Date Selector

To select a date range to apply to the report, click the date range that is indicated in the toolbar.

The Date Selector has several options.

  • To select a single date, click it and click Apply.
  • To select a range of dates, click the start date and then press SHIFT and click the end date. Click Apply.
  • To select date ranges that extend back from today's date, make a selection from the Quick Select® drop-down. The Quick Select range is applied to the Focus range or the Compare range, depending on which one you are currently configuring.

Compare Range

You can compare the selected date range to another range.

  1. Configure the base date range.
  2. Click the Compare to Date Range check box.
  3. Configure the compare range, which is indicated by yellow highlighting.
    Note: When you compare more than a month of data, the following dimensions do not work in the comparison:
    • Day of Year
    • Month
    • Month Name
    • Quarter Starting
    • Week
    • Day and Hour and Hour of Day can show confusing or incomplete data if the volume of data that is retained for hourly data is less than the selected date range.
    • Overlaps between the Focus range and Compare range are highlighted in green.
      Note: The Compare range must be the same number of days in length as the Focus range.
    Note: Functions may be applied to the Focus range only. When a function is added to a report, you may not configure a Compare range for the report.

To define a compare range:

Display effects

When you set the date or compare range, it changes the display:
  • If you include a compare range and also a time dimension as the x-axis, the range is limited to the focus range.
  • For bar graphs, the compare range data is displayed in parallel to the focus range data. Remember that the displayed range is based on the range of the focus.
  • These display effects do not apply to value list dimensions. Any values that is displayed in one range and not the other range are zero-filled.

The included compare range data points are for the dates corresponding to the focus range. If the x-axis includes units of hours, the focus and compare data include the data for the same hour of the focus and compare day. For example, 12-1 AM of a focus day maps to 12-1 AM of a compare day.

  • If the compare range is larger than the focus range, the extra data is discarded.
  • If you include an x-axis dimension other than time, all data in the focus and compare ranges are evaluated and compared.