Date formats dialog

Use this dialog to manage date hierarchies for use in Discoverer workbooks.

This dialog is also displayed as:

Hierarchy Wizard: Step 2

Edit Hierarchy dialog: Date formats tab

You can create a date hierarchy in one of two ways:

• Create a custom format mask of your own (for more information, see the New Format button below).

• Choosing from a set of predefined date format masks

For more information, see:

"What are hierarchies?"

"What are date items?"

"What are date format masks?"

Select date formats for the hierarchy

New Format

Use this button to display the "New Date Format dialog", where you can define a customized date format mask.

Description

This editable field displays a brief description of the data format currently selected in the right hand pane.

(Format pane)

To use a predefined format, select from the items listed in the left hand pane and move them to the right hand pane.

You can select more than one item by pressing the Ctrl key and clicking another item.

Promote

Use this button to move the selected item up one level in the hierarchy.

Demote

Use this button to move the selected item down one level in the hierarchy.