%TIMERANGE

Enables you to define a range of time members, possibly open-ended. This function is an InterSystems extension to MDX.

Returned Type

This function returns a member.

Syntax and Details

%TIMERANGE(start_member,end_member,keyword)

Where:

start_member is an optional expression that evaluates to a member of a time level. If you omit this, DeepSee uses the earliest member of this level.
end_member is an optional expression that evaluates to a member of a time level. If you omit this, DeepSee uses the latest member of this level.
keyword is optional and is either INCLUSIVE or EXCLUSIVE

The default is INCLUSIVE.

You must specify start_member, end_member, or both.

Example

The following example uses both start_member and end_member:

SELECT NON EMPTY DateOfSale.YearSold.MEMBERS ON 1 FROM holefoods 
WHERE %TIMERANGE(DateOfSale.YearSold.&[2009],DateOfSale.YearSold.&[2011])
 
 
1 2009                                  179
2 2010                                  203
3 2011                                  224

The next example shows an open-ended range:

SELECT NON EMPTY DateOfSale.YearSold.MEMBERS ON 1 FROM holefoods 
WHERE %TIMERANGE(DateOfSale.YearSold.&[2009])
 
 
1 2009                                  179
2 2010                                  203
3 2011                                  224
4 2012                                  114

The next example shows another open-ended range, this time using the EXCLUSIVE keyword:

SELECT NON EMPTY DateOfSale.YearSold.MEMBERS ON 1 FROM holefoods 
WHERE %TIMERANGE(,DateOfSale.YearSold.&[2009],EXCLUSIVE)
 
 
1 2007                                  124
2 2008                                  156