# Expressions and Reports

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expressions-and-reports/29659>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 4, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expressions-and-reports/29659 "2019-11-04T08:51:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Abiodun.Martins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Abiodun.Martins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Abiodun.Martins)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expressions-and-reports/29659/1 "2019-11-04T08:51:11Z")

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please what expression can i pars if i am trying to be generating my report every 12hours and i am seeing this error:  
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.expressions.parsing.ELLexer.errMsg(ELLexer.java:314)  
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.expressions.parsing.ELLexer.errMsg(ELLexer.java:310)  
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.expressions.parsing.ELParser.report\_error(ELParser.java:408)  
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.expressions.parsing.ELParser.syntax\_error(ELParser.java:404)

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**Author:** ![Paul.Scott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul.scott/32/4578_2.png) [@Paul.Scott](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Paul.Scott)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expressions-and-reports/29659/2 "2019-11-05T01:52:37Z")

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Moved this to its own thread.

1. What exactly are you trying to do?
2. What have you tried so far?
3. Where is that error coming from?