Re: Discoverer Desktop

On 15 Aug 2002 06:41:21 -0700, info_at_fw-it.de (Frank) wrote:

>Mark Rathbun <mark_at_nospam-pickerel-lake.net> wrote in message news:<s6mklus6upo96l65kbjaprkffvlcrldhs2_at_4ax.com>...
>> On 14 Aug 2002 05:36:08 -0700, rob_at_gmx.info (Robert Braun) wrote:
>>
>> >Hello! I have the following problem: I want to display data in
>> >quarters of years, but I only have a "Month" input. How do I
>> >intelligently sort it so that I get it back in Quarters? Thanks.
>>
>> It depends on your situation. If you are running discoverer against
>> either a datamart or datawarehouse, there should be a time dimension
>> table already with the quarters setup. If that is not the case, create
>> a calculation to perform the date conversion.
>
>Look in the Discoverer Administration Ed. It works automaticly. Take
>the right mouse taste an look after the attribues...

But this will make the change for all reports on the system. I would think that the date would need to be available in multiple formats, though the original post did not really specify. Received on Thu Aug 15 2002 - 16:30:40 CEST