Aggregate a date column

Mat Chabros shared this question 6 years ago
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Hello Yellowfin Community team!

Yet again, I encountered a problem that I cannot go around (apologies if it is a simple problem and easily solvable).


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Please see the screenshot I've attached. How can I aggregate the values so I do not see them separated just as in that screenshot? I want to see a sum for every month, I will also want to see in week numbers as well.

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Hi Mat,

It looks like you are only formatting the looks of the date column to be months, and that the underlying field is still a date field which will have many values that cannot be aggregated. I would recommend using view level "date functions":

http://wiki.yellowfin.com.au/display/USER74/Date+Functions

Since this is a dimension seperate from the underlying dates, you will be able to aggregate against it.

Let me know if this makes sense.

Regards,

Nathan

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Hi Mat,

It looks like you are only formatting the looks of the date column to be months, and that the underlying field is still a date field which will have many values that cannot be aggregated. I would recommend using view level "date functions":

http://wiki.yellowfin.com.au/display/USER74/Date+Functions

Since this is a dimension seperate from the underlying dates, you will be able to aggregate against it.

Let me know if this makes sense.

Regards,

Nathan

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