Collecting temporal attribute in Web Determinations

Question

I have a number attribute (the number of employees) that varies over time, and I've set up some temporal logic to draw inferences from this value.
I'd like to collect this attribute in a Web Determinations interview but don't know how to. Is there a native way to accomplish this? Alternatively, is there a way to do this using entity instances (for example, by setting up an entity called "the time period" and then mapping the time periods to the "number of employees" timeline)?
In short, what's the standard way to handle this situation?
Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Brilliant! I just had to add another parameter (the start date) to the TemporalFromStartDate function. So my rule is: the size of the employer's workforce = TemporalFromStartDate(the time periods, the time period’s start date, the number of employees during the time period)
As for the business problem I'm addressing, the legislation, in relevant part, reads: "'Employer' means...[a]ny employing unit...which...for some portion of a day in each of 20 different calendar weeks, whether or not such weeks were consecutive, in either the current or the preceding calendar year, employed...10 or more individuals...[]." K.S.A. 44-703(h) (2009), available at http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-statutes/index.do.
A couple of other items for you: First, I tried using the TemporalFromRange function as described in the OPM help. Upon compiling, I got an error message that said, "Internal compiler error: unknown attribute 'TemporalFromRange(timeperiods,p24,p25,b11)'." Notice the "b11"? The compiler is interpreting my number attribute (number of employees) as a boolean.
Also, I'm having trouble opening OPM's help files in the Chrome browser.
Thanks!