on 18 May 2017 19:35:34
This is a repost of my idea that was closed as completed, but the 'relative date slicer doesn't allow any of the described request hence my idea is not implemented....
The new date slicer is awesome, but it would be so nice if you could set a dynamic date selection instead of a static. With a static filter the user will always have to set the dates before the saved report makes sense - especially as the report gets older.
Dynamic options could be
YTD, QTD, MTD, WTD, Today, This Year, This Quarter, This Month, This Week and so on.
original idea: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/17004565-dynamic-date-slicer
Administrator on 16 Jun 2017 23:57:11
The relative date slicer (a Preview feature as of June '17) gets us close to this with the 'This Month' or 'This Year' settings. That is a dynamic date selection that updates based on the current system date. We plan to add a 'YTD'/'MTD' option to specifically select a range from the start of the month/year up to today, hopefully that'll address the remaining requirements!
- Comments (89)
RE: Dynamic Date Slicer (improve relative date slicer)
I'd like to be able to filter for quarters, including:
This quarter (QTD)
Last # quarters
QTD plus previous # quarters
RE: Dynamic Date Slicer (improve relative date slicer)
Can you also add support for fiscal date slicing? This is pretty fundamental in the corporate world.
RE: Dynamic Date Slicer (improve relative date slicer)
Need to be able to change the start of the week to any start date.
RE: Dynamic Date Slicer (improve relative date slicer)
Is there a way to start from the first of the month when selecting "Last" in the relative date slicer instead of the same day as today?
Example:
Today is SEP 16, 2018
Selection = "Last 1 Year"
Desired output = Dates start from "Sep 1, 2017" instead of "Sep 16, 2017".
RE: Dynamic Date Slicer (improve relative date slicer)
Should add a function in the relative date slicer to have a non continuous date range like comparing months/quarters on a YoY basis
RE: Dynamic Date Slicer (improve relative date slicer)
The planned fix won't satisfy all requirements. Agree it should be dynamic, but you should be able to set a range...i.e. Relative date is based on data or a set time/date, then show prior 3 month and future 9 months or similar. As data is updated each month, the charts will dynamically shift to show the next window of time.
RE: Dynamic Date Slicer (improve relative date slicer)
Before going ahead with this idea, I think it is important to add a slicer format for TimeOfDay. I find it very puzzling why a slicer for date has been implemented for so long but to filter your reports by hours/minutes/seconds of a day is still not available.
RE: Dynamic Date Slicer (improve relative date slicer)
how to scroll the year values in the date range slicer
RE: Dynamic Date Slicer (improve relative date slicer)
In addition to "Last" "1" "Days" it would be great to have the option to select the "most recent" date in the database. I have the situation where my data auto refreshes, but when that doesn't work, I would like to display the most recently fetched data based on the fetch date. Using Last 1 Days shows today's date's data, which then gives no results if the automatic refresh did not occur.
RE: Dynamic Date Slicer (improve relative date slicer)
Hi Will, it would be nice if the slicer could accommodate fiscal year slicing.