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How to select first 5 days' records from each calendar month of given data set?

TMHC
5 - Atom

I am using the following formula, but all results are coming back true.

 

if datetimediff(DateTimeTrim([ApprovedDate],"firstofmonth"),[ApprovedDate],"days")<=5 then
1 else 0 endif

 

Thanks in advance! 

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AkimasaKajitani
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @TMHC ,

 

I recognized that you would like to judge the [ApprovedDate] within 5 at the beginning of the month.

The start and end dates are reversed at DateTimeDiff expression.

This is the correct expression.

 

if datetimediff([ApprovedDate],DateTimeTrim([ApprovedDate],"firstofmonth"),"days")<=5 then
1 else 0 endif

 

If the complex expression doesn't work well, I recommend that you cut up them into pieces.

chukleswk
11 - Bolide

You can pull the records using a filter if the [ApprovedDate] is in date format by using a custom filter formula of: 

  • tonumber(right([ApprovedDate],2)) <= 5

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TMHC
5 - Atom

@akimasakajitani

 

Thank you so much. That worked! 

AkimasaKajitani
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @TMHC ,

 

I'm glad it works well.

If you have solved the problem, it would be helpful if you could accept it as a solution so that people can refer to it later.

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