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Shift between different time periods with a click

Do you want to create a report showing purchases for this quarter vs. purchases for the same quarter last year. What about taking a look at purchases for the same quarter two years ago as well. With Vizubi’s automatic time dimensions it’s a snap.

When you import a field in date/time format, Vizubi automatically creates a time dimension with a whole bunch of pre-configured periods like year, quarter and year to date. You can filter data for these periods, and change the reference period with a few clicks. You can also switch between time periods or show multiple time periods in the same report.

And that will save you a whole lot of time. That’s what we mean when we say that “Software is perhaps human kind’s greatest time asset generator…”

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• How to create and use time dimensions

Automatically create Time Dimensions: avoid time consuming, repetitive tasks

Creating Time Dimensions is one of the most repetitive tasks in business intelligence projects. Usually, BI tools leave this work to users. Our self-service software takes the drudgery out of this by automatically creating time dimension tables for date/time fields. Our import wizard recognizes date and time fields and asks users if they want to create time dimension tables around these fields. You can also set the time dimension format and the date dimension format which will be inherited throughout the model you create.

Vizubi also automatically generates time filter panels associated with every time dimension you create.

Automatic here doesn’t mean you’re forced to create time dimensions for every time or date field in the data you import. You can choose which time dimensions to create and you can also manually create time dimensions with a single click for any field which contains time data.

Learn more:

• How to create and use time dimensions
• How to create and use time dimensions Text Tutorial