Y-type data items are treated as text items purely containing numeric values and, as such, you were not allowed to update these items via the Global Updates to a Database function from numeric item types (K / L / M / J / *). From Release 6.2 these updates will be allowed, copying the significant figures and omitting any decimal places from the updated value.
Article ID: 221
Created On: Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Last Updated On: Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 5:45 PM
Online URL: https://kb.datafile.co.uk/article/global-updates-update-numeric-values-to-y-type-items-221.html