Any alternative to ago function

Hello,
I am using obiee 11g.Trying to use ago function at quarter level with the date prompts as filter
instead of year prompt but somehow the data is not matching properly.
Would like to know if there is any alternative to ago function?
I just want to calcultate the count(distinct(id)) for current and previous quarter,where the report gets filtered by date fields.
The report has user column,quarter column and the currrentcount and previous count.
like
user1->Q1->10->19
user1->Q2->20->10
User3->Q1->11->26
Any help on this please?
Thanks

Hello,
Thanks for reply.
Is the grain below quarter level?
------> Calc date is below quarter level in the time dimension,Time dimesnion has FS Year(level1)->FS Quarter(level2)->Cal Date and Time key(Time key is the primary key with the combination of cal date and the pk of some other table (level3))
Does quarter exists as a field in your date dimension?
--------->Yes Fs Quarter is a field/column in the table and in the dimension
check if quarter is a chronological key, does your quarter contain year in it(2011-02)?
-------->In each level i have key defined, also in the FS Quarter i have.
In the level3 i have both the key defined as key but cal_date as pk.
Yes, Data of the qtarter is in the form 2012-01.
Do you have quarter in your report, without date field?
--------->yes, the report has FS_qtr,count for current qtr,count for previous qtr using ago function
and the filter used is cal_date>='01-JUN-11'
facts->
There is a view in the database which is being created for time dimesnion.
The view has
FS_Year , FS_Qtr , Calc_Date ,Cal_month , cal_qtr, TimeKey(PK) , Pk_from someother_table_acting_as_fk.
Please let me know where i am going wrong?
One more thing i would like to add if i use the filter as FS_YEAR>=2011 then the counts comes perfectly.Problem is with cal date field.Just not bale to understnd where i am i going wrong?
Please help
Thanks
Edited by: user123 on Feb 10, 2012 11:00 AM

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