Create webi reports with predefined filters

Hi,
We have following requirement. We need to create 3 webi reports for following requirement and then send the reports as excel to the users
YTD-
Posting start date u2013 1st day of the year - End date u2013 last day of the month
QTD-
Posting start date u2013 1st day of the qtr - End date u2013 last day of the month
MTD-
Posting start date u2013 1st day of the month - End date u2013 last day of the month
Earlier we were using one BEx query to have these requirements filled where users can filter data monthwise or quarterwise but now since they want the reports to be emailed we need to have 3 different reports. What is the best way to achieve this requirement?
Thanks,
Nancy

Hi Nancy,
You can create 3 tabs in one report, and schedule it as excel to be emailed to them. I assume there is a universe, in which case you create the predefined date filters there and then pull them into the report queries. Or you could have just one query and put different date filters within each tab - in the report and not necessarily in the universe.
Is that what you are trying to do, or do you want the user to enter the date parameters? In that case you can create prompts either in the universe or the report.
Hope that helps.

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