
Tips Recipes Brio 2002
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(Creating Fiscal Year based information continued)
4) This sequence of steps will produce a Date_Month column that displays the month names
in short (3 letter) form. To display the full month name, right-click on the
Date_Ordered_Month and select Number from the speed menu. In the number format
dialog box that appears, select the Custom category and type in the following format
formula:
“mmmm”
This display format (4 m’s) will show the full month name without displaying the year or
day.
5) To display monthly items in proper fiscal year order, you will also need to create a
Fiscal_Month_Number column. To add a Fiscal_Month_Number column, create a new
Computed Item with that name. Define the formula to be:
Decode(ToChar ( Date_Ordered, "mmm" ), 'Jan',10, 'Feb',11,
'Mar',12, 'Apr',1, 'May',2, 'Jun',3, 'Jul',4, 'Aug',5,
'Sep',6, 'Oct',7, 'Nov',8, 'Dec',9,0)
For fiscal years that start on a date other than April 1, adjust the numbers in the decode
function accordingly.
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