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Thread: Always take 6 months history to calculate forcast

Started 3 months, 4 weeks ago by adnan
Hi, In most basic words, this is what i need. In-order to project values from current month going forward till the end of current year, i need to consider 6 months historical data(based on current month). How should i go about doing a cross-tab report where i need to show current year values only, with <Actual> from start of the year till end of previous month and <Forcast>(...
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adnan replied 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Folks, I need some thoughts on this . Do update. Anything would do to get the results, anything from Multiple data providers, "Do not generate SQL", defining a variable, having prompts to fetch the result set of data in the report or using "UserResponce" functions. Get me something on which i can improvise. Need help.!!!! Thanks.

shiva.tomar replied 3 months, 3 weeks ago
to get the current year value you can put a where condition where year = 2009 or Code: year = formatdate(currentdate();'YYYY') This is to get the current year. To calculate past 6 month from current date: Code: =formatdate(add_months(currentdate();-6);"your format") If you wanna have the begining of past 6 month then =...

shiva.tomar replied 3 months, 3 weeks ago
to get the current year value you can put a where condition where year = 2009 or Code: year = formatdate(currentdate();'YYYY') This is to get the current year. To calculate past 6 month from current date: Code: =formatdate(add_months(currentdate();-6);"your format") If you wanna have the begining of past 6 month then =...

 

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Folks, I need some thoughts on this . Do update. Anything would do to get the results, anything from Multiple data providers, "Do not generate SQL", defining a variable, having prompts to fetch the result set of data in the report or using "UserResponce" functions. Get me something on which i can improvise. Need help.!!!! Thanks.
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to get the current year value you can put a where condition where year = 2009 or Code: year = formatdate&#40;currentdate&#40;&#41;;'YYYY'&#41; This is to get the current year. To calculate past 6 month from current date: Code: =formatdate&#40;add_months&#40;currentdate&#40;&#41;;-6&#41;;&quot;your format&quot;&#41; If you wanna have the begining of past 6 month then...

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