Creating Dynamic Date Column Headings in Cross Tab for Business Objects - date

BO Version: 12.1.0 on Infoview,
O/S: W7
I am creating a report in infoview, which is a cross-tab. I have departments on the row side and for the column I want to have all Saturday dates dynamically displayed, and this is dependent on the date prompt values I put in to the report when I run it.
So if I put in for the prompts Dec the 08th 2013 to Jan the 04th 2014 I should see 4 Saturday dates (14th/21st/28th/04th) along the column headers.
I started off using a variable and using the function relativedate, which gave me all the dates I wanted:
=RelativeDate(LastDayOfWeek([Query 1].[Episode End Date]);-1)
but because I used -1 to get the Saturday date it was giving me the Saturday before the earliest prompt date, so I was getting these dates instead:
(07th/14th/21st/28th/04th)
Is there a way I can get these dates but ignore the previous day (the 7th) before the start prompt date?
I want to have this dynamic so that if I put a date range in it shows me all the saturday dates within that range along the top of the report regardless of the date range period.
Andrew

The reason you're having trouble is that WebI (being ISO compliant) considers a week to run from Monday to Sunday, but your reporting week ends on Saturday.
So, I would approach it this way:
=RelativeDate(
LastDayOfWeek(
RelativeDate([Query 1].[Episode End Date];1)
)
;-1)
If we evaluate some dates with this logic, we'll see the desired result:
Testing 12/8 (Sunday):
Add one day = 12/9
Get Last Day Of Week = 12/15
Subtract one day = 12/14
Testing 12/12 (Thursday)
Add one day = 12/13
Get Last Day Of Week = 12/15
Subtract one day = 12/14
Testing 12/14 (Saturday)
Add one day = 12/15
Get Last Day Of Week = 12/15
Subtract one day = 12/14
I'm at home and don't have access to WebI right now, so I can't test this myself, but the logic should be sound.

Related

Previous Month Calculation without Date Filters or Attributes in Report

I am trying to create a report that shows total sales for the previous financial year (March-April), the current financial ytd, and the previous month in powerbi. I do not want to include any date attributes in the report or place any date filters on the report.
The 2 measures below are working as expected, but I am running into issues when trying to calculate for the previous month.
This Year = CALCULATE('Fact InvoiceLine'[Total Fare Currency],
DATESYTD(ENDOFYEAR(dateadd('Date'[Date], -2,Year),"3/31"),"3/31"))
Previous Year = CALCULATE('Fact InvoiceLine'[Total Fare Currency],
DATESYTD(ENDOFYEAR(dateadd('Date'[Date], -3,Year),"3/31"),"3/31"))
The closest I have been able to get, though it's still far from what I need.... is this,
Last Month = CALCULATE('Fact InvoiceLine'[Total Fare Currency],
DATESMTD(ENDOFMONTH(dateadd('Date'[Date], -2,YEAR))))
which goes back 11 calendar months, but what I need is to see the total for 1 calendar month. Using PREVIOUSMONTH does not work either, as that requires either a date filter or date value in the report.
Last Month =
CALCULATE([Total Fare Currency],
FILTER(ALL('Date'),'Date'[Date] >= EOMONTH(TODAY(),-2)+1),
FILTER(ALL('Date'),'Date'[Date] <= EOMONTH(TODAY(),-1))
)

Tableau, Week to Date, Month To Date, Year to Date parameter

I have a data set spanning 2 years and is updated daily, created a dashboard to give a view of incidents by date group. I have created a parameter using date trunc for Day/Week/Month/Quarter/Year. This is in Tableau.
I am trying to get the parameter to show a Week to date, Month to date and so on view. IE if on Weds 15th Dec I selected the weekly view, it would only show data for every week in the data set for Sat-Weds (My weeks go Sat-Fri) or the monthly view every month between 1st-15th
Ideally I am wanting this as a simple parameter for a drop down menu, I can do the week to date stuff as a rolling sum restarting every week in a separate table, but for ease I just need a date group function that will allow to do this.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers
Pete
The solution is 5 parts:
Date Part Parameter
Max date [Max Date]
Dynamic date part of the Max date [Dynamic Date Part Max]
Dynamic date part of the historical dates [Dynamic Date Part]
Filter those date parts <= the Max date [Dynamic Date - Lass than Max]
Date Part Parameter
Max Date
This is the calculation you'd use with your dataset to find the max date.
{ MAX([Order Date]) }
In order to create a good example, I'm going to set my Max date to a specific date the falls in the middle of a week, in the middle of a month and middle of the year. I'm going use June 13th, 2018 as my Max Date.
So, if you want to follow along you can use the below date as your max date. You can also use this data set if you'd like.
DATE(#2018-06-13#)
Dynamic date part of the Max date
DATEPART([Select Date Part], [Max Date])
Dynamic date part of the Historical dates
DATEPART([Select Date Part], [Order Date])
Filter on Historical dates parts <= the Max Date
[Dynamic Date Part] <= [Dynamic Date Part Max]
Now that we have all the pieces we need let's check to make sure they are working as we would expect.
Looks like we're seeing all the days of the month that are <= the 13th.
When we change it to Day of the Week we see only the days of the week <= the 4th day of the week which is Wednesday when the week starts on Saturday.
Now let's calculate the running sum of sales along our dynamic date part to better help you with your example.
Drag the measure you want to calculate the running sum onto the label, then create a quick table calculation. We'll next need to edit this table calculation as so.
You'll then see your calculation working as you would expect.
Hope this was helpful. Happy vizzing!

first and last business day date formula in crystal for monthly report

Could some one please help me to mention First working day date and Last working Day Date of last month in Crystal Repoerts (8.5),
I need to use last month's first and last business day date for monthly report generation on first working day of the month.
In record selection I would like to give condition on value date, so that records will be only from earlier month.
For example if today is 1st jul 2014 (01-07-2014) then i shall get formula in record selection on Value date (say field is Value_Date) as,
first day of earlier month: 02-06-2014
last day of earlier month: 30-06-2014
Assuming Value_Date is a Date Field try belwo formula in Record Selection.
Value_Date>=DateSerial(Year(currentdate),Month(currentdate)-1,1) and
Value_Date<DateSerial(Year(currentdate),Month(currentdate),1)
Try this
if DayOfWeek(DateSerial(Year(currentdate),Month(currentdate),1),1) =1
then DateSerial(Year(currentdate),Month(currentdate),1+1)
else if DayOfWeek(DateSerial(Year(currentdate),Month(currentdate),1),1) = 7
then DateSerial(Year(currentdate),Month(currentdate),1+2)
else
DateSerial(Year(currentdate),Month(currentdate),1)

Crystal report formula syntax

I have a report I am trying to modify in Crystal. It has a data field that has a formula in it, but I want to use another formula.
This is an example of what I am trying to do.
[((# Days in January) – 15) x (Market Rent/(# Days in January))]
+ [((# Days in February) – 0) x (Market Rent/(# Days in February))]
+ [14 x (Market Rent/(# Days in March))]
I have ADO commands built out for the market rent, and a start date and end date. The months in my example are just that an example. I am not sure how to take my ADO command dates that are entered in on a filter page, and put them in a formula like the one above. Any ideas?
Also, in the first and last para. the -15 and the 14 are for a date in the middle of the month. So if the start date was on the 15th of Jan, and the End date was the 15th of march. This formula would calculate my loss of rent during vacancy.
If I'm reading your question correctly, you want to take a date field and find out how to measure the number of days in that month, the month before it, and the month after it. Here's some Crystal formulas to help you out. Let's assume your date field is called {#DateFld}:
To find the number of days in a particular month relative to a particular date, try this:
local datevar X:=cdate(dateadd("m",0,{#DateFld}));
datediff(
"d",
date(year(X),month(X),1),
date(year(X),month(X)+1,1)
)
I recommend you copy & paste this in 3 different formulas:
- In the 1st formula, replace the "0" with a -1 to get the number of days in the previous month.
- In the 2nd formula, don't change anything. That'll get you the number of days in the current month (i.e. the month that {#DateFld} is in)
- In the 3rd formula, replace the "0" with a +1 to get the number of days in the next month.
For example, if {#DateFld} is March 10th, 2011, the 1st formula will give you 28, the 2nd will give you 31, and the 3rd will give you 30.

Representing repetitive dates

Repetitive Dates:
Billing cycles come in a lot of different formats, for example: "the first of the month", "third Friday of the month", or "first weekday on or after 21st day after the 13th of the month" (thanks visa!). My goal is to be able to represent these different billing cycles in one easily parsed database text field.
You forgot weekend processing. If my bill is due on a Sunday, I want it to show up on Friday. That kind of thing. I think there are three possibilities:
Always before the weekend
Always after the weekend
If it's Saturday, Friday, and if it's Sunday, Monday
Current solution:
YYYY/MM/DD+YY/MM/DD+DOW
all blocks (delimited by +) are optional as well as all parts of each block.
first block denotes the starting date
if blank - denotes today
if missing portion - denotes all... ie "//12" would denote the 12th of the month every month.
negative denotes counting from the end of the period.. ie "//-1" denotes the last day of the month
overruns are carried into the next month ie "//40" would be 40 days after the first of the month
second block denotes the change in date between repetitions
if blank - set date (from first block)
Add present portions - ie "/1/" means every month after the given starting date
third block denotes the day of the week the calculated date should be moved to
available are [m,t,w,r,f,s,d,b] (7 days of the week, "business day")
Calculation:
Calculation start on the date specified in the first block, filling in the missing portions with the date the record is added.
the DOW is then added to get a valid starting date. This is the first date of the event.
the next date is calculated by adding the second block to the last calculated first block and adding the DOW to get the next date.
Examples:
on march 12th, 2008 - "2008/3/12"
the first of the month every month - "//1+/1/"
third Friday of the month every month - "//21+/1/+f"
first weekday on or after 21st day after the 13th of the month - "//34+/1/+b"
every 2 weeks from today - "+//14"
last day of every second month starting with march - "/3/-1+/2/"