Basically I need to allow user input data in a Qq/yy or Qq/yyyy format (i.e. "Q4/2015" where "Q4" means last quarter or year 2015 - not Month 4).
I know I can take a DateTime value and format it with Format() but this is not what I need.
I need to provide user a form with an input control where he/she can type data in the above format and have this value stored in a database such a way that I can later perform reports and comparisons (like select all quarters from Q2/2015 to Q1/2016).
So I have two problems.
Input control.
Data type on my database.
If I simply take a text field in my table and set the input mask to Q0/0099 I will have problems with my queries since I will not be able to compare records with < and >.
If I take a numeric or date field, I don´t know how to properly set a working input mask to set the input the way I need.
Any hints, please?
You will need a DateTime value for later to make calculations and comparisons.
You can have two juxtaposed textboxes holding quarter and year, then use DateSerial:
Me!Date.Value = DateSerial(Nz(Me!Year.Value, Year(Date)), (Val(Right(Nz(Me!Quarter.Value, Format(Date, "q")), 1)) - 1) * 3 + 1, 1)
You can apply inputmasks as well, but many users dislike these.
To display the date as Q4/2015, set the Format property: \Qq\/yyyy
or use =Format(Me!Date, "\Qq\/yyyy") - or just the quarter or year part.
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My boss asked me to add a double slider input control for the date information on a report on Webi.
We have several columns and two of them display a date (start and end date of procedure). So I need to have two double slider, one for each date.
I've been searching for a whole day now and I know that it is not directly possible to use double slider with dates, because double slider only works with values (measures) and dates don't have that.
But I managed to create two more variables on the business layer. I used the following SQL function:
CAST(currentDate as Bigint))
These variables are displaying the date as numbers (e.g. 1090101 for 01.01.2009 (format is "dd-MM-yyyy")).
And it is working great! But it displays the dates as number, which is not possible to use for work. No one will know which date is 1090101. I could perhaps let both columns (date as date and date as number) in the report, so people could check the date they want to filter with the input control and select the right number on the slider. This could be a workaround, but not a clean one, I think.
I tried to change the format of the date as number to a date format, but then I could not use the slider anymore (even if the variable is a number).
I looked for a way to change the formatting of the values displayed on the slider, but with no luck.
So I'm asking for your help. Does anyone know how I could make this work?
Is there really no solutions for such a useful way of filtering data? I mean, filtering data by an interval of dates is surely something people want to do quite often, I assume.
Thank you in advance for your time.
(Version Webi : SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.2 Support Pack 8 Patch 6,
Version: 14.2.8.3671)
You could format your date value as year, month, day and then convert it to a number so the value you are filtering on makes a little more sense. Like this...
=ToNumber(FormatDate([Your Date];"yyyyMMdd"))
It will be better than just an arbitrary number, but certainly not perfect since you will have large chunks of your range for which there never will be any corresponding data (e.g. 20211232 through 20220100).
What is wrong with just a Minimum and Maximum input controls? They are more intuitive and simple to create. Sometimes what your user or boss asks for is a bad idea and/or just not possible.
i have a field for date with date, month and year.In my visualization, I need date to be displayed in (MON-Year) format.
I switched to data view, created calculated column with
Mon-Year = FORMAT('table'[Date],"YYYY-MM")
Now it's getting displayed as (YEAR and Month number) but I want to change it as month name.
After changes in data view, when I close apply, the column is present but there is no data type visible.
Should I create different calculated fields for year and month separately and then concatenate it?
any help would be appreciated.
If you want month first, then maybe you should specify it that way.
Mon-Year = FORMAT('table'[Date],"MMM-YYYY")
This may be useful for you:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/custom-date-and-time-formats-for-the-format-function
I need to be able to filter my data to comparable weeks/months across various years. And I need to be able to update those choices on the fly. Is there a way in tableau to set a non-continuous date filter?
because the base data is saved on the tableau server, I'm unable to join additional tables to it, so my initial idea of making a table of year / start date / end date and joining that to my data with a simple t/f filter isn't panning out.
I've considered making series of parameters, but it seems like it might get a bit overwhelming to make so many
Other things I've considered is writing an extended rule like
IF [year] = 2015 THEN [date]BETWEEN(date A, date B)
or the tableau equivalent to BETWEEN
ELSEIF [year] = 2016 THEN [date]BETWEEN(date C, Date D)
ELSE IF //and so forth
Does anyone else have experience with this? Any strategies you might recommend on the parameters vs. a long formula?
Any ideas are greatly appreciated!
Standard tableau filters on dates allow filtering by both continuous date ranges or filtering by parts of dates.
For example, if you wanted to compare January sales cross multiple years, you can drag your date field to the filters shelf and then right-click the date field in the shelf and choose "Discrete" rather than "Continuous" or choose "Month" in the upper set of options about which date component you want (the upper set selects date components, the lower set selects date ranges with in filters and axes).
So, if you put a date field on the filters shelf and select "month" as a discrete you will get a filter that allows you to filter for every January in the dataset.
I am using cognos version 10 and I need my dates to display in this format 'yyyy-mm' but it is showing dates like '2014-04' as '2014-4' so it is reading the dates out of order by producing '2014-11' first because it starts with a one. I need to add a zero to those double digit integers that way the months(specifically) will display in order.
here's an the code I've created in attempt:
_year( start_date ) ||'-'|| _month( start_date )
IF(_month(start_date) > 10)
THEN('0' +_month(start_date))
Short answer: Use yyyy-MM.
Your question lacks a lot of detail, so my response is based on considerable guess-work.
Are you asking about formatting, or do you want to transform the values? Formatting can be done without code. The code for your data item should be start_date.
Is this for a List column body? Where do you enter your format (yyyy-mm)? Are you using the Data format property?
In the Data format dialog, if you can't find another setting that will do what you want, you can enter a pattern into the Pattern property. If you look at the tips at the bottom of the Data format dialog, you'll notice that using yyyy-mm would give you a four digit year, a hyphen, and a two-digit minute. Perhaps you should try yyyy-MM. It works for me.
As for sorting: Even if you used yyyy-M for the pattern, 2014-04-22 (displayed as 2014-4), should sort before 2014-11-01 (displayed as 2014-11). The only reason the sort would be wrong is if it is using some other data besides the dates.
I have a decimal date field (TDDATR) that is in the YYYYMMDD format.
I would like to create a field that is TDDATR + 30 days but I am unable to.
Using 'Define Results Field' I have tried a few things;
Simply doing this;
TDDATR + 30 DAYS
But it returned this error: Labeled duration not used correctly.
I tried using the DIGITS and SUBSTR commands to create a field in the DDMMYYYY format and then +30 days but got the same error.
Same as above but in the DD/MM/YYYY format - same error.
Using DATE(TDDATR) but all I see is +'s in the field.
Using DATE( ) on the fields created in step 2 and 3 - still get +'s
I've ran out of ideas - any help would be greatly appreciated.
Query/400 lacks a lot of the features that an SQL based interface has.
I'd urge you to consider switching to Query Manager (STRQM) which is a fully SQL based product. You can even convert Query/400 queries to Query Manager queries with the RTVQMQRY command by having the ALWQRYDFN parm set to *YES.
The other option that IBM is pushing is Web Query. Again, fully SQL based and you can convert Query/400 queries into it.
Having said that, the problem is that FLD + 30 DAYS only works when FLD is a DATE data type. Query/400 includes a DATE() function to convert non-date types into date. But it's very limited in that it only works with character fields formatted according to your job defaults. Assuming you're in the US, it'd only work with a character value of '07/01/15'.
You could do a lot of manipulation in Query/400 and end up with a result field that meets DATE()'s requirements. But a better solution would be to create an SQL view over your table and have your numeric date converted into a date data type in the view.
You can find code examples that show how to convert a numeric YYYYMMDD to a actual date data type in the view. However, I'd recommend create a user defined function (UDF) that will do the conversion for you. That will make it much easier to use in the view and to reuse in other places.
If you'd like, there's an open source package called iDate, that includes all the code required for convert to/from date data types.
Download that, install/compile it and your SQL view becomes
select ... idate(TDDATR,'*CCYMD') as TD_DATE
from myfile
The use of days is as follow
Field Expression
CURDATE_30 days(current(date)) + 30
The solution to your problem is: given the field A dec(8,0)
Field Expression
YYYYMMDD_ date(substr(digits(a),5,2)||'/'||
substr(digits(a),7,2)||'/'||
substr(digits(a),3,2))
NEXT_MONTH DAYS(YYYYMMDD_) + 30
Remember to check the date format in your job description. In the example the format is MDY or MM/DD/YY.
More info here
Based on the information here, I created the below 2 fields;
TDDIGI DIGITS(TDDATR)
TDDAT1 SUBSTR(TDDIGI,7,2)||'/'||
SUBSTR(TDDIGI,5,2)||'/'||
SUBSTR(TDDIGI,3,2)
From here I was able to create a date field;
TDDAT2 DATE(TDDAT1)
Which allowed me to perform the necessary calculations.
The format of TDDAT1 is based on your job description which can be found by;
WRKJOB
Option 2
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Date format..: X
Mine was *DMY, so TDDAT1 was formatted based on this.