Dynamic Date Parameters in BI Report

1. Dynamic Date Parameters in BI Report
For mostof the BI Reportswe have the inputparameteras "AsOfDate"aliassysdate orcurrentdate...
Sometimeswe alsohave adate range "From Date"and "To Date"to fetchtransactionsbetweenthose
dates.Andthese datesneedtohave a defaultvalue whenwe openthe report/schedule the report.
In thisarticle we will tryandsee whatare all the optionspossible fordefaultingdate parametersforBI
Report.
Expression Description Date Format String
{$SYSDATE()$} CurrentDate / SystemDate MM-dd-yyyy
{$SYSDATE()+1$} Day nextto Systemdate MM-dd-yyyy
{$SYSDATE()-7$} 7 daysprior to Systemdate MM-dd-yyyy
{$FIRST_DAY_OF_MONTH()$} Firstday of CurrentMonth MM-dd-yyyy
{$LAST_DAY_OF_MONTH()$} Last day of Current Month MM-dd-yyyy
{$FIRST_DAY_OF_YEAR)$} Firstday of CurrentYear MM-dd-yyyy
{$LAST_DAY_OF_YEAR)$} Last day of CurrentYear MM-dd-yyyy
{$SYSDATE()$} CurrentPeriod MM
{$FIRST_DAY_OF_MONTH()-1$} PreviousPeriod MM
{$FIRST_DAY_OF_YEAR)$} CurrentYear yyyy
{$FIRST_DAY_OF_YEAR)-1$} PreviousYear yyyy
Sample Snapshots:

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