First Quarter Month

This parameter is used to specify on which of the first three months of the year a quarter begins for the business using the 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 parameter 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. Open the config.xml file.

    For information about how this file should be opened (i.e., via the Configuration Administrator or via the file system, see Introduction).

  2. Locate the FilterMaskQuarterStart record in the config.xml file. For example: 

<record jsxid="FilterMaskQuarterStart" value="JAN"/>

  1. Set the value attribute to “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.

  2. Save and close the config.xml file.