Dynamic Custom Date Ranges
When viewing a report, creating a dashboard, or even when searching for a specific record: being able to filter on a date or date range is often fundamental for selecting the required data. Xurrentโs date filtering options were already very flexible, providing both a large selection of quick ranges, such as โweek to dateโ or โprevious monthโ, and the possibility of using custom ranges, where a date range between any two specific dates can be selected.
The custom range filter option has now been extended to allow for even more flexible filtering. For every range, three possible start and end points can now be selected: โNowโ, a โRelative Dateโ, or the classic โSpecific Dateโ. Date ranges starting or ending โNowโ filter records from, or up to, this moment. This may give different results than when choosing today as a โSpecific Dateโ, because that would include the whole of today. The chosen options, as can be seen below, are displayed in black.

But the most powerful new feature of this filter enhancement is the โRelative Dateโ option. This option allows for the creation of dynamic custom date ranges, that are especially useful when creating dashboards. Regardless of when a dashboard is consulted, the results always contain a running period between the chosen relative start and end points of the selection.
