First Quarter Month

This configuration is used to specify on which of the first three months of the year a quarter begins for the business using the WCC application.

This information is used when using the “This quarter” dynamic time period when filtering a list on a Date/Time attribute. For information about using dynamic time periods, see the “Filtering Lists” chapter in the TIBCO Workspace User’s Guide.

This is also used if the ~THISQUARTER~ dynamic time-period variable has been used when creating custom event filters. For more information, see Event Filter String.

Procedure

  1. In the Configuration Administrator, click config.xml in the left pane.
  2. In the Graphical Editor tab, click in the First Quarter Month section:
  3. Configure the first quarter month using the following field that appears in the right pane:
    • Specify the beginning month of the first business quarter - Select “Jan”, “Feb”, “or “Mar” to indicate on which of the first three months of the year a quarter begins.

      Note that this is not meant to indicate the month on which the first quarter of the year begins (although it might)—it indicates on which of those months any quarter begins. For example, if the company’s first quarter actually starts in December and runs through February, you would set the value attribute to “MAR” because that is the month in which a quarter begins in the first three months of the year.