Re: Help with Restrict data to 2 comparative Year Period only

Hi Shila,

Query level you can do but you have to choose custom query option, which may not be acceptable/suitable in all the situations.

Can filter at Report level but impacts the performance of the report.

1) capture User input MonYYYY

Userresponse("Select a Period")

ex: Dec2015

2) Convert your calendar date to MonYYYY format

FormatDate(calendardate;"MmmYYYY"))

ex: output will be Jan2015.....Dec2015

3) Get user current year month based on response month

=Left([userresponse];3)+FormatNumber(([userresponseYear]);"####")

This gives Dec2015

4)Get user previous year month based on response month

=Left([userresponse];3)+FormatNumber(([userresponseYear]-1);"####")

This gives Dec2014

5) Create a flag to check the calendar values to current and previous month values

=If([MonYYYY ]=[CurrentYearMonth];1;If([MonYYYY ]=[PreviousyearMonth];2;0))

This gives 1 for calendar period Dec2015 and 2 for Dec2014

6) Apply filter on your table block using this flag in 1;2)

so that it will filter only values Dec 2015,2014

follow similar approach if you want data for additional months like nov 2015, nov 2014