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Quarters in Master calender

I found the following routine to create a master calendar written by Rob Wunderlich.
When I try to tweak it to create quarters ,it fails ( I have highlighted the code in  black ).
Need assistance with creating quarters using this routine
//===================================================
// Subroutine to Generate Calendar.
//===================================================
SUB CalendarFromField(_field, _calendar, _prefix)
[$(_calendar)]:
// Generate Final Calendar
Load
'Q' &
ceil((mod((Month([$(_field)])+8),12)+1)/3) as[$(_prefix)Quarter1],
'Q' &
pick(Month([$(_field)]),4,4,4,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3)as[$(_prefix)Quarter]
;
LOAD
[$(_field)]
,
year([$(_field)]) as [$(_prefix)Year]
,
month([$(_field)]) as [$(_prefix)Month]
,
day([$(_field)]) as [$(_prefix)Day]
,
weekday([$(_field)]) as [$(_prefix)Weekday]
// 'Q' & ceil(month([$(_field)]) / 3) as[$(_prefix)Quarter]
;
// Generate range of dates between min and max.
LOAD
date(DateMin + IterNo()) as [$(_field)] // Link Field
WHILE DateMin + IterNo() <= DateMax
;
// Find min and max of date field values.
LOAD
min(datefield)-1 as DateMin
,
max(datefield) as DateMax
;
// Load date field values.
LOAD
FieldValue('$(_field)', RecNo()) as datefield
AutoGenerate FieldValueCount('$(_field)');

END SUB
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swarup_malli
Specialist
Specialist


LOAD
[$(_field)]
,
year([$(_field)]) as [$(_prefix)Year]
,
month([$(_field)]) as [$(_prefix)Month]
,
day([$(_field)]) as [$(_prefix)Day]
,
weekday([$(_field)]) as [$(_prefix)Weekday],
'Q' &
ceil(Num(month([$(_field)]))/3) as [$(_prefix)Qtr]
;
// Generate range of dates between min and max.
LOAD
date(DateMin + IterNo()) as [$(_field)] // Link Field
WHILE DateMin + IterNo() <= DateMax
;
// Find min and max of date field values.
LOAD
min(datefield)-1 as DateMin
,
max(datefield) as DateMax
;
// Load date field values.
LOAD
FieldValue('$(_field)', RecNo()) as datefield
AutoGenerate FieldValueCount('$(_field)');

END SUB

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2 Replies
swarup_malli
Specialist
Specialist

Try this:

'Q' & ceil(Num(month([$(_field)]))/3) as [$(_prefix)Qtr];


swarup_malli
Specialist
Specialist


LOAD
[$(_field)]
,
year([$(_field)]) as [$(_prefix)Year]
,
month([$(_field)]) as [$(_prefix)Month]
,
day([$(_field)]) as [$(_prefix)Day]
,
weekday([$(_field)]) as [$(_prefix)Weekday],
'Q' &
ceil(Num(month([$(_field)]))/3) as [$(_prefix)Qtr]
;
// Generate range of dates between min and max.
LOAD
date(DateMin + IterNo()) as [$(_field)] // Link Field
WHILE DateMin + IterNo() <= DateMax
;
// Find min and max of date field values.
LOAD
min(datefield)-1 as DateMin
,
max(datefield) as DateMax
;
// Load date field values.
LOAD
FieldValue('$(_field)', RecNo()) as datefield
AutoGenerate FieldValueCount('$(_field)');

END SUB