Report Group intervals by period

[SoggyCashew]

Hello, Im using a report wizard and im "grouping levels" by date and I wanted
to "grouping intervals" by period (Every 4 months- 3 periods in a year)
anyway there isnt and option for that just quarter, normal, year month ect.
How can I do this in my report? Thanks....

 

[Jerry Whittle]

Create the report using Month. After the wizard creates the report open it in
design view. In the report's sorting and grouping options set the Group On
property to Month and the Group Interval to 4.

 

[John W. Vinson]

Hello, Im using a report wizard and im "grouping levels" by date and I wanted
to "grouping intervals" by period (Every 4 months- 3 periods in a year)
anyway there isnt and option for that just quarter, normal, year month ect.
How can I do this in my report? Thanks....

An additional suggestion, as an alternative to Jerry's, would be to use a
calculated field in the query:

PeriodNo: DateDiff("m", #1/1/2000#, [datefield]) \ 4

using the integer divide operator \ will give values 1 for 1/1/2000-4/30/2000;
2 for 5/1/2000-9/30/2000 and so on. You can use this for your grouping and
sorting. You can of course use whatever date you want as the beginning of the
first period.

 

[John Spencer]

John and Chad,

Pardon me but I think you need to use
PeriodNo: (DateDiff("m", #1/1/2000#, [datefield])-1) \ 4

That will return
0 for months 1 to 4
1 for months 5 to 8
2 for months 9 to 12

If you want 1, 2, and 3 then add 1 to the result
PeriodNo: 1 + (DateDiff("m", #1/1/2000#, [datefield])-1) \ 4

John's original would return
0 for months 1 to 3
1 for months 4 to 7
2 for months 8 to 11
3 for month 12

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Hello, Im using a report wizard and im "grouping levels" by date and I wanted
to "grouping intervals" by period (Every 4 months- 3 periods in a year)
anyway there isnt and option for that just quarter, normal, year month ect.
How can I do this in my report? Thanks....

An additional suggestion, as an alternative to Jerry's, would be to use a
calculated field in the query:

PeriodNo: DateDiff("m", #1/1/2000#, [datefield]) \ 4

using the integer divide operator \ will give values 1 for 1/1/2000-4/30/2000;
2 for 5/1/2000-9/30/2000 and so on. You can use this for your grouping and
sorting. You can of course use whatever date you want as the beginning of the
first period.

 

[John W. Vinson]

John and Chad,

Pardon me but I think you need to use
PeriodNo: (DateDiff("m", #1/1/2000#, [datefield])-1) \ 4

That will return
0 for months 1 to 4
1 for months 5 to 8
2 for months 9 to 12

If you want 1, 2, and 3 then add 1 to the result
PeriodNo: 1 + (DateDiff("m", #1/1/2000#, [datefield])-1) \ 4

John's original would return
0 for months 1 to 3
1 for months 4 to 7
2 for months 8 to 11
3 for month 12

Right you are, John - thanks!