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'''Dynamic date shortcuts'''

It's a powerful feature of TaticView, it's selections, Date [[Filters]], that dynamically adapt to the context where and when they're being used.

With them it is possible to select periods that change dynamically, for example:

* Current Year
* Last two years
* Current month
* Month to date
* Today
* Yesterday

These shortcuts use the moment the dashboard is running as a reference, and from there, determines which period to use for the selection.

TaticView has several Dynamic Shortcuts for ready-to-use dates, and allows the user to create their own [[Custom_date_shortcuts|custom shortcuts]]. This feature allows unlimited combinations to be made to meet the user's diverse needs.

In addition, Dynamic Date Shortcuts can be even more powerful when used anchored.


'''Dynamic anchored date shortcuts'''

Dynamic Date Shortcuts can be used docked, that is, you can associate a [[Combo_(Filter)|Combo]] with objects that have been configured to use one or more Dynamic Date Shortcuts, and so these shortcuts stop using the dashboard execution time as a reference, and begin to use as a reference what was selected in the [[Combo_(Filter)|Combo]], for example:

#I create in a [[Table]] the [[Column_Properties|Column]] ''Date of Delivery'' and the [[Column_Properties|Column]] ''Price''
#I associate to this same [[Table]] a ''Current Year'' [[Filters|Filter]] of ''Delivery Date''
#When you run this dashboard, only the Current Year Prices in the [[Table]] will be shown, because Dynamic Date Shortcuts used the moment of execution as a reference.
#Associating now a ''Year'' of ''Delivery Date'' with this object, in the execution of the dashboard, when changing the year in the [[Combo_(Filter)|Combo]] will show the Prices of the selected year and not more of the current year, this is because '''the date selected in the [[Combo_(Filter)|Combo]] is now used as reference and not the current time'''.

Note:

* So that Dynamic Date Shortcuts are anchored to the Date [[Column_Properties|Column]] used as [[Filters|Filter]] must be the same as that used in the [[Combo_(Filter)|Combo]].
* The anchor feature works with any object, including [[Table]] [[Column_Properties|Columns]].


'''Limitations of Dynamic Shortcuts for anchored dates'''

In the current version of TaticView it is not possible to use more than one [[Combo_(Filter)|Combo]] as an anchor associated with the same object, if this is done, TaticView informs the user about the limit.