Hello everyone,
Did anyone notice the secret custom format (for Date) available/that works in Webi report?
Apparently, we can easily format the Dates to show Quarters as Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4, I just discovered it for myself. I don't know how many people knew about it or since which version is this available or is not a secret anymore, I'm using BO 4.1 SP5.
Step 1:
In a sample report, add Date column twice in a table.
Step 2:
Right click on the 2nd column -> select Format Number -> in Format Number window, select Date/Time -> and from Sample select any one (screenshot has Sep 21, 2004 selected) -> click Custom
Step 3:
Update the Custom Format
From (Mmm d', 'yyyy) (or whatever else)
To (qq yyyy) as shown below and click Add to close this window and OK on the Format Number window to close it.
Voila, we unlocked the secret custom format. Now the reports looks like below:
No more using formatdate() function which converts the result to string and that messes up the sort on date by showing the month Apr first instead of Jan.
Thanks,
Mahboob Mohammed