Date into Time Period Month

JAbhi · 2025-05-22T08:49:35+00:00

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I have a situation where i have a line item formatted as a date(lets name it dateLine), and another line item formatted as time period month(monthLine).

Currently monthLine=Period(dateLine) which gives me result like :- jan 21, feb 21, etc.

However because of Period function limitation of model calendar, for values going out of bounds of model calendar, it gives a blank value for them for obvious reasons.

this monthLine line item is also reference for several other line items in different modules where it is used in lookup mapping & comparison with Item(time).

Is there a way, i can handle these out of model calendar ranges without creating new time ranges and keeping my monthLine format as time period month only?

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Prajjwal88

Hi @JAbhi ,

For tackling the calculation error or specifically where-ever this period line item is used in formulas, one simple fix could be- if the period gives blank then assign the last month available for time range by defining it in some system module, which would work for comparision formulas with Item(time), else you'll have to extend the model calendar or use a broader time range where required.

Hope this helps.

devrathahuja

Hi @JAbhi ,
Is there a reason you don't want to create new time range?

You could just create a dummy time range for 2065 with 1 year & never use it anywhere else but it'd populate all the time periods between now & 2065 in that case.

Its the easiest & most performance optimum solution.

JAbhi

@devrathahuja actually Model is already very huge and complex and any changes in it affect Model size and optimization to a visible level, that's why I want to avoid creating new time ranges

devrathahuja

@JAbhi - You don't have to use this time range in any module/line item. It will just be present in the backend and only have 1 year to it so even if the native time dimension consumes any size it'll be minimal since you can keep all totals off & will have only 12 members.

Any custom formulas you write will instead require additional line items as well as the calculation time for them which I'd say has (relatively) higher impact to size/performance/optimization of it.

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