This function returns a display value showing the months of the quarter (formatted according to the MonthNames script variable) and year with an underlying numeric value corresponding to a timestamp of the first millisecond of the first day of the quarter.
Syntax:
QuarterName(date[, period_no[, first_month_of_year]])
Return data type: dual
Arguments:
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| date | The date to evaluate. |
| period_no | period_no is an integer, where the value 0 indicates the quarter which contains date. Negative values in period_no indicate preceding quarters and positive values indicate succeeding quarters. |
| first_month_of_year | If you want to work with (fiscal) years not starting in January, indicate a value between 2 and 12 in first_month_of_year. |
Example 1:
quartername('29/10/2013')
Returns Oct-Dec 2013.
Example 2:
quartername('29/10/2013', -1)
Returns Jul-Sep 2013.
Example 3:
quartername('29/10/2013', 0, 3)
Returns Sep-Nov 2013.
Example 4:
Add the example script to your document and run it. Then add, at least, the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your document to see the result.
In this example, for each invoice date in the table, the quarter name is created based on the quarter containing InvID. The first month in the year is specified as month 4.
TempTable:
LOAD RecNo() as InvID, * Inline [
InvDate
28/03/2012
10/12/2012
5/2/2013
31/3/2013
19/5/2013
15/9/2013
11/12/2013
2/3/2014
14/5/2014
13/6/2014
7/7/2014
4/8/2014
];
InvoiceData:
LOAD *,
QuarterName(InvDate, 0, 4) AS QtrName
Resident TempTable;
Drop table TempTable;
The resulting table contains the original dates and a column with the return value of the quartername() function.
| InvDate | QtrName |
|---|---|
| 28/03/2012 | Jan-Mar 2011 |
| 10/12/2012 | Oct-Dec 2012 |
| 5/2/2013 | Jan-Mar 2012 |
| 31/3/2013 | Jan-Mar 2012 |
| 19/5/2013 | Apr-Jun 2013 |
| 15/9/2013 | Jul-Sep 2013 |
| 11/12/2013 | Oct-Dec 2013 |
| 2/3/2014 | Jan-Mar 2013 |
| 14/5/2014 | Apr-Jun 2014 |
| 13/6/2014 | Apr-Jun 2014 |
| 7/7/2014 | Jul-Sep 2014 |
| 4/8/2014 | Jul-Sep 2014 |
