Date picker in OBIEE

I would like to use Date Picker on the OBIEE Dashboard. Is there any standard control/mechanism that I can put to use ?

hi....can you explain it a little more???
i created 2 dashboards prompts. from 2 dummy collums
i set CAST ( NULL AS DATE ) and CAST ( '11/12/2008' AS DATE ),i choose calendar and i set 2 presentation variables,start and end
in my reports i creates a single collumn(measure column from fact table) QTY where i want to se the quantity of the specified period of time.
i set in the function...
FILTER(fact.QTY USING (CALENDAR_DIM.CALENDAR_DATE BETWEEN '@{start}{04/01/2007}' AND '@{end}{06/01/2007}'))
(i did that because i want to have 2 colums of qty in order to represent 2 qts of 2 different periods.
i made a simple test only with one period but the result was...
Κατάσταση: HY000. Κωδικός: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 17001] Oracle Error code: 1843, message: ORA-01843: not a valid month at OCI call OCIStmtExecute: select T622.KATHGORIA_ID_DESC as c1, sum(T525.QTY) as c2, T409.CALENDAR_DATE as c3 from DWADM.PRODUCT_DIM T622, DWADM.CALENDAR_DIM T409, DWADM.FACT2007 T525 where ( T409.CALENDAR_DATE = T525.CAL_DATE and T525.PRD_SK = T622.PRODUCT_SK and T409.CALENDAR_DATE between '04/01/2007' and '06/01/2007' ) group by T409.CALENDAR_DATE, T622.KATHGORIA_ID_DESC order by c1, c3. [nQSError: 17011] SQL statement execution failed. (HY000)
any help???
i manage to do my scenario with dropdown list but it is not what i want.
the one tha o notice is that the field from the calendar is acceptin the dates onlu in format of yyyy-MM-dd.
tnks

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Object msgPattern = getMessagePattern(context, key, params, component);
//if hintFormat is null, no custom hint for date, time or both has been specified
String hintFormat = _getHint();
FacesMessage msg = null;
String detailMessage = null;
if (msgPattern != null)
msg = MessageFactory.getMessage(context, key, msgPattern, params, component);
detailMessage = XhtmlLafUtils.escapeJS(msg.getDetail());
Locale loc = context.getViewRoot().getLocale();
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, loc);
java.lang.Object obj = resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".attributeValue}");
String databaseDate=null;
if(obj!=null)
databaseDate = obj.toString();
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern,loc);
System.out.println("DateComponent input value :::::::::::::::::::::::::"+databaseDate);
Date today;
try {
// System.out.println("Before Conversion::::::::::::"+df.parse(databaseDate).toString());
if(databaseDate!=null)
today = df.parse(databaseDate);
else
today = new Date();
System.out.println("After Conversion Date :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::"+today.toString());
//Date today = new Date();
String dt = formatter.format(today);
String exampleString = dt;
String escapedType = XhtmlLafUtils.escapeJS(getType().toUpperCase());
StringBuilder outBuffer = new StringBuilder();
outBuffer.append("new TrDateTimeConverter(");
outBuffer.append(jsPattern);
// loc = getLocale();
if (loc != null)
outBuffer.append(",'");
outBuffer.append(loc.toString());
outBuffer.append("','");
else
outBuffer.append(",null,'");
outBuffer.append(exampleString);
outBuffer.append("','");
outBuffer.append(escapedType);
outBuffer.append("'");
if (msgPattern != null || hintFormat != null)
messages.put("detail", detailMessage);
messages.put("hint", hintFormat);
outBuffer.append(',');
// try
// JsonUtils.writeMap(outBuffer, messages, false);
// catch (IOException e)
// outBuffer.append("null");
outBuffer.append(')'); // 2
return outBuffer.toString();
catch(ParseException e)
System.out.println("Parse Exception :::::::::::::::::::::"+e);
return null;
else
// no pattern-matchable date
return null;
else
return null;
else
return null;
protected String getJSPattern(FacesContext context, UIComponent component)
String jsPattern = null;
String datePattern = (String) resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".format}");
if (datePattern != null)
String secondaryPattern = getSecondaryPattern();
if (datePattern != _NO_JS_PATTERN)
int length = datePattern.length() * 2 + 2;
if (secondaryPattern != null)
length = length + 3 + secondaryPattern.length() * 2;
StringBuilder outBuffer = new StringBuilder(length);
jsPattern = _getEscapedPattern(outBuffer, datePattern, secondaryPattern);
else
jsPattern = datePattern;
return jsPattern;
private static void _escapePattern(StringBuilder buffer, String pattern)
buffer.append('\'');
XhtmlUtils.escapeJS(buffer, pattern);
buffer.append('\'');
private static String _getEscapedPattern(StringBuilder buffer, String pattern, String secondaryPattern)
if (secondaryPattern != null)
buffer.append('[');
_escapePattern(buffer, pattern);
if (secondaryPattern != null)
buffer.append(",'");
XhtmlUtils.escapeJS(buffer, secondaryPattern);
buffer.append("']");
return buffer.toString();
private String _getHint()
String type = getType();
if (type.equals("date"))
return getHintDate();
else if (type.equals("both"))
return getHintBoth();
else
return getHintTime();
public static Object resolveExpression(String pExpression)
FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
Application app = facesContext.getApplication();
ExpressionFactory elFactory = app.getExpressionFactory();
ELContext elContext = facesContext.getELContext();
ValueExpression valueExp = null;
valueExp = elFactory.createValueExpression(elContext, pExpression, Object.class);
return valueExp.getValue(elContext);
private static final String _NO_JS_PATTERN = new String();
private static final TrinidadLogger _LOG = TrinidadLogger.createTrinidadLogger(DateTimeConverter.class);
// RenderingContext key indicating the _dateFormat object
// has been created
private static final String _PATTERN_WRITTEN_KEY = "org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.convert.DateTimeConverter._PATTERN_WRITTEN";
*Problem is if any input date componet is displaying other than current date then the date picker is always picking the current date rather existing date*
Please suggest me where to make changes?
Edited by: 858782 on Oct 3, 2011 7:43 AM
Edited by: 858782 on Oct 3, 2011 11:44 PM

I need custom date foramts to be applied for different inputDates which are not defined in <af:convertDateTime>
Thanks
Edited by: 858782 on Oct 13, 2011 4:59 PM

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&diams; Please remember to mark appropriate posts as correct/helpful. For the long run, it will benefit us all.
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Hi,
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ENDSELECT.
ENDFORM.
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F Z_date(Zget_date)
W P0041-DAT01=RP50D-DATE2
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Regards,
ARU

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blog : http://carlback.blogspot.com/
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Oh yeah, I should point out that I'm not just being lazy. I've spent a while trying to build it myself to no avail. I got as far as displaying the grid :P
http://www.w3style.co.uk/~d11wtq/datepicker.png (out of date, the days are correct now)
package org.w3style.calendar;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class CalendarPanel extends JPanel
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     public CalendarModel model = null;
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     protected JSpinner yearDropdown = null;
     protected JTable grid = null;
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          c.gridy = 0;
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          c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
          c.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
          this.addYears(c);
          c.gridx = 0;
          c.gridy = 1;
          c.gridwidth = 2;
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          this.model.setSelectedMonth(monthNow);
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          myC.gridx = 0;
          myC.gridy = 0;
          this.grid = new JTable(this.model.getTableModel());
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          myC.gridy = 1;
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          this.grid.getTableHeader().setReorderingAllowed(false);
          this.grid.getTableHeader().setResizingAllowed(false);
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          this.grid.setShowGrid(false);
          this.grid.setRowHeight(20);
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               int c = this.model.getSelectedGridColumn();
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package org.w3style.calendar;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
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      * @param Object The value in the cell
      * @param boolean If the cell is in the selected row
      * @param boolean If the cell is in focus
      * @param int The row number of the cell
      * @param int The column number of the cell
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          this.tbl = tbl;
          this.row = row;
          this.col = col;
          this.isSelected = isSelected;
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      * @param Object The value to apply to the cell
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          if (!this.isSelected) this.setBackground(new Color((float)0.87, (float)0.91, (float)1.0));
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               this.setBackground(new Color((float)0.5, (float)0.80, (float)0.6));
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package org.w3style.calendar;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.*;
public class CalendarModel
     protected GregorianCalendar calendar = null;
     protected Integer selectedMonth = null;
     protected Integer selectedYear = null;
     protected Integer selectedGridRow = null;
     protected Integer selectedGridColumn = null;
     String[][] days = null;
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          this.days = new String[6][7];
          this.calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
     public GregorianCalendar getCalendar()
          return this.calendar;
     public String[] getMonths()
          String[] months = {
               "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
               "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" };
          return months;
     public int getDaysInMonth()
          int[] daysInMonths = { 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 };
          int month = this.calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
          int ret = daysInMonths[month];
          if (month == 1 && this.calendar.isLeapYear(this.calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR))) ret += 1;
          return ret;
     public String[] getDayHeadings()
          String[] headings = { "S", "M", "T", "W", "T", "F", "S" };
          return headings;
     public DefaultTableModel getTableModel()
          String[] headings = this.getDayHeadings();
          Object[][] data = this.getDays();
          DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(data, headings) {
               public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col)
                    return false;
          return model;
     public SpinnerDateModel getYearSpinnerModel()
          Date now = this.calendar.getTime();
          int year = this.calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
          this.calendar.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1000);
          Date earliest = this.calendar.getTime();
          this.calendar.add(Calendar.YEAR, 2000);
          Date latest = this.calendar.getTime();
          this.calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
          SpinnerDateModel model = new SpinnerDateModel(now, earliest, latest, Calendar.YEAR);
          return model;
     public void setSelectedGridRow(int r)
          this.selectedGridRow = r;
     public Integer getSelectedGridRow()
          return this.selectedGridRow;
     public void setSelectedGridColumn(int c)
          this.selectedGridColumn = c;
     public Integer getSelectedGridColumn()
          return this.selectedGridColumn;
     public int getSelectedMonth()
          return this.selectedMonth;
     public void setSelectedMonth(int m)
          this.selectedMonth = m;
     public String[][] getDays()
          int currDay = this.calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
          this.calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
          int firstDayOfMonthAsDayOfWeek = this.calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
          this.calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, currDay);
          int daysInMonth = this.getDaysInMonth();
          int row = 0;
          int key = 0;
          int dayToAdd = 0;
          for (int k = 1; k <= 42; k++)
               if (k < firstDayOfMonthAsDayOfWeek || dayToAdd >= daysInMonth) this.days[row][key] = "";
               else
                    dayToAdd++;
                    this.days[row][key] = ""+dayToAdd;
                    //Hack?
                    if (dayToAdd == currDay && this.getSelectedGridRow() == null && this.getSelectedGridColumn() == null)
                         this.setSelectedGridRow(row);
                         this.setSelectedGridColumn(key);
               key++;
               if (key == 7)
                    key = 0;
                    row++;
          return this.days;
     public int getCurrentMonth()
          int currentMonth = this.calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
          return currentMonth;
     public void setYear(int year)
     public void setMonth(int month)
package org.w3style.calendar;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
public class CalendarEventController
     protected CalendarPanel ui = null;
     protected CalendarModel model = null;
     public CalendarEventController()
     public void setUI(CalendarPanel cal)
          this.ui = cal;
     public void setModel(CalendarModel m)
          this.model = m;
     public void addMonthDropdown(JComboBox months)
          months.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
               public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)
                    if (e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED)
                         int monthSelected = ui.monthDropdown.getSelectedIndex();
                         model.getCalendar().set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
                         model.getCalendar().set(Calendar.MONTH, monthSelected);
                         //update days in table model, update ui
                         ui.getGrid().setModel(model.getTableModel());
                         ui.configureTable();
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}I could have finished it but it was just going to be a buggy mess.

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