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Quote twinkle Replybullet Topic: Calculating a month via a paramater
    Posted: 18 Dec 2008 at 8:54am
Hi,
 
I am trying to create a formula that calulates the reporting month, but when i get to month 12 i get an error saying that there is no 13th month! The formula i am using is:
{Command.oppo_TargetClose} >= Cdate(2008,cdbl({?Report Month })+1,01)
(the parameter is set as a string.)
 
I know that i have to create a loop! to say when i get to month 13 then go to month 1 and add the new respective year to it  i.e jan 09.  otherwise just add 1 to the month.
 
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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 19 Dec 2008 at 8:43am
Can you use the DateAdd function here?
The DateAdd function will handle moving it to the next year without having to loop anything.
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Quote hilfy Replybullet Posted: 19 Dec 2008 at 1:31pm
You don't need a loop, just an If statement.  Something like this: 
If (cdbl({?Report Month}) = 12) then
  {command.oppo_TargetClose} >= Cdate(2009, 1, 1)
else
  {command.oppo_TargetClose} >= Cdate(2008, cdbl({?Report Month}) + 1, 01)
 
There are some other things you can do to dynamically set the year if you don't want to hard-code this report for this year.  It would look something like this: 
if ({?Report Month}) = 12 then
  {Command.oppo_TargetClose} >= CDate(year(CurrentDate) + 1, 1, 1)
else
  {Command.oppo_TargetClose} >= CDate(year(CurrentDate), cdbl({?Report Month}) , 1)
 
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