Get value of Day(numerical) from Timescale Day

gaurav_sharma-bng

Hi Team,

 

I have a module in which the Timescale is Days. Now I need to get the Day from the date. E.g. for a time period 26 Jul 2015, I want to get 26 as my day. Could you please guide me on how to do that.

 

ArunManickam

Please use the DAY() function.

 

https://help.anaplan.com/anapedia/Content/Calculation_Functions/All/DAY.html

 

Create a line item - number formatted and use the formula DAY(START()) in your moudule with timescale Day.

 

Thanks

Arun

ChrisAHeathcote

An alternative approach is to use a combination of ITEM and DAY.

 

=Day(ITEM(Time))

 

This formula will query the current time period and then return the day value formatted as a NUMBER. 

ArunManickam

No, the DAY function can only accept date as input argument. So it does not accept the time list members.

 

It could be something like this..DAY(START(ITEM(Time))), I prefer DAY(START())

 

Thanks

Arun

ChrisAHeathcote

@ArunManickam 

Yes, you are correct. 

 

ITEM will return a time period format NOT a date format which would not be compatible with DAY().

In that case I would also recommend your solution - 

 

DAY(START())