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3744230 - Fiscal year is not supported by Just Ask in SAP Analytics Cloud

Symptom

Result based on calendar year is returned in Just Ask while posting a question with Fiscal year in Just Ask

Environment

  • SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Enterprise 1.0
  • SAC Just Ask

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the Just Ask functionality.
  2. Select the relevant model.
  3. Post a question and observe that results are analyzed by calendar year.

Cause

The Fiscal Year feature is currently not supported in Just Ask. 

Below influence idea is raised, Voting on this idea will help add weight to implementing the feature.
https://influence.sap.com/sap/ino/#/idea/320253

Resolution

  1. Fiscal Year is not supported in Just Ask at this time; support is planned for a future release with no precise timeline available.
  2. As a workaround, specify the desired fiscal period using explicit dates in the question. Example: Ask “show me sales from Apr 2025 to Mar 2026 by bar chart” instead of “sales of fiscal year 2025”.

See Also

refer to: Influence idea: Support Fiscal Year in Just Ask

Keywords

just ask, fiscal year, calendar year, sac, time period, date range, natural language query, nlq, date filter, time filter, model selection, sac ask, not supported, workaround, analytics , KBA , LOD-ANA-ASK , SAC Just Ask , Problem

Product

SAP Analytics Cloud all versions