Scheduling WEBI reports with formulas for parameters

Question

Post Author: David Gordon
CA Forum: WebIntelligence Reporting
Hi,
I am new to this environment. I would like to try and schedule a report monthly with dates (that will change from month to month). ie first and last day of previous month. Is there an easy way of achieving this automatically?
D Gordon

Answer 1

Post Author: DebT
CA Forum: WebIntelligence Reporting
Needed to do the same thing, with lots of different date ranges - month to date, year to date, last month, last week, fiscal year, etc.  Came up with a solution that takes a bit to set-up but then is re-usable and flexible.  I'll do my best to try and explain. 1)  Within the universe, created a "CurrentDate" derived table that calculates various points in time (yesterday, first of the week, last of the week, first of last month, last of last month, etc.).  Because the product would not let me use an unlinked table in calculations, I used a common table as the "from" in the SQL and included a common identifier so I could link the derived table to an existing table in the universe - I selected a small one with only a few records.  Using Oracle here, not SQL, so you'd need to modify to use SQL date functions, and add/delete the calculations you need:select distinctcommonidentiferfield,trunc(sysdate) as CurrentDate,trunc(sysdate)-1 as Yesterday,trunc(sysdate)1 as Tomorrow,case  when to_char(sysdate,'D')=2 then trunc(sysdate)-3  when to_char(sysdate,'D')=1 then trunc(sysdate)-2  else trunc(sysdate)-1  end as PriorWorkDay,case  when to_char(sysdate,'D')=6 then trunc(sysdate)3  when to_char(sysdate,'D')=7 then trunc(sysdate)2  else trunc(sysdate)1  end as NextWorkDay,case  when to_char(sysdate,'D')=5 then trunc(sysdate)4  when to_char(sysdate,'D')=6 then trunc(sysdate)4  else trunc(sysdate)2  end as TwoWorkDaysFromToday,trunc(sysdate,'D') as StartThisWeek,trunc(sysdate,'D')6 as EndThisWeek,trunc(sysdate,'D')-7 as StartLastWeek,trunc(sysdate,'D')-1 as EndLastWeek,trunc(sysdate,'D')7 as StartNextWeek,trunc(sysdate,'D')13 as EndNextWeek,trunc(sysdate,'MM') as FirstOfThisMonth,trunc(last_day(sysdate)) as LastOfThisMonth,trunc(last_day(add_months(sysdate,-2))1) as FirstOfLastMonth,trunc(last_day(add_months(sysdate,-1))) as LastOfLastMonth,case  when extract(month from sysdate)>=07 then extract(year from sysdate)1  else extract(year from sysdate)  end as CurrentFiscalYear,to_date(concat('07/01/',case                          when extract(month from sysdate)>=07 then extract(year from sysdate)                          else extract(year from sysdate)-1                          end),'mm/dd/yyyy') as StartCurrentFiscalYear,to_date(concat('23:59:59 06/30/',case                                   when extract(month from sysdate)>=07 then extract(year from sysdate)+1                                   else extract(year from sysdate)                                   end), 'hh24:mi:ss mm/dd/yyyy') as EndCurrentFiscalYear,case  when extract(month from sysdate)>=07 then extract(year from sysdate)  else extract(year from sysdate)-1  end as LastFiscalYear,to_date(concat('07/01/',case                          when extract(month from sysdate)>=07 then extract(year from sysdate)-1                          else extract(year from sysdate)-2                          end),'mm/dd/yyyy') as StartLastFiscalYear,to_date(concat('23:59:59 06/30/',case                                   when extract(month from sysdate)>=07 then extract(year from sysdate)                                   else extract(year from sysdate)-1                                   end), 'hh24:mi:ss mm/dd/yyyy') as EndLastFiscalYearfromsmallexistingtable 1a)  Link the derived "CurrentDate" table to smallexistingtable using
your commonidentiferfield (at least I had to do this, though everything
parsed ok in designer, when used in a query unlinked, it screamed quite
unhappily which is why I ended up basing the query on
smallexistingtable and linking). 2)  Created a "Dates" class and objects for each date in the above table, ie. "Current Date", "Yesterday", "Tomorrow", "First of last month", "Last of last month"3)  Created an object called Prompt - Date Range - Start Date.  This prompts the user to select the date range type they want and also allows for "custom" date ranges for on-demand reports.  For scheduled reports, you just select your response as part of the scheduled instance.casewhen @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Today' then @Select(Dates\Current Date)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Yesterday' then @Select(Dates\Yesterday)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Tomorrow' then @Select(Dates\Tomorrow)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Prior Work Day' then @Select(Dates\Prior Work Day)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Next Work Day' then @Select(Dates\Next Work Day)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Today - Next Work Day' then @Select(Dates\Current Date)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Two Work Days from Today' then @Select(Dates\Two Work Days From Today)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='This Week' then @Select(Dates\Start This Week)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Last Week' then @Select(Dates\Start Last Week)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Next Week' then @Select(Dates\Start Next Week)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Current Month' then @Select(Dates\First of this month)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Last Month' then @Select(Dates\First of last month)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Current Fiscal Year - EOFY' then @Select(Dates\Start of Current Fiscal Year)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Current Fiscal Year - Today' then @Select(Dates\Start of Current Fiscal Year)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Current Fiscal Year - Last Month' then @Select(Dates\Start of Current Fiscal Year)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Prior Fiscal Year' then @Select(Dates\Start of Last Fiscal Year)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Custom Start - Current Month' then to_date(@Prompt('Begin Date (Enter any date if N/A)','D',,MONO,free,Persistent,{'01/01/1900'},User:0,))when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Custom Start - Last Month' then to_date(@Prompt('Begin Date (Enter any date if N/A)','D',,MONO,free,Persistent,{'01/01/1900'},User:0,))when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Custom Date Range' then to_date(@Prompt('Begin Date (Enter any date if N/A)','D',,MONO,free,Persistent,{'01/01/1900'},User:0,))end4)  To capture the end date, created a second object, Prompt - Date Range - End Date.  Just be really sure that the wording of all your @Prompts is consistent throughout all the statements so you'll only receive one of each prompt.casewhen @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Today' then @Select(Dates\Current Date)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Yesterday' then @Select(Dates\Yesterday)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Tomorrow' then @Select(Dates\Tomorrow)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Prior Work Day' then @Select(Dates\Prior Work Day)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Next Work Day' then @Select(Dates\Next Work Day)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Today - Next Work Day' then @Select(Dates\Next Work Day)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Two Work Days from Today' then @Select(Dates\Two Work Days From Today)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='This Week' then @Select(Dates\End This Week)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Last Week' then @Select(Dates\End Last Week)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Next Week' then @Select(Dates\End Next Week)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Current Month' then @Select(Dates\Last of this month)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Last Month' then @Select(Dates\Last of last month)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Current Fiscal Year - EOFY' then @Select(Dates\End of Current Fiscal Year)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Current Fiscal Year - Today' then @Select(Dates\Current Date)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Current Fiscal Year - Last Month' then @Select(Dates\Last of last month)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Prior Fiscal Year' then @Select(Dates\End of Last Fiscal Year)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Custom Start - Current Month' then @Select(Dates\Last of this month)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Custom Start - Last Month' then @Select(Dates\Last of last month)when @Prompt('Select records for','A',{'Today','Yesterday','Tomorrow','Prior Work Day','Next Work Day','Today - Next Work Day','Two Work Days from Today','This Week','Last Week','Next Week','Current Month','Last Month','Current Fiscal Year - EOFY','Current Fiscal Year - Today','Current Fiscal Year - Last Month','Prior Fiscal Year','Custom Start - Current Month','Custom Start - Last Month','Custom Date Range'},MONO,CONSTRAINED)='Custom Date Range' then to_date(@Prompt('End Date (Enter any date if N/A)','D',,MONO,free,Persistent,{'01/01/1900'},User:0,))end 5)  Created a filter, Prompt - Date Selection that is used to select the appropriate records based on your record date being within the date range selected:@Select(My Date Field) between @Select(Prompt Fields\Prompt - Date Range - Start Date) and @Select(Prompt Fields\Prompt - Date Range - End Date)6)  When you create your query, just use the filter created in step 5.  I also usually include the Prompt - Date Range - Start Date and Prompt - Date Range - End Date objects so that I can use them min(Prompt - Date Range - Start Date) and max(Prompt - Date Range - End Date) in the report header to display the actual date range selected (all the value in Prompt - Date Range - Start Date are exactly the same, I use the min to avoid multiple value errors - same for Prompt - Date Range - End Date, I use max just because logically my brain likes that better).  When you refresh the query, it will ask what date range type you want, a start date and end date - used for custom ranges - you can enter any date if not selecting a custom date as it is ignored. Hope that makes sense and is helpful.  It's worked really well for me.  I also have an even more complicated version (imagine that!) for situations where there may be multiple dates a user can choose from, ie a posting date vs the date of service.  It will ask the user which they want and in the Prompt - Date Range - Start Date, a case statement is added to handle the selection/use of different date fields.Deb