Variable CalMonth Offset and simultaneous Calyear Filter

Question

Hello,
I used a variable (user entry) to determine Calmonth, and then I used offsets of the variable to restrict keyfigures and display them in 4 colums, one for each of the 4 quarters preceding calmonth as follows:
1) calmonth-11 to calmonth-9
2) calmonth-8 to calmonth-6
3) calmonth-5 to calmonth-3
4) calmonth-2 to calmonth
The problem is that I want also to restrict the keyfigures (and/or the hole query) to the year of calmonth (I dont want to take into accounth the values of the keyfigures if the offset 'falls' the year before).
Example:
Calmonth = 06.2007
Then:
1) calmonth-11 to calmonth-9 = 07.2006 to 09.2006
2) calmonth-8 to calmonth-6 = 10.2006 to 12.2006
3) calmonth-5 to calmonth-3 = 01.2007 to 03.2007
4) calmonth-2 to calmonth = 04.2007 to 06.2007
I only want to take into account the values of the key-figures for 2007: 3) and 4).
So columns corresponding to 1) and 2) should be empty...
To do so, I have a variable (exit) for calyear that takes the value of the year of calmonth.
I then additionally restricted the keyfigures with my calyear variable, and I also put the calyear variable in the Filters of the query.
I also put caracteristic Calyear on top of the columns (before the keyfigures).
My problem is that on the layout, in the example below, I have all the colums for 2006 and all the columns for 2007, (at least filled with the good values: 2006 has values only for 1) and 2), and 2007 has values only for 3) and 4)).
But I don't want to have all the 2006 part on my report (having 2006 makes me have a lot of additional rows that are empty on 2007)...
Why doesn't my simultaneous restriction on keyfigures (calmonth with offsets AND calyear) work?
Why, if I have a filter on calyear : 2007, I have columns corresponding to 2006?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Andrea

Answer 1

Thanks for your answer. In fact, my problem is not just having the comlums for 2006 but the fact that <u>they're not blank</u>... I've got values on it and that makes my results wrong (For example, I created a column using a SUMGT of another column/keyfigure, and it seems to take into account values of the keyfigure for 2006 AND 2007 => in the the 2007 part of the query. I just want a sumgt of 2007 in 2007...).