Date Filter IDs

2023/09/20 • 3 min. to read
For date filters, IDs (placeholders) can be specified in square brackets [ ] that will be calculated and replaced based on the Date Filter Calculation Date when the evaluation is executed. Basically, the IDs are date formulas. However, the English date formulas are always used, e.g.: D (Day). The advantage over date formulas is that several date values (e.g. a date interval) can be specified combined in one filter. As Date Filter Calculation Date the Work Date is suggested. The suggested date can be additionally modified via the Date Filter Calculation Date Formula of the evaluation. Date Filter IDs can be used, for example, to set up evaluations where the date filter is automatically set to the current month when the evaluation is executed. The following IDs are available:

D Day
WD Weekday
W Week
M Month
Q Quarter
Y Year
C meaning 'current' and can be specified as a prefix of an ID

A list of Date Filter ID examples can be opened via the lookup of the date filter field.

Examples
The following table shows some examples of Date Filter ID combinations and their results when the Work Date or the **Date Filter Calc. Date** is set to 06/30/2020.
Example	Result	Comment
[CD]	06/30/20	Date Filter Calc. Date
..[CD]	..06/30/20	Until Date Filter Calc. Date
01/01/20..[CD]	01/01/20..06/30/20	01/01/20 until Date Filter Calc. Date
..[-CM-1D]	..05/31/20	Until the end of last month (based on the Date Filter Calc. Date)

[-CM]..[CM]	06/01/20..06/30/20	Current Month
[-CM-1M]..[-CM-1D]	05/01/20..05/31/20	Last Month
[-CM-2M]..[-CM-1M-1D]	04/01/20..04/30/20	2 months ago
[-CM-3M]..[-CM-2M-1D]	03/01/20..03/31/20	3 months ago
[-CY]..[-CY+1M-1D]	01/01/20..01/31/20	January of the current year
[-CY+1M]..[-CY+2M-1D]	02/01/20..02/29/20	February of the current year

[-CY]..[CY]	01/01/20..12/31/20	Current Year
[-CY-1Y]..[CY-1Y]	01/01/19..12/31/19	Last Year
[-CY-2Y]..[CY-2Y]	01/01/18..12/31/18	2 years ago
[-CY-2Y]..[CY]	01/01/18..12/31/20	The last 3 years

[-CQ]..[CQ]	04/01/20..06/30/20	Current Quarter
[-CQ-1Q]..[-CQ-1D]	01/01/20..03/31/20	Last Quarter
[-CQ-2Q]..[-CQ-1Q-1D]	10/01/19..12/31/19	2 quarters ago
[-CY]..[-CY+1Q-1D]	01/01/20..03/31/20	The first quarter of the current year
[-CY+1Q]..[-CY+2Q-1D]	04/01/20..06/30/20	The second quarter of the current year
[-CY+2Q]..[-CY+3Q-1D]	07/01/20..09/30/20	The third quarter of the current year
[-CY+3Q]..[CY]	10/01/20..12/31/20	The fourth quarter of the current year