CurrentObservationTime - Time measure to calculate X-position in shape meter

Dear Team, I have the following measure containing the current time:


Simple problem (stupid user): I want to use [@CurrentObservationTime] in a meter, drawing a vertical line (via shape) at an X-position based on the current hour. This is what I have, but it fails with the error below ... Why does the meter not calculate with the numerical value (15) -> the measure has the correct number as you can see. Can I prevent that the string is being used here?

Shape=Line (100+3*[@CurrentObservationTime]),1,(100+3*[@CurrentObservationTime]),100
Formula: Logical expression error: (100+3*15:45)

However, my final goal is to convert the current time (hour+minutes) to a full decimal number that I can use in the meter X-position calculation. In this example at 15:45 (current time from [@CurrentObservationTime]) I would like to calculate X = 100+3*15.75 giving 147 px. So the current time should be converted to a full decimal number, like this: HH + MM/60 ...

Can anybody show me a working measure giving this numerical value based on [@CurrentObservationTime] to be used in the shape meter? Thanks so much.

Statistics: Posted by emp00 — Yesterday, 3:20 pm — Replies 8 — Views 134

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