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Panv
Contributor II
Contributor II

Using greater than for date variable in set expression

Im trying to calculate the 12 week rolling average prior to the most current week

The most recent date is stored in variable $(vMaxCal) as an integer (currently it is 44365 for 6/18/2021)

To get the 12 week average I need to get date field (timeofarrival) to be (> vMaxCal - 12 weeks) essentially

how can I fix this set expression so that it works :
=sum({< [Publications.timeofarrival]={">date($(vMaxCal)-(7*12),'M/D/YYYY')"}, [_thisWeek]-={1}>} Publications.counter) /12

Btw, if i hard code the date in like this, it works:
=sum({< [Publications.timeofarrival]={">3/26/2021"}, [_thisWeek]-={1}>} Publications.counter) /12

also to add, the equation itself doesnt have any problem in terms of error messages, but the result in the visualization is a value of 0 instead of the actual average>

If i create a KPI with JUST date($(vMaxCal)-(7*12),'M/D/YYYY'), it works

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GaryGiles
Specialist
Specialist

You need to enclose the date calculation in a $-expansion, like this:

=sum({< [Publications.timeofarrival]={">$(=date($(vMaxCal)-(7*12),'M/D/YYYY'))"}, [_thisWeek]-={1}>} Publications.counter) /12

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GaryGiles
Specialist
Specialist

You need to enclose the date calculation in a $-expansion, like this:

=sum({< [Publications.timeofarrival]={">$(=date($(vMaxCal)-(7*12),'M/D/YYYY'))"}, [_thisWeek]-={1}>} Publications.counter) /12

Panv
Contributor II
Contributor II
Author

Ahh perfect, thank you Gary!