial Management read-only report or data-entry form. This problem occurs if the formula uses the PROPERTY function and specifies a property value without quotation marks.

For example, this formula does not resolve correctly and is displayed as a pink cell:

IF(PROPERTY("TIME","Flag") =1,  ["ANALYSIS"="Actual"], ["ANALYSIS"="FC"])

If you right-click the pink cell and select Tools ► Cell Information, the following error is displayed:

Query failed due to a formula operand not found.
Reporting formula on dimension type ANALYSIS executed to produce this 
cell's value.

IF(PROPERTY("TIME","Flag") =1,
["ANALYSIS"="Actual"], ["ANALYSIS"="FC"])

To correct this problem, modify the formula and place the property value in quotation marks as shown below.

IF(PROPERTY("TIME","Flag") ="1",  ["ANALYSIS"="Actual"], ["ANALYSIS"="FC"])


Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Financial ManagementLinux for x645.2_M19.2 TS2M0
64-bit Enabled Solaris5.2_M19.2 TS2M0
64-bit Enabled AIX5.2_M19.2 TS2M0
Windows Vista for x645.2_M19.2 TS2M0
Windows Vista5.2_M19.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows XP Professional5.2_M19.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x645.2_M19.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for x645.2_M19.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x645.2_M19.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition5.2_M19.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition5.2_M19.2 TS2M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition5.2_M19.2 TS2M0
Microsoft® Windows® for x645.2_M19.2 TS2M0
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.