inquarter - script and chart function

This function returns True if timestamp lies inside the quarter containing base_date.

Syntax:

InQuarter (timestamp, base_date, period_no[, first_month_of_year])

Return data type: Boolean

Arguments:

Argument	Description
timestamp	The date that you want to compare with base_date.
base_date	Date that is used to evaluate the quarter.
period_no	The quarter can be offset by period_no. period_no is an integer, where the value 0 indicates the quarter which contains base_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

Result

inquarter ('25/01/2013', '01/01/2013', 0)

Returns True

inquarter ('25/01/2013', '01/04/2013', 0)

Returns False

inquarter ('25/01/2013', '01/01/2013', -1)

Returns False

inquarter ('25/12/2012', '01/01/2013', -1)

Returns True

inquarter ('25/01/2013', '01/03/2013', 0, 3)

Returns False

inquarter ('25/03/2013', '01/03/2013', 0, 3)

Returns True

Add the example script to your app and run it. Then add, at least, the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your app to see the result.

This example checks if an invoice date falls in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year specified by setting the value of first_month_of_year to 4, and having the base_date 31/01/2013.

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 *,

InQuarter(InvDate, '31/01/2013', 0, 4) AS Qtr4FinYr1213

Resident TempTable;

Drop table TempTable;

The resulting table contains the original dates and a column with the return value of the inquarter() function.

InvDate	Qtr4Fin1213
28/03/2012	0 (False)
10/12/2012	0 (False)
5/2/2013	-1 (True)
31/3/2013	-1 (True)
19/5/2013	0 (False)
15/9/2013	0 (False)
11/12/2013	0 (False)
2/3/2014	0 (False)
14/5/2014	0 (False)
13/6/2014	0 (False)
7/7/2014	0 (False)
4/8/2014	0 (False)

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