DayNames

Overview

In this example, the dates in the dataset are set in the MM/DD/YYYY format.

Open the Data load editor and add the load script below to a new tab.

The load script contains:

• A dataset with dates, which will be loaded into a table named, Transactions.

• A date field.

• The default DayNames definition.

Load script

SET DayNames='Mon;Tue;Wed;Thu;Fri;Sat;Sun'; 

Transactions: 
LOAD 
date, 
WeekDay(date) as dayname, 
id, 
amount 
INLINE  
[ 
date,id,amount 
01/01/2022,1,1000 
02/01/2022,2,2123 
03/01/2022,3,4124 
04/01/2022,4,2431 
]; 

Results

Load the data and open a sheet. Create a new table and add these fields as dimensions:

• date

• dayname

Create this measure:

sum(amount)

In the load script, the WeekDay function is used with the date field as the provided argument. In the results table, the output of this WeekDay function displays the days of the week in the format of the DayNames definition.

Overview

Open the Data load editor and add the load script below to a new tab. The same dataset and scenario from the first example are used.

However, at the start of the script, the DayNames definition is modified to use the abbreviated days of the week in Afrikaans.

Load script

SET DayNames='Ma;Di;Wo;Do;Vr;Sa;So'; 
						
Transactions: 
Load 
date, 
WeekDay(date) as dayname, 
id, 
amount 
Inline  
[ 
date,id,amount 
01/01/2022,1,1000 
02/01/2022,2,2123 
03/01/2022,3,4124 
04/01/2022,4,2431 
]; 

Results

Load the data and open a sheet. Create a new table and add these fields as dimensions:

• date

• dayname

Create this measure:

sum(amount)

In the results table, the output of this WeekDay function displays the days of the week in the format of the DayNames definition.

It is important to remember that if the language for the DayNames is modified like it has been in this example, the LongDayNames would still contain the days of the week in English. This would need to be modified as well if both variables are used in the application.

Overview

Open the Data load editor and add the load script below to a new tab.

The load script contains:

• A dataset with dates, which will be loaded into a table named, Transactions.

• A date field.

• The default DayNames definition.

Load script

SET DayNames='Mon;Tue;Wed;Thu;Fri;Sat;Sun'; 

Transactions: 
Load 
date, 
Date(date,'WWW') as dayname, 
id, 
amount 
Inline  
[ 
date,id,amount 
01/01/2022,1,1000 
02/01/2022,2,2123 
03/01/2022,3,4124 
04/01/2022,4,2431 
]; 

Results

Load the data and open a sheet. Create a new table and add these fields as dimensions:

• date

• dayname

Create this measure:

sum(amount)

The default DayNamesdefinition is used. In the load script, the Date function is used with the date field as the first argument. The second argument is WWW. This formatting converts the result into the values stored in the DayNames definition. This is displayed in the output of the results table.