Date Filter Parameters
NCCA Cost Accounting • 2022/01/24 • 3 min. to read
For
date filters, parameters can be specified in square brackets
[ ], which will be converted or calculated when the evaluation is executed.
Basically, the parameters are date formulas. However, the English parameters are always used, e.g.: D (Day).
The advantage over date formulas is that several date values (e.g. a date interval) can be specified combined in one filter.
The parameters are calculated based on the
Work Date.
In evaluations, the calculation can additionally be controlled via the
Date Filter Calc. Formula field.
Date filter parameters can be used, for example, to set up evaluations where the date filter is automatically set to the current month when the evaluation is executed.
The following parameters are available:
- D Day
- WD Weekday
- W Week
- M Month
- Q Quarter
- Y Year
- C meaning 'current' and can be specified as a prefix of a parameter
A list of date filter parameter examples can be opened via the lookup of the date filter field.
Examples
The following table shows some examples of parameter combinations and their results when the Work Date or the Date Filter Calc. Date is set to 06/30/2020.
| Example | Result | Comment |
|---|
| [CD] | 06/30/20 | Date Filter Calc. Date |
| ..[CD] | ..06/30/20 | Until Date Filter Calc. Date |
| 01/01/20..[CD] | 01/01/20..06/30/20 | 01/01/20 until Date Filter Calc. Date |
| ..[-CM-1D] | ..05/31/20 | Until the end of last month (based on the Date Filter Calc. Date) |
| | | |
| [-CM]..[CM] | 06/01/20..06/30/20 | Current Month |
| [-CM-1M]..[-CM-1D] | 05/01/20..05/31/20 | Last Month |
| [-CM-2M]..[-CM-1M-1D] | 04/01/20..04/30/20 | 2 months ago |
| [-CM-3M]..[-CM-2M-1D] | 03/01/20..03/31/20 | 3 months ago |
| [-CY]..[-CY+1M-1D] | 01/01/20..01/31/20 | January of the current year |
| [-CY+1M]..[-CY+2M-1D] | 02/01/20..02/29/20 | February of the current year |
| | | |
| [-CY]..[CY] | 01/01/20..12/31/20 | Current Year |
| [-CY-1Y]..[CY-1Y] | 01/01/19..12/31/19 | Last Year |
| [-CY-2Y]..[CY-2Y] | 01/01/18..12/31/18 | 2 years ago |
| [-CY-2Y]..[CY] | 01/01/18..12/31/20 | The last 3 years |
| | | |
| [-CQ]..[CQ] | 04/01/20..06/30/20 | Current Quarter |
| [-CQ-1Q]..[-CQ-1D] | 01/01/20..03/31/20 | Last Quarter |
| [-CQ-2Q]..[-CQ-1Q-1D] | 10/01/19..12/31/19 | 2 quarters ago |
| [-CY]..[-CY+1Q-1D] | 01/01/20..03/31/20 | The first quarter of the current year |
| [-CY+1Q]..[-CY+2Q-1D] | 04/01/20..06/30/20 | The second quarter of the current year |
| [-CY+2Q]..[-CY+3Q-1D] | 07/01/20..09/30/20 | The third quarter of the current year |
| [-CY+3Q]..[CY] | 10/01/20..12/31/20 | The fourth quarter of the current year |
