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IBM Cognos 8 Platform => COGNOS 8 => Report Studio => Topic started by: karthikeya on 24 Mar 2011 07:52:15 AM

Title: GET DATA B/W TWO DATES ( DATES ARE FROM DIFFERENT COLUMNS)
Post by: karthikeya on 24 Mar 2011 07:52:15 AM
HI GUYS..!
i have 3 fields in my report...
EMP NAME    IN DATE          OUT DATE
X1                   21-jan               19-feb 
X2                   15-jan               16-feb
X3                   19-feb               06-apr
X4                   21-oct               02-nov
X5                   16-nov              02-dec

NOW MY REQUIREMENT IS.. IN THE PROMPT IF USER GIVES A DATE .. THEN THE CORRESPONDING EMP'S (WHO ARE IN THAT TIME PERIOD) SHOULD DIPLAY.

IN THE ABOVE EXAMPLE, SUPPOSE USER GIVES 14-FEB, THEN X1 AND X2 SHOULD BE THE OUTPUT, IF USER GIVES 01-DEC THEN X5 SHOULD BE THE OUTPUT



SORRY FOR MY STUPID REQUIREMENT BUT IT IS VERY URGENT..... THANK YOU GUYS..
Title: Re: GET DATA B/W TWO DATES ( DATES ARE FROM DIFFERENT COLUMNS)
Post by: jcrouch on 25 Mar 2011 09:13:44 AM
Hi karthikeya,

Try using the date parameter in filters for both of the date fields.

[IN DATE] >= ?yourDate?

[OUT DATE] <= ?yourDate?

Jeremy