Quarter (PQL)

Returns the full quarter (with year) from a date-time

  • Returned Output: Text
  • Library: PQL \ Common \ Date-Time
  • Version: 2023.02.000
  • Compatibility:
    • Can be combined with and other PQL function throughout the application.
    • It CANNOT be used with MDX or VBA functions. But it can be used on MDX-based content in other parts of the application.

Syntax

Quarter( <Date-Time> )

* Click on the function's arguments above for more details on the input values.

Comments

Examples

This example returns a column with the quarter (year and quarter number) of each date-time item in the Order Date column.

Quarter( [Data].[OrderDate] )

You can see the effect from this example snippet in column #3, based on the original date column in position #1.