Defining Quick Date Range

When you enable Date Range display mode, two new options appear:

• Show Quick Ranges: if enabled, a calendar shaped icon will appear inside the slicer to allow the users to select from quick range you specify or create their own quick ranges as explained in the next property

• Quick Ranges: You can add quick ranges by clicking the + button. A dialog box will allow you to specify the date ranges

A Quick range has a name that gets displayed when the user clicks the quick range selector icon in the slicer. The range is the period that is anchored on the current date unit (This Day, This Week, This Month, ...) and extends to a number of date units period before or after that you specify. Instead of anchoring on the current period, you can anchor based on a date you specify or a dashboard parameter. Another options is to add an offset period to the quick range.

You can select:

• The period before (e.g.: Last Month, Last Year)

• The current period (e.g.: This Month, This Year)

• The period after (e.g.: Next Month, Next Year)

• Arbitrary period before:

  As you make changes in the dialog box, the calculated quick range is displayed at the bottom of the dialog box.

Example Quick Ranges

• Today: Add a Quick Range and give it a name: Today and select the Today radio button.

• This Year: Add a Quick Range and give it a name: This Year and select the This Year radio button.

• Last 30 Days: Add a Quick Range and give it a name: Last 30 Days and select the Last radio button and enter 30.