concatenating a string and expression output

[#1]

HI all

         i am facing problems in concatenating two values

         scenario: i have a date 6/30/2012, but i want to display it as Q2 2012

         how can i do that?

         i thought of concatenating Q2 with =year(today())-1, but it doesnt work

         or can i use some variable, if so how?

         pls assist me.

thanks in advance

sujay

[alexandros17]

Suppose that your field name is myDt:

Let Quarter =

if(month(myDt)>=1 and month(myDt)<=3, 'Q1',

if(month(myDt)>=4 and month(myDt)<=6, 'Q2',

if(month(myDt)>=7 and month(myDt)<=9, 'Q3',

if(month(myDt)>=10 and month(myDt)<=12, 'Q4',

'ND'

)

)

)

);

Your result will be :

$(Quarter) & text(year(myDt))

[Gysbert_Wassenaar · Accepted solution]

expression: ='Q' & ceil(month(MyDate)/3) & ' ' & year(MyDate)

or in the script as a new field: 'Q' & ceil(month(MyDate)/3) & ' ' & year(MyDate) as Quarter

[hic]

I would take Gysbert's expression and wrap the Dual() function around it, Then the values will get sorted correctly.

Dual(

          'Q' & ceil(month(MyDate)/3) & ' ' & year(MyDate),

          QuarterStart(MyDate)

          ) as Quarter

HIC

[#5]

its perfect

points assigned

thanks

[#6]

THanks &' '& worked !

[abergheim]

Try 

='Q2 ' & text(year(today())-1)