$VAR1 = 'Test1';
$VAR2 = {
          'ShowHome' => 'Personal',
          'RightNavExpirationDate' => 20010521,
          'RightNavLaunchDate' => 20010515,
          'SmallGraphic' => '/templatedata/components/msn.gif'
        };
$VAR3 = 'Name';
$VAR4 = [
          'RightNavLaunchDate',
          '',
          'RightNavExpirationDate',
          '',
          'LinkURL',
          '',
          'SmallGraphic',
          '',
          'ShowHome',
          '',
          'ShowBusiness',
          '',
          'ShowPersonal',
          ''
        ];
$VAR5 = 'Test2';
$VAR6 = {
          'ShowHome' => 'Home',
          'RightNavExpirationDate' => 20010520,
          'RightNavLaunchDate' => 20010510,
          'ShowPersonal' => 'Personal',
          'SmallGraphic' => '/templatedata/components/msn.gif'
        };
$VAR7 = 'PromoPH';
$VAR8 = {
          'ShowHome' => 'Home',
          'RightNavExpirationDate' => 20001215,
          'ShowPersonal' => 'Personal',
          'SmallGraphic' => '2000-12-13'
        };
$VAR9 = 'TestLinkPH';
$VAR10 = {
           'LinkURL' => '/templatedata/components/test.asp',
           'RightNavLaunchDate' => 'Home',
           'ShowPersonal' => 'Personal',
           'SmallGraphic' => '/templatedata/components/msn.gif'
         };
$VAR11 = 'OfferNavP';
$VAR12 = {
           'ShowHome' => 'Personal',
           'RightNavExpirationDate' => 20000517,
           'RightNavLaunchDate' => 20000516,
           'SmallGraphic' => '/templatedata/components/msn.gif'
         };
$VAR13 = 'PromoP';
$VAR14 = {
           'ShowHome' => 'Personal',
           'RightNavExpirationDate' => 29991620,
           'RightNavLaunchDate' => 20000618,
           'SmallGraphic' => '/templatedata/components/msn.gif'
         };
$VAR15 = 'TestLinkP';
$VAR16 = {
           'LinkURL' => '/templatedata/components/test.asp',
           'ShowHome' => 'Personal',
           'RightNavExpirationDate' => 20000430,
           'RightNavLaunchDate' => 20000421,
           'SmallGraphic' => '/templatedata/components/msn.gif'
         };
$VAR17 = 'OfferNavPH';
$VAR18 = {
           'ShowHome' => 'Home',
           'RightNavExpirationDate' => 20000523,
           'RightNavLaunchDate' => 20000519,
           'ShowPersonal' => 'Personal',
           'SmallGraphic' => '/templatedata/components/msn.gif'
         };
Can't coerce array into hash at C:\Program Files\Interwoven\TeamSite\l
+ocal\bin\G
enerate_Right_Nav.ipl line 199.
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Where do you insert the 'Name' key? It is the Array. It is an other Value than the other keys.

Use curlys {} not [] . And you will have Name as Hash. I think from your code you want it as Hash, because as now the =>"" makes no Sense.

Ok, so I figured out this part, but now my problem is that I need to have the hash set up so that I have a many keys (file names) and each key has multiple values (parsed from the files) these bascially need to be set up like this:

%pers_dcr_files = (

    'Name' => [
                'RightNavLaunchDate'        => "",
                'RightNavExpirationDate'    => "",
                'LinkURL'                    => "",
                'SmallGraphic'                => "",
                'ShowHome'                    => "",
                'ShowPersonal'                => "",
              ]                
        
);

# Hash for Business Page

%bus_dcr_files = (

    'Name' => [
                'RightNavLaunchDate'        => "",
                'RightNavExpirationDate'    => "",
                'LinkURL'                    => "",
                'SmallGraphic'                => "",
                'ShowHome'                    => "",
                'ShowBusiness'                => "",
              ]                
        
);            

# Hash for Home Page

%home_dcr_files = (

    'Name' => [
                'RightNavLaunchDate'        => "",
                'RightNavExpirationDate'    => "",
                'LinkURL'                    => "",
                'SmallGraphic'                => "",
                'ShowHome'                    => "",
                'ShowBusiness'                => "",
                'ShowPersonal'                => "",
              ]
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I had these initial settings in my code, that is what was causing the array/hash error, but how do I set up my hashes in this manner to proceed with my program and not break the logic from the previous part?