Thanks Knut for the pointer. I had thought of this but then there came the challenge: these variables can be changed anytime from financial to calendar year from monthly to quarterly and that's why I though I may need a more dynamic way of fetching the descriptive period.
Cheers On Mar 30, 2017 16:39, "Knut Staring" <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suppose you would have to parse 2015Oct with Javascript and then > transform it to your desired output. > > Knut > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Sovello Hildebrand Mgani < > sovellohpmg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi! >> I have created a report which uses a relative reporting period. >> From the api description, I get the period from dhis2.report.periods[0] >> which gives me a period identifier, like 2015Oct (for financial year >> October 2015 - September 2016). >> I want to be able to display the descriptive period name on the report >> like *Data Approval Status for Period October 2015 to September 2016, *how >> I achieve that because currently I can only display the period identifier >> like 2015Oct? >> >> Thank you in advance! >> >> -- >> :: Sovello Hildebrand Mgani :: >> >> >> >> --If you teach man to fish, you'll feed him a lifetime-- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> Post to : dhis2-us...@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > Knut Staring > Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo > Norway: +4791880522 <+47%20918%2080%20522> > Skype: knutstar > http://dhis2.org >
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