Enable Weeks in Date Filters

If you want to filter data by weeks in Analytical Designer or KPI Dashboards, compare the data to the previous period or the same period of the last year in week filters, and use weeks when customizing your date filter on KPI Dashboards, enable weeks in date filters in Analytical Designer and KPI Dashboards.

For more information about date filters in Analytical Designer and KPI Dashboards, see Filters in Analytical Designer and Date Filters in KPI Dashboards.

Steps:

1. Switch the version of the Extensible Analytics Engine to 3. To do so, set the xae_version platform setting to 3 (see Configure Various Features via Platform Settings). For more information about XAE, see XAE - Extensible Analytics Engine and Upgrading XAE to Version 3.
2. Migrate the Date datasets in your workspace to the urn:custom_v2:date date dimension. To do so, see “Migrate from a Legacy Date Dimension to urn:custom_v2:date” in Manage Custom Date Dimensions.
3. Enable weeks in date filters in Analytical Designer and KPI Dashboards on the GoodData Portal. To do so, set the enableWeekFilters platform setting to true (see Configure Various Features via Platform Settings).