Fiscal date query operators in FetchXML

Applies To: Dynamics CRM 2013

A FetchXML query in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online can use special fiscal date values in queries. For example, a FetchXML query can find all orders fulfilled in the last fiscal month.

Using FetchXML fiscal date conditional operators

The following example shows a FetchXML expression that finds all orders fulfilled in the last fiscal period, according to the organization’s fiscal year settings. For example, if the organization uses fiscal months, the query returns orders fulfilled in the last fiscal month. If the organization uses fiscal quarters, the query returns orders fulfilled in the last fiscal quarter. If the organization uses fiscal semesters, orders fulfilled in the last fiscal semester are returned.

<fetch>
 <entity name="order">
  <attribute name="name"/>
  <filter type="and">
   <condition attribute="datefulfilled"
              operator="last-fiscal-period"/>
  </filter>
 </entity>
</fetch>

The following example shows a FetchXML expression that finds all accounts created in fiscal year 2013.

<fetch>
 <entity name="account">
  <attribute name="name"/>
  <filter type="and">
   <condition attribute="createdon"
              operator="in-fiscal-year"
              value="2013"/>
  </filter>
 </entity>
</fetch>

The following example shows a FetchXML expression that finds all opportunities with an estimated close date in the next three fiscal years, based on the organization’s fiscal year settings. The value for x is specified in the value attribute of the condition tag.

<fetch>
 <entity name="opportunity">
  <attribute name="name"/>
  <filter type="and">
   <condition attribute="estimatedclosedate"
              operator="next-x-fiscal-years"
              value="3"/>
  </filter>
 </entity>
</fetch>

The following example shows a FetchXML expression that finds all orders fulfilled in period three of any fiscal year, according to the organization’s fiscal year settings. The fiscal period value is specified in the value attribute of the condition tag. If the organization uses fiscal months, the query returns results from month three. If the organization uses fiscal quarters, the query returns results from quarter three. If the organization uses fiscal semesters, no results are returned; there are only two semesters, and the value supplied is therefore out-of-range.

<fetch>
 <entity name="order">
  <attribute name="name"/>
  <filter type="and">
   <condition attribute="datefulfilled"
              operator="in-fiscal-period"
              value="3"/>
  </filter>
 </entity>
</fetch>

The following example shows a FetchXML expression that finds all orders fulfilled in period three of fiscal year 2013, according to the organization’s fiscal year settings. If the organization uses fiscal months, the query returns results from month three. If the organization uses fiscal quarters, the query returns results from quarter three. If the organization uses fiscal semesters, no results are returned; there are only two semesters, and the value supplied is therefore out-of-range.

<fetch>
 <entity name="order">
  <attribute name="name"/>
  <filter type="and">
   <condition attribute="datefulfilled"
              operator="in-fiscal-period-and-year">
    <value>3</value>
    <value>2013</value>
   </condition>
  </filter>
 </entity>
</fetch>

The following example shows a FetchXML aggregation expression that sums the total amount of orders fulfilled and groups the result by fiscal semester and fiscal year.

<fetch aggregate="true">
 <entity name="order">
  <attribute name="totalamount"
             aggregate="sum"
             alias="total"/>
  <attribute name="datefulfilled"
             groupby="true"
             dategrouping="fiscal-period"/>
 </entity>
</fetch>

See Also

Retrieve data with queries
Build queries with FetchXML
Use a left outer join in FetchXML to query for records "not in"