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Purpose

A default of 'last calendar month' applies to all reports. However, you can use the [DateRange:] macro when you want to specify a date range different to the default. This new date range will apply to all subsequent macros in the report.

When using this macro:

• You may use the macro mid-report.
• The output files for your report will still appear in the last month's folder, even though the custom date range you have defined may be earlier than this.
• If you have specified a custom Microsoft Word document property, ReportingPeriod, this should be in the form 'YYYY-MM-DD' or 'YYYY-MM-DD - YYYY-MM-DD'. Then, what you have specified for a DateRange will override the dates set as ReportingPeriod.
• It is possible to specify a time as well as a date in the following format: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss' e.g. 2016-02-17 13:57:12.

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Macro Compatibility

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Parameter	Type	Presence	Purpose	Options	Default
auto	Boolean	Optional	If 'true', the reporting period will be the last calendar month and neither startDate nor endDate parameters may be used.	true false	false
comment	String	Optional	Add a comment to make your document template more readable. The comment is discarded in the output document.	N/A	N/A
endDate	DateTimeOffset	Optional	The end date in the format YYYY-MM-DD.	N/A	Midnight on the first day of this month
errorOnOverflow	Boolean	Optional	Should NCalc expression evaluation throw error on Overflow	true false	true
failureText	String	Optional	The text to display should the macro fail to execute. Note that a poorly-specified macro (e.g. omitting mandatory parameters) will still result in an error message.	N/A	N/A
if	String	Optional	The condition that must be true in order for the macro to be executed/evaluated. Must either evaluate to true or false, for example: "3+5=8" or "contains('abcd', 'z').	N/A	true
mode	MacroMode	Optional	The mode in which variables are stored. In the legacy mode (default for Schedules), the variable created is a string and formatted. In the normal mode (default for Report Studio), the output variable is stored as a strongly-typed object, e.g. an Int32 or a List etc., rather than a formatted string.	Legacy Normal	Legacy
monthsToReport	Int32	Optional	If set, sets 'endDate' to the 'start' plus the specified number of months.	N/A	N/A
obfuscation	ObfuscationType	Optional	Obfuscation type. Use obfuscation to write reports where sensitive data is hidden. When used, ReportMagic guarantees that the same input string will map to the same output string for the whole of the report (but the next time the report runs, it will most likely map to a different value). If you use obfuscation, the property in your macro will not show up and instead, you will see a fake item of the obfuscation type chosen.	None UkTown DeviceName Company IpAddress PrivateIpAddress	None
startDate	DateTimeOffset	Optional	The start date in the format YYYY-MM-DD.	N/A	Midnight on the first day of last month
warning	String	Optional	If specified, adds a warning message for this macro. This is processed as an NCalc, and the warning message will ALWAYS be present and will be the value of the evaluated NCalc expression.	N/A	N/A

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Examples (4)

Example 1:

Modify the date range

#1[Calendar:]
#2[DateRange: startDate=2014-05-01, endDate=2014-06-30][Calendar:]

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Example 2:

Modify the date range twice

#1[Calendar:]
#2[DateRange: startDate=2014-05-01, endDate=2014-05-31][Calendar:]
#3[DateRange: startDate=2014-11-26, endDate=2014-11-27][Calendar:]

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Example 3:

Return the date range to the document default after on the second modification.

#1[Calendar:]
#2[DateRange: startDate=2014-05-01, endDate=2014-05-31][Calendar:]
#3[DateRange: auto=true][Calendar:]

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Example 4:

It is possible to specify a time as well as a date:

[DateRange: startDate=2015-10-01 00:01:23, endDate=2015-10-03 00:04:56]