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SharePoint Date Formula

Asked by: PAEWINS

Hello,
I am using a custom list that has a few date fields.  I need to do a calculation on one of them. How would I filter my list to show any record whose date field is:  >[Today] and <[Today]+90.  

How do I create a calculated field that can hold a date of [Today]+90?  

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2005-11-14 at 12:46:17ID21630503
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by: cjones_mcsePosted on 2005-11-14 at 15:46:31ID: 15292118

I'm not sure what your question is here. To create a field with a calculated value of [Today] + 90, you simply create a field with a date/time value and select "Calculated value" at the bottom of the list. Then you enter [Today] + 90. When you create a new record, it will fill the value in as 90 days from today's date.

To filter on that date, create a new view that filters on your new Today + 90 date field (let's call it 90Days) where 90Days is > = [Today].

 

by: PAEWINSPosted on 2005-11-14 at 21:42:52ID: 15293439

I appreciate the reply.  However, I have a date field that must stay static.  I need to perform different multiple calculations on it.  

Hence, when I add a SP Calculated Field, it will not take [Today] as part of the formula.  I believe they call it volatile data.  

The different calculations I need to perform on it are to identify which records have dates that are:

90 Days Out
180 Days Out
365 Days Out
etc.

I am not a developer and limited to the SP Features and some FrontPage.  Thanks.

 

by: cjones_mcsePosted on 2005-11-15 at 09:08:27ID: 15296961

Don't create a calculated value field. Create a Date/Time field. At the bottom of the list of types of values for the Date/Time field is the option "Calculated Value." In that textbox you would type [Today] + 90. This will automatically create a date of 90 days from today when you create a new record. This is the solution to the question you posted:

"How do I create a calculated field that can hold a date of [Today]+90?"

 

by: PAEWINSPosted on 2005-11-15 at 09:35:10ID: 15297204

Thanks, but how do I perform multiple calculations on a field?  In posing my orig. question I figured that maybe if someone explained how to do it once, I could replicate it from that point on.

However, I hope my followup question, clarified that I need to perform multiple calculations on one filed.  I need to list records whose, let's say, "contract date" is:

90 Days Out, or
180 Days Out, or
365 Days Out, or
etc.

Again, thanks.

 

by: cjones_mcsePosted on 2005-11-15 at 10:36:55ID: 15297685

Is the date field going to be the date that the record is created? If it is, you shouldn't have a problem.

You'll have to create fields to hold each of those values. For example, you'll have to create field "90Days" that has a value of [Today] + 90, "180Days" that is [Today] + 180, and "365Days" which is [Today] + 365. Then you create your views as I showed above, setting them to filter on 90Days >= Today, etc.

Somehow I get the idea that the answer to the question above was "no" though. There are other methods to handle this, but I don't know of any using only Sharepoint's default functionality. It would involve using some other application, like Access 2003 or maybe Excel 2003.

 

by: PAEWINSPosted on 2005-11-15 at 10:46:31ID: 15297785

Thank you.  Your latest approached works best.  FYI, my list has 94 fields.  I added the calculated fields you mentioned.  I actually reached a maximum for the number of "calculated"/"number"/"date" fields allowed.  Oh well.  

I will actually be posting another question later on how to best split a table and join it through RowProvider and RowConsumer.  

Thanks for your help

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