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CALENDAR
Category: Create / Generate
Description
This action creates a table with a list of dates for a specified date range. One row corresponds to one day. Start and end dates can be defined as an absolute or relative date, or defined by a parameter.
Use cases
Use this action when you need to create a dataset of date-based values (days, weeks, weekdays, months, or years) to be used downstream.
Action settings
From
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Date* | Select an absolute starting date value using the date-picker. |
| Today | Set the starting date as today's date (relative). |
| # days back* | If the To setting is either an absolute date or Today, this sets the starting time as the number of days prior to the To date. If To is set to # of days ahead, this setting will be disabled. |
* Setting can be specified using a parameter.
To
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Date* | Select an absolute ending date value using the date-picker. |
| Today | Set the ending date as today's date (relative). |
| # days ahead* | If the From setting is either an absolute date or Today, this sets the ending time as the number of days after the From date. If From is set to # of days behind, this setting will be disabled. |
* Setting can be specified using a parameter.
Columns
These options define the columns that will be included in the generated dataset. At least one option must be selected. All options will generate a value for each date in the specified date range.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Date as number | When selected, dates are generated as number values with a format of dd-MMM-yyyy (e.g. 10-Mar-2021). |
| Formatted date | Generates text-based date values using the selected format. Options: d/M/yyyy (e.g. 5/3/21), yyyy/MM/dd (e.g. 2021/03/05). |
| Year | Geneates a list of year values in yyyy format (e.g. 2021). |
| Month number | Generates a list of numeric month numbers (1-12). |
| Month name | Generates a list of abbreviated month names (e.g. Jan, Feb, Mar). |
| Day | Generates a list of day numbers. |
| Day of week (number) | Generates a list of weekday numbers from 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday). |
| Day of week (name) | Generates a list of weekday full names (e.g. "Sunday"). |
| Weekend flag | Generates a list of Boolean values (TRUE/FALSE) defining whether the date falls on a weekend day (Saturday or Sunday = TRUE), or not (FALSE). |
Examples
For the date "March 20, 2021" the following settings will produce the following output values:
| Setting | Output |
|---|---|
| Date as number | 20-Mar-2021 |
| Formatted date | (yyyy/MM/dd) 2021/03/20, (d/M/yy) 20/3/21 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Month number | 3 |
| Month name | Mar |
| Day | 20 |
| Day of week (number) | 7 |
| Day of week (name) | Saturday |
| Weekend flag | TRUE |