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3707822 - How to change dated field format in Story Reports

Symptom

Using Calculated Columns for Date Format Conversion

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite

Resolution

Using Calculated Columns for Date Format Conversion

Step 1: Create a Calculated Column

  1. Navigate to your Story Report in SAP Analytics Cloud
  2. Go to Query Designer and select Data → Create Calculated Column 
  3. Select Calculated Column → Add

Step 2: Apply Date Conversion Formula

For converting dates to numeric format (DDMMYYYY), use this formula structure:

1CONCAT(
2  RIGHT(CONCAT("0", TOTEXT(DAY([FIELDNAME]))), 2),
3  CONCAT(
4    RIGHT(CONCAT("0", TOTEXT(MONTH([FIELDNAME]))), 2),
5    TOTEXT(YEAR([FIELDNAME]))
6  )
7)

For YYYYMMDD format, use:

1CONCAT(
2  TOTEXT(YEAR([FIELDNAME])),
3  CONCAT(
4    RIGHT(CONCAT("0", TOTEXT(MONTH([FIELDNAME]))), 2),
5    RIGHT(CONCAT("0", TOTEXT(DAY([FIELDNAME]))), 2)
6  )
7)

Keywords

calculated column, report story, date field, dd, mm, yy, yyyy, date format, change, modify, formatting, date , KBA , LOD-SF-ANA-SAC-DAM , Data Modelling - Module & Entity Data Issues , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Platform all versions