quarterend - script and chart function

This function returns a value corresponding to a timestamp of the last millisecond of the quarter containing date. The default output format will be the DateFormat set in the script.

Syntax:  

QuarterEnd(date[, period_no[, first_month_of_year]])

Return data type: dual

Arguments:  

Examples and results:  

These examples use the date format DD/MM/YYYY. The date format is specified in the SET DateFormat statement at the top of your load script. Change the format in the examples to suit your requirements.

Example 1:  

quarterend('29/10/2005')

Returns 31/12/2005 23:59:59.

Example 2:  

quarterend('29/10/2005', -1)

Returns 30/09/2005 23:59:59.

Example 3:  

quarterend('29/10/2005', 0, 3)

Returns 30/11/2005 23:59:59.

Example 4:  

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

This example finds the last day in the quarter of each invoice date in the table, where the first month in the year is specified as month 3.

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 *,

QuarterEnd(InvDate, 0, 3) AS QtrEnd

Resident TempTable;

Drop table TempTable;

The resulting table contains the original dates and a column with the return value of the quarterend() function. You can display the full timestamp by specifying the formatting in the chart properties.