Working with Formulas

Hello Everyone,
I want to know some Formula for the following Example
I have a Report for 9thoct,2013 ie;My Sale Date.
Now 1: i want to see the report from Month to Date ie:1st oct to 9th oct,
2: i want to see the report from Quarter to date ie: for july,aug,sept,oct. ie: 1st july to 9th oct
3: i want to see the report from Year to Date ie: from 1st Jan to 9th oct
For the above condition i have to create the variable? and what are the relative formulas to do so? Please reply its Urgent.
Thanks & Regards,
Foram Shah

You would need to either create a filter at IDT in universe each for QTD , MTD and YTD or two custom objects each for YTD, QTD,MTD for YTD Start Date and YTD End date...
Once the objetcs are available you will need to use those in the reports...
Its not suggested to have these logic at report level but if that is the only choice you will need two variables each for YTD , MTD to filter the data at block level
For info on how to build the logic refer to the blog here ....
Date Variables in Web Intelligence

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