Date Picker

Date Picker enables you to filter based on a single date or a range of date selections.

How to configure table data to date picker?

The following steps explain how to configure table data to the date picker:

1. Drag and drop the Date Picker from the toolbox on the left into the design canvas and resize it to your required size.

2. Click the Data Source button in the configuration panel.

3. Click the CREATE NEW button to launch a new connection from the connection type panel.

4. In the connection type panel, click on any one (in this case, the Microsoft Excel Connection type is selected for demonstration) of the listed connection type buttons.

5. In the NEW DATA SOURCE configuration panel, fill in the connection type and related details. Click the Connect button.

6. Drag your preferred table or view from the left pane in the data design view, then click the Save button.

7. Click the Properties button in the configuration panel to open the property pane. Now, switch to the ASSIGN DATA tab.

8. The data tab will open with available measures and dimensions from the connected data source.

9. Drag and drop a date field from Dimensions into the Columns section.

How to configure relative dates to DatePicker?

Switch to the Properties pane and set the Selection Type as Range. Then switch back to the Data pane and click the Settings icon in the dropped date column. Select Relative Dates... from the drop-down menu.

In the launched Relative Date Options window, configure the relative date and click Add. Repeat this process until the required set of relative dates are added.

You can see the added relative dates in the DatePicker as follows.

How to configure custom relative dates to the DatePicker?

Switch to the Properties pane and set the Selection Type as Range, and then switch back to the Data pane; Click the Settings icon in the dropped date column and select Relative Dates... in the drop-down menu.

In the launched Relative Date Options window, select the Custom option from the drop-down list.

Choose the start and end dates you want to set as a custom range, give a name to the custom range, and then click Add. Repeat this process until the required set of custom relative dates are added.

You can see the added custom relative dates in the DatePicker as follows.

Filtering data

You can filter the data by using the Filter option.

How to format date picker?

You can format the Date Picker for a better illustration of the view that you require through the settings available in the Properties tab.

General Settings

Name

This allows you to set the title for this date picker widget.

Subtitle

This allows you to set the subtitle for this date picker widget.

Description

This allows you to set a brief explanation about this date picker widget.

Basic Settings

Range

This allows you to toggle the selection type of Range.

Single – Single date can be bounded if you disable the Range selection option.

Range – A range of dates (two dates) can be bounded if you enable the Range selection option.

Select Today as Default

This allows you to set today’s date as default selection in Date Picker, enabling users to quickly proceed with analyses on the current date.

Enabling the “Select Today as Default” option will hide the “Range” option, as the former is intended for choosing a single date, which “Today” represents and functions as a Relative Date Filter.

Highlight Available Dates

This allows you to enable the highlighting of available dates in the date picker.

Limit Dates

This allows you to display only the limited dates (dates in the data source) in the date picker. By enabling this option, you can select the dates available in the data source.

If you disable the Limit Dates option, there is no limit for the date range.

Fixed Calendar Selection

If you enable the Range option, the Fixed Calendar Selection will be shown.

This allows you to select a date (start or end) without discarding your previous selection.

And you can only select a start date from the left calendar and the end date from the right calendar.

Show Latest Date

The Show Latest Date property shows the latest date in the data source when you open the date picker popup.

Limit Date Selection

If you enable the Range option, the Limit Date Selection will be shown.

Activating Limit Date Selection displays the following additional settings:

• Date Selection Mode
• Custom Limit Days

NOTE: The Custom Limit Days numeric textbox is enabled only when the Custom option is selected from the Date Selection Mode dropdown.

The Date Selection Mode has three options as follows,

1. Weekly - Allows selection of dates within the week of the selected start date.

2. Monthly - Allows selection of dates within the month of the selected start date.

3. Custom - Allows selection of a custom range of days based on the number specified in the Custom Limit Days textbox.

Filter

Act as Master Widget

This allows you to define this date picker widget as a master widget so that its filter action can be made to listen by other widgets in the dashboard.

Ignore Filter Actions

This allows you to define this date picker widget to ignore responding to the filter actions applied on other widgets in the dashboard.

Enable Hierarchical Filtering

Using this option, you can enable or disable hierarchical top N filtering. While applying the Top N filter with multiple dimension columns, the data returned can be customized based on whether the filtering needs to be done as flat or based on the hierarchy of dimension columns added.

When the Enable Hierarchical Filtering is enabled, the Top N will be applied for each individual column separately based on the number set for each column.

Container Appearance

Title Alignment

This allows you to handle the alignment of the widget title to either left, center, or right.

Title Color

This allows you to apply the text color to the widget title.

Title Auto Font Size

When Auto Font Size is enabled, the font size of the title will be adjusted automatically if the resolution of the screen varies.

Font Size

This allows you to apply the specified size of the font to the widget title if the Title Auto Font Size is disabled. The value can be between 10 and 44.

Subtitle Auto Font Size

When Auto Font Size is enabled, the font size of the subtitle will be adjusted automatically if the resolution of the screen varies.

Font Size

This allows you to apply the specified size of the font to the widget title if the Subtitle Auto Font Size is disabled. The value can be between 10 and 32.

Show Border

This allows you to toggle the visibility of the border surrounding the widget.

Corner Radius

This allows you to apply the specified radius to the widget corners if Show Border is enabled. The value can be between 0 and 10.

Background Color

This allows you to set the background color to the date picker widget.

Transparency

This property allows you to specify the transparency for the background color.

Show Shadow

This allows you to toggle the visibility of the shadow surrounding the widget.

Container actions

Show Header

This allows you to enable or disable the widget title of the date picker widget.

Enable Comments

This allows you to enable or disable comments for the dashboard widget. For more details, refer to the Commenting Widget.