Fetch current Quarter and pass it to custom query

Question

Hi
I need to pass the current date and find the quarter in which the date falls.
The start and end date of the quarter need to be passed as a query parameter, in a custom query in UI designer.
My query is as follows
As shown in above screenshot,I have close_dt_upd(datatype Date).This field should have end date of the quarter as a condition.
Similarly I will have a field start_date which should have Start date of the quarter as condition.
I got the following table in 1402 documentation.
But the above transformation rule is not visible in  the query.
Can anyone tell which namespace to use?
How can I retrieve the current quarter start and end dates, and then pass them  to the above query?
Thanks,
Vijaya Chavan

Answer 1

Hi,
the most easiest and straight forward approach is
- Ckick the "Binding" tab at the bottom of the Visual Editor
- In the Bindings section click teh green plus icon and choose Generic Bindings | Attribute Value
- point the iterator selection to the iterator used by the table
- choose the column's attribute name from the list of attributes
- Create a method on the ApplicatioNModule IMPL class (should take single argument)
- expose it as a client interfaces so it shows in the Data Controls panel
- In the "Binding" tab, create a method binding for this exposed method
- point the method binding argument to #{bindings.column-attribute-name.inptValue}
So whenever you need to pass the value on to the AM, you just call the method binding
OperationBinding oper = (OperationBinding) bindings.get("name of method");
oper.execute();
Frank