I have a date picker where the user simply chooses a date then a Dynamic Action is suppose to send an alert if the user clicks tomorrow(sysdate+1).
The Datepicker term is the simple layout.
The Dynamic Action-->
Name: Valid Date
Event: Change
Selection type: Item(s)
Item(s): datepicker_name
Condition: equal to
Value: sysdate+1
When I run the program and click any day on the calendar, no alert comes up. I thought the problem was the format. The Dynamic Action sees the date as "DD/MM/YYYY" while the Datepickers output is "DD-Mon-YY" so it could not compare them. Apples and Oranges. But I played around with the format to make it all the same but still no progress.
Thanks again for your time and help!
As #ScottWe mentions: you're trying to apply PLSQL logic in HTML/javascript. The 'When - Condition' is evaluated at runtime and thus you can't use PLSQL there.
The date arithmetic is a bit annoying in javascript though, so if you're a unfamiliar with it, here is a way you can perform your check (which is, is the entered date tomorrow or not).
Taking my clues from these:
Date difference in Javascript (ignoring time of day)
JavaScript how to get tomorrows date in format dd-mm-yy
Add this function to the page's javascript section for global variables and functions:
function isTomorrow(pDateItem){
function getTomorrow(){
var tomorrow = new Date();
tomorrow.setDate(tomorrow.getDate() + 1);
return tomorrow;
};
function cutTime(pDate){
return new Date(pDate.getFullYear(), pDate.getMonth(), pDate.getDate());
};
// check if pDateItem leads to a selection
// check if it is a datepicker
// check if a date has been selected
if ( $(pDateItem).length
&& $(pDateItem).data("datepicker")
&& $(pDateItem).datepicker("getDate") !== null
)
{
var tomorrow = getTomorrow();
var check = $(pDateItem).datepicker("getDate");
var one = cutTime(check);
var two = cutTime(tomorrow);
return one.getDate() === two.getDate();
};
return false;
}
Then in your Dynamic action 'When' condition, use a javascript expression with this code:
isTomorrow(this.triggeringElement)
Then the corresponding True Actions will only fire when the date is set to tomorrow.
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I am setting up a sheet where a person will be able to check a checkbox, in different times, depending on the progress of a task. So, there are 5 checkboxes per row, for a number of different tasks.
Now, the idea is that, when you check one of those checkboxes, a message builds up in the few next cells coming after. So, the message is built in 3 cells. The first cell is just text, the second one is the date, and the third one is time. Also, those cells have 5 paragraphs each (one per checkbox).
The problem comes when I try to make that timestamp stay as it was when it was entered. As it is right now, the time changes every time I update any part of the Google Sheet.
I set u my formulas as follows:
For the text message:
=IF($C4=TRUE,"Insert text 1 here","")&CHAR(10)&IF($E4=TRUE, "Insert text here","")&CHAR(10)&IF($G4=TRUE, "Insert text 3 here","")&CHAR(10)&IF($I4=TRUE, "Insert text 4 here,"")&CHAR(10)&IF($K4=TRUE, "Insert text 5 here","")
For the date:
=IF($C4=TRUE,(TEXT(NOW(),"mmm dd yyyy")),"")&CHAR(10)&IF($E4=TRUE,(TEXT(NOW(),"mmm dd yyyy")),"")&CHAR(10)&IF($G4=TRUE,(TEXT(NOW(),"mmm dd yyyy")),"")&CHAR(10)&IF($I4=TRUE,(TEXT(NOW(),"mmm dd yyyy")),"")&CHAR(10)&IF($K4=TRUE,(TEXT(NOW(),"mmm dd yyyy")),"")
And for the time:
=IF($C4=TRUE,(TEXT(NOW(),"HH:mm")),"")&CHAR(10)&IF($E4=TRUE,(TEXT(NOW(),"HH:mm")),"")&CHAR(10)&IF($G4=TRUE,(TEXT(NOW(),"HH:mm")),"")&CHAR(10)&IF($I4=TRUE,(TEXT(NOW(),"HH:mm")),"")&CHAR(10)&IF($K4=TRUE,(TEXT(NOW(),"HH:mm")),"")
And it all looks like this:
I would appreciate it greatly if anyone could help me get this to work so that date and time are inserted after checking those boxes and they don´t change again
Notice that your struggle with the continuous changing date time. I had the same struggle as yours over the year, and I found a solution that works for my case nicely. But it needs to be a little more "dirty work" with Apps Script
Some background for my case:
I have multiple sheets in the spreadsheet to run and generate the
timestamp
I want to skip my first sheet without running to generate timestamp
in it
I want every edit, even if each value that I paste from Excel to
generate timestamp
I want the timestamp to be individual, each row have their own
timestamp precise to every second
I don't want a total refresh of the entire sheet timestamp when I am
editing any other row
I have a column that is a MUST FILL value to justify whether the
timestamp needs to be generated for that particular row
I want to specify my timestamp on a dedicated column only
function timestamp() {
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
const totalSheet = ss.getSheets();
for (let a=1; a<totalSheet.length; a++) {
let sheet = ss.getSheets()[a];
let range = sheet.getDataRange();
let values = range.getValues();
function autoCount() {
let rowCount;
for (let i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
rowCount = i
if (values[i][0] === '') {
break;
}
}
return rowCount
}
rowNum = autoCount()
for(let j=1; j<rowNum+1; j++){
if (sheet.getRange(j+1,7).getValue() === '') {
sheet.getRange(j+1,7).setValue(new Date()).setNumberFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");
}
}
}
}
Explanation
First, I made a const totalSheet with getSheets() and run it
with a for loop. That is to identify the total number of sheets
inside that spreadsheet. Take note, in here, I made let a=1;
supposed all JavaScript the same, starts with 0, value 1 is to
skip the first sheet and run on the second sheet onwards
then, you will notice a function let sheet = ss.getSheets()[a]
inside the loop. Take note, it is not supposed to use const if
your value inside the variable is constantly changing, so use
let instead will work fine.
then, you will see a function autoCount(). That is to make a for
loop to count the number of rows that have values edited in it. The
if (values[i][0] === '') is to navigate the script to search
through the entire sheet that has value, looking at the row i and
the column 0. Here, the 0 is indicating the first column of the
sheet, and the i is the row of the sheet. Yes, it works like a
json object with panda feeling.
then, you found the number of rows that are edited by running the
autoCount(). Give it a rowNum variable to contain the result.
then, pass that rowNum into a new for loop, and use if (sheeet.getRange(j+1,7).getValue() === '') to determine which row
has not been edited with timestamp. Take note, where the 7 here
indicating the 7th column of the sheet is the place that I want a
timestamp.
inside the for loop, is to setValue with date in a specified
format of ("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"). You are free to edit into any
style you like
ohya, do remember to deploy to activate the trigger with event type
as On Change. That is not limiting to edit, but for all kinds of
changes including paste.
Here's a screenshot on how it would look like:
Lastly, please take note on some of my backgrounds before deciding to or not to have the solution to work for your case. Cheers, and happy coding~!
Is there a way to block off a date with the Kendo DatePicker? So if they click open the calendar, and they want to select the 10th of December, I can have that date either disabled or removed ( preferrably disabled ). I don't see any documentation on how to do this.
<div id="datePicker"></div>
$('#datePicker').kendoDatePicker({
// I need it dynamically done, I don't want to hard code the date.
// So if the user clicks it, a request will be handled to send back any dates that are previously taken.
});
For the 10th Dec you can do it like this:
$("#datepicker").kendoDatePicker({
value: new Date(2019,11,5),
disableDates: [new Date(2019,11,10)]
});
disableDates can be an array or a function. You can use dates or weekday names. please check the documentation in my comment to know more. Please notice that 11 is month 12. Why does the month argument range from 0 to 11 in JavaScript's Date constructor?
If you would like to use a function here is how:
disableDates: function (date) {
var dates = $("#datepicker").data("kendoDatePicker").options.dates;
if (your condition) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
I want the Slicer in Power BI to select the most recent date of the selection to be selected automatically.
Here is an example of the drop down:
https://i.imgur.com/IykHSlI.png
This drop down differs from the Client selection.
I solved this issue the following way:
I created one Report with a filter to Default_Date (which opens first)
I used a Calculated Column [Default_Date] to populate the filter (which is hidden)
In my case the user wanted to see Yesterday's data as the default date so I selected 'Yesterday' on my filter.
Then I put a button that opens another duplicated copy of the Report [Hidden Tab] that contains a full calendar filter, so the user can select any other dates he likes, this hidden report has another button that returns the user to the main report [if he wants to].
picture of my filter (which I collapse and hide under a color box/banner)
Here is the formula for the calculated column (used in the filter):
Default_Date =
VAR TodaysDate =
TODAY()
VAR YesterdayDate =
TODAY() - 1
VAR reportDate =
SWITCH(TRUE(),
'Calendar'[Date] = TodaysDate, "Today",
'Calendar'[Date] = YesterdayDate, "Yesterday",
"Before Yesterday"
)
RETURN
reportDate
Use Default_Date in your filter, and you can replace TODAY() with
CALCULATE(Max(Table[Date]),All(Table))
and remove what you don't need.
If you want to get the Last Date of selected items, then
CALCULATE(Max(Table[Date]),ALLSELECTED(Table))
Table may need to be in quotes to work: 'Table'[Date]
I hope this helps.
There isn't to set a default value in Power BI, but there are a few around about ways. First you can try Persistent Filters that can preserve the filters selected. The other option, is to create in your data set, if you have a calendar table, or are able to add it to your column a current date flag, that you can apply as a filter to your report.
For example you can use the TODAY() to return todays date, and check against your date column.
Calculated column = IF(MONTH(TODAY()) = MONTH('table'[DateColumn]) && YEAR(TODAY()) = YEAR('table'[DateColumn]), "Y", "N")
You can run the report and it will always filter on the latest date, however you will have to remove the filter if you want to see other dates. You could set up bookmarks so that you can easily add/remove filter to the report. So you would have one bookmark with latest date, and the other to remove it. You can allow the slicer box to appear when you select the 'remove current month' bookmark
Hope that helps
I want to make a query in crossfilter to filter all data from today's date.
Example: I have this query:
var countPerDim2 = Dim2.filterExact("1.1.2018").group().reduceSum();
So crossfilter will filter data from 1.1.2018.
But I want crossfilter to automatically get the the current date.
My reason is that I want to draw two charts to compare them.
Like :
Chart 1 by Date 1.1.2018 and Chart 2 by Date 31.12.17
How can I get the filter by yesterday's date? Is there a function like datenow() for the current day and maybe datenow(-1) for yesterday's date?
Thank you and happy new year!
Today and yesterday
To answer your immediate question, JavaScript's new Date() will return the current time and date as a JavaScript Date object. Then you just need to convert the date object to a string to match your date format.
You can use d3.time.format to produce those strings. Looks like you would want something like
d3.time.format('%-d.%-m.%Y')
(or perhaps with m and d reversed - unclear from your example whether month or day comes first)
Yesterday is something like
var date = new Date();
date.setDate(date.getDate()-1);
See the JavaScript Date documentation for more details.
Comparing two days
However, I think you'll run into a more fundamental problem, which is that crossfilter doesn't have the concept of multiple filters, so it's hard to compare one date against another in side-by-side charts.
Off the top of my head, the best thing I can think of is to "freeze" a group using a fake group:
function freeze_group(group) {
var _all = group.all().slice();
return {
all: function() {
return _all;
}
};
}
You'd apply one date filter, then call
chart.group(freeze_group(group));
on the chart you want to have that date. Now it won't change when the filter changes, and you can apply the other date filter for other charts.
I've created a Google sheet to keep a list of work tasks with a column to track the date on which items are created, and built a script to automatically populate the cells in that column with the day's date when a new line is inserted.
The cell (e.g. G9) that is target of the script uses the following validation formula to make sure that when users change the date, they use a date that is neither a weekend nor in the future:
=and(isdate(G9), weekday(G9,2)<6, G9<=today())
IT ONLY WORKS BUT ONLY IF THE SCRIPT IS RUN ANYTIME AFTER 8:00am ! If I try using it any earlier the cell validation will reject the input!
The script looks like this (curRow is the number of the row that's been added):
// Adds today's date without using =today()
var myrangename = "G"+curRow;
var dateCell = sheet.getRange(myrangename);
var d = new Date();
var dateArr = [];
dateArr[0]=d.getFullYear();
dateArr[1]=d.getMonth() + 1; //Months are zero based
dateArr[2]=d.getDate();
dateCell.setValue(dateArr.join('/'));
(n.b.: I cannot use the script to simply put =today() in the cell because all the entries would change every day. )
WHY DOES IT ONLY WORK AFTER 8:00AM? Is Google somehow running on a different time zone than my computer?? I'm based in the UK, so using BST, but that shouldn't be a problem, shouldn't it...?
Try
var d = new Date();
var d = Utilities.formatDate(d, "GMT+1", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
I am not sure if google would recognise BST as a time zone, but you could also try
var d = Utilities.formatDate(d, "BST", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
Thank you for your suggestion, Aprillion. Turns out that a Google Sheets file has its own internal time-zone setting! which in my case was set to American Pacific time (so 8hrs behind)
(You'd think it would pick up the date and time info automatically from Windows, like other applications do!)
To set the sheet's time-zone to the correct one, you need to go to the main menu, click 'File', then 'Spreadsheet settings...', and adjust as necessary.
The script and validation now all work fine.
Thank you all for your help.