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15 Creating and using macros
By the end of this chapter you will be able to:
- Create macros
- Use macros
Creating macros
- Create a macro:
- Find - Macros in the repository
- Right click and select Add Macro
- Configure the macro:
- Name:
NumOfWeeks
- Minimum Parameters:
2
- Maximum Parameters:
2
- Expression: create an expression to work out the number of weeks - as a whole number – between two dates
- Use the functions dateDiff() and round() to help with this
- Name:
- Press to save your new macro
Using Macros
- Create a new model:
Try Macros
- Drag the stream
MC Macro Terminated Customers
on to your model
This contains some key dates for terminated customers: the signup date; the date that the customer terminated their service; the date that the final debt on the customer's account was cleared
- Add attributes for:
- the number of weeks between signup and termination
- the number of weeks between termination and the final debt being cleared
- In each case, use your macro to calculate the number of weeks between the two dates
- Run the stream
MC Macro Terminated Customers
to test your new attributes
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