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Expression for YearToDate, CurrentQuarter,CurrentPeriods on Selection

Hi,

Can anyone help me out writing an expression for Expression for YearToDate, CurrentQuarter,CurrentPeriods on Search criteria ?

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Hi,

Why not use master calendar as below?

TEMP:

LOAD

          num(min(OrderDate)) AS MinDate,

          num(max(OrderDate)) AS MaxDate

RESIDENT

          OrderDetails;

LET vMinDate = peek('MinDate', 0, 'TEMP');

LET vMaxDate = peek('MaxDate', 0, 'TEMP');

DROP TABLE TEMP;

DateIsland:

LOAD

          date($(vMinDate) + rowno() - 1) AS D,

          year($(vMinDate) + rowno() - 1) AS Y,

          month($(vMinDate) + rowno() - 1) AS M,

          date(monthstart($(vMinDate) + rowno() - 1), 'MMM-YYYY') AS MY

AUTOGENERATE

          vMaxDate - vMinDate + 1;

TEMP:

LOAD

          num(min(OrderDate)) AS MinDate,

          num(max(OrderDate)) AS MaxDate

RESIDENT

          OrderDetails;

LET vMinDate = peek('MinDate', 0, 'TEMP');

LET vMaxDate = peek('MaxDate', 0, 'TEMP');

DROP TABLE TEMP;

DateIsland:

LOAD

          date($(vMinDate) + rowno() - 1) AS D,

          year($(vMinDate) + rowno() - 1) AS Y,

          month($(vMinDate) + rowno() - 1) AS M,

          date(monthstart($(vMinDate) + rowno() - 1), 'MMM-YYYY') AS MY

AUTOGENERATE

          vMaxDate - vMinDate + 1;

And then you could create some flags:

inyeartodate(D, $(vToday), 0) * -1 AS CYTD,
inmonthtodate(D, $(vToday), 0) * -1 AS CMTD,

And then you could create some flags:

inyeartodate(D, $(vToday), 0) * -1 AS CYTD,
inmonthtodate(D, $(vToday), 0) * -1 AS CMTD,