To create your own period, follow these steps:
- Show the list of periods.
- Click "Create new user-defined time period".
The "Add user-defined time period" editor is displayed.
- Assign a unique name and optionally a description.
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Define the time window in the "Configuration" area.
- Duration
Enter a value for the duration of the period or select a value by clicking on the arrows in the input field.
Select the unit of the period: Minute, hour, day, week, month or year. -
Start time (relative to query time)
Define the starting point of the period relative to the current date by specifying the unit of the distance to the current time:Minute, hour, quarter of an hour, day, week, month or year.
Specify whether the starting point is in the past or the future starting from the current date. With a negative value you specify a start time in the future, with a positive value a start time in the past.
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Offset
Specify values by which the calculated period is moved. -
Next period
Specify the start time of the next period:- "Starts at the beginning of the selected start time" starts the next period when the defined start time has been reached.
- "Starts immediately after the last period (e.g., with shift operation)" starts the next period at the end of the previous period.
- "Starts at the beginning of the selected start time" starts the next period when the defined start time has been reached.
- Duration
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Click "Save".
Deleting or editing a user-defined time period
You can edit or delete user-defined periods.
Periods of the "Standard" category cannot be edited or deleted.