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Time Range filter

HI All

im new on BO Web Intelligence im not need to amend report to show revenue value between current quarter till date Vs previous quarter till date

currently in Time range filter i found filter for current quarter till date

but i didn’t found any filter for previous quarter till date

appreciate your assist how to do that


shado26 (BOB member since 2018-10-09)

you can create conditions for previous and current quarters in universe level and can use as filter at report level


surya_sudheer :india: (BOB member since 2006-11-01)

can you help me with this


shado26 (BOB member since 2018-10-09)

In terms of your quarters, are they calendar quarters or financial quarters that are different to calendar quarters?

financial quarters


shado26 (BOB member since 2018-10-09)

What quarter are we in now, when did it start and when does it end?

Current Quarter is Q4

we start Q4 2018 in 30-9 will end on 29-12-2018

2017 start on 1-10-2017 ended 31-12-2017

i need to get revenue for QTD as today as this report will run automatically


shado26 (BOB member since 2018-10-09)

OK. Do you have a calendar table in your database?

NO i only option i have to select per day or week or quarter or year


shado26 (BOB member since 2018-10-09)

Are you the universe designer or does someone else do that at your company?

no someone else


shado26 (BOB member since 2018-10-09)

Ask them to build new objects for you called “Periods Ago” and “Day in Period”.

This should calculate the number of periods back from the current period that a given date is, as well as allowing you to compare the same number of days in each quarter.

You can then create a query filter of Periods Ago in list 0,1 which will bring back the current and previous period as well as adding Day in Period into your report so that you can limit the display to the max Day in Period where Periods Ago = 0