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JohnRoss2
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5 years ago

Can we get "ask the user" for "date is during"?

Just realized that you cannot say "X date is during" - "ask the user".  In the case where I need users to be able to say show me all records during X year or month.  The only thing we figured out is using two specific dates but this is a bit messy and less convenient. 

Any chance this could be added?

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  • MarkShnier__You's avatar
    MarkShnier__You
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    5 years ago
    Well, for asking the user if the date is during some year, you would just have the user answer with the year number like
    2020

     and the report would compare the 2020 to a formula called [Year] which is

    Year([my date field])

    As for answering the during for a month, were you asking the user for one month or a range of months.


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    • JohnRoss2's avatar
      JohnRoss2
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      5 years ago
      Thanks for the reply.  I will give that a shot and see if it works for us all.  For the month, yes it was for a specific month.  "Show me all requests during X month".

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      • MarkShnier__You's avatar
        MarkShnier__You
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        5 years ago
        for the month is during ...
        not tested for syntax but you you can make a formula field called [YYYYMM] for example 

        ToText(Year([My Date Field]) & Padleft(ToText([my date field]),2,"0"))

        Then the user would respond with

        202001 for January 2020

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