HOW TO READ CURRENT PERIOD BY USING FORMULA

UMAMAHESH
UMAMAHESH
in Modeling

 Hi,

 

In one module i want to read current period.Can you please suggest me what formula i use

 

Foe suppose we are in jan-19.I want to read current Period(Jan-2019) in Filter module.

 

Regards, 

Uma

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  • rob_marshall
    rob_marshall
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    @UMAMAHESH,

     

    The function you need is CURRENTPERIODSTART() which takes the setting defined in Time.

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    Since CURRENTPERIODSTART() returns a date, you can convert this to a Period with the following formula PERIOD(CURRENTPERIODSTART()).  If you really want to be slick, you can create a module defined by Time, call it Time Filters, and create a line item (Is Current Month?) with a format of Boolean with this formula: ITEM(Time) = PERIOD(CURRENTPERIODSTART()). 

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    This gives you the ability to check if the month is defined as the current period month (if .Time Filters'.'Is Current Month?' then ...... else .....).

     

    Hope this helps,

     

    Rob

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  • UMAMAHESH
    UMAMAHESH

    Hi Rob,

     

    Ya that's correct. Its working fine.

    Thank you for your reply.

     

    Regards,

    Uma

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