number of months left in the model calendar

CommunityMember124314
CommunityMember124314
in Modeling

Hi,

 

I'm looking for a way to reference the last month in the model calendar.

 

For Example My model Calendar is 1 previous year and 2 future years. Currently the last Period is June 2022 however when the model calendar increases i want the formula to reference the new end period.

 

I then want to count the months from the current period (item(time) to the End period (e.g. June 2022)

 

Ultimately my goal is to reference the number of months left in the time dimension.

 

 

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  • Nagaraju
    Nagaraju
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    Step-1 Determine Start and End Times of Calender

    Nagaraju_0-1594955307114.png

    Step-2: Obtain Start Period and End period

    Nagaraju_1-1594955318947.png

    Step-3: Calculate no. of months in calender

    Nagaraju_2-1594955328612.png

     

    Step-4: Cumulate LI to count

    Nagaraju_3-1594955337745.png

    Step-5: Final formula to subract the Cumulate LI to determine no. of months left.

    Nagaraju_4-1594955351340.png

     

    Hope this helps!

     

     

     

     

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  • Sai_Bharadwaj_Venati
    Sai_Bharadwaj_Venati

    Hope this helps.

    Months -> Basically shows all time periods of the model calendar

    Final Month -> To get this month u need to select total of all time periods in Time settings

    No of Months left -> Formula to get difference

    Gap between current and time period end month-1.PNGGap between current and time period end month-2.PNG

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  • ChrisAHeathcote
    ChrisAHeathcote

    This can be achieved by using a combination of time system modules.

     

    Firstly, ensure you have 'Total of All Time Periods,' selected in the model time settings.

    Secondly, create a time properties module dimensioned only by time and set this to monthly time periods. 

    Create a line item called cumulate and enter the following formula =cumulate(1)

    This will create a rolling total of all periods in the model calendar.

     

    Create a second line item called Total number of periods and enter the following formula =cumulate[select:time.all periods] This will return the total of all time periods and hence the full number of periods in the model calendar.

     

    Create a third line item called remaining periods and enter the following formula = Total number of periods - cumulate

    This will return the difference between the each month and the total number of periods in the calendar.

     

    You can then look against the month in this system model against the third line item.

  • Raul2104
    Raul2104

    Simple and useful. thanks Sai

     

    Regards

    Rahul

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