The following database view truncates the date to the fiscal year (April 1st):
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW FISCAL_YEAR_VW AS
SELECT
CASE
WHEN to_number(to_char(SYSDATE, 'MM')) < 4 THEN
to_date('1-APR-'||to_char(add_months(SYSDATE, -12), 'YYYY'), 'dd-MON-yyyy')
ELSE
to_date('1-APR-'||to_char(SYSDATE, 'YYYY'), 'dd-MON-yyyy')
END AS fiscal_year
FROM
dual;
This allows us to calculate the current fiscal year based on today's date.
How can this calculation be simplified or optimized?
ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-3),'YYYY'),3)
Perhaps this...
SELECT to_date('01/04/' ||
to_char(extract(YEAR FROM SYSDATE)
- CASE WHEN extract(MONTH FROM SYSDATE) BETWEEN 1 AND 4 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END),
'DD/MM/YYYY') FROM dual;
I guess this is another option...
SELECT add_months(trunc(SYSDATE) - extract(DAY FROM SYSDATE) + 1,
- (extract(MONTH FROM SYSDATE) + CASE
WHEN extract(MONTH FROM SYSDATE) <= 4 THEN 12 ELSE 0 END) + 4)
FROM dual;
Other options are rewriting as a function that returns a date, or the logic could be simplified if you could just return the year number for the current fiscal year since you'd only need the logic within the to_char.
TRUNC() can be usefully applied to dates, with different format masks. Most pertinently, trunc(sysdate, 'yyyy')
gives us the first day of the year. So this will give us the 01-APR of the current year ...
add_months(trunc(sysdate, 'yyyy'), 3)
and this that date for the previous year ...
add_months(trunc(add_months(sysdate, -12), 'yyyy'), 3)
So:
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW FISCAL_YEAR_VW AS
WITH cte as
( select add_months(trunc(sysdate, 'yyyy'), 3) as this_year
, add_months(trunc(add_months(sysdate, -12), 'yyyy'), 3) as last_year
from dual )
SELECT
CASE
WHEN SYSDATE >= cte.this_year THEN
cte.this_year
ELSE
cte.last_year
END AS fiscal_year
FROM
cte;
caveat: I haven't had the chance to test this code yet so it might contain typos. I will test it later and correct it if necessary.
I find the TO_CHAR(date, 'Q') feature of oracle very useful for calculating fiscal calendars. The query below uses the 'with' clause to build two things
- Sample Data - test_dates table.
- fiscal_map - a simple mapping of the calendar quarters to your fiscal calendar. In this example the 4th calendar quarter is the 1st fiscal quarter (October 1st).
Example:
with test_dates as (
select sysdate + level * 80 test_date from dual connect by level < 11
),
fiscal_map as (
select 1 cal, 2 fiscal from dual
union
select 2 cal, 3 fiscal from dual
union
select 3 cal, 4 fiscal from dual
union
select 4 cal, 1 fiscal from dual
)
select
test_date,
TO_CHAR(test_date, 'Q') cal_quarter,
fiscal_map.fiscal,
(case when CAL < fiscal then
TO_CHAR(test_date, 'yyyy') + 0
else TO_CHAR(test_date, 'yyyy') + 1
end) FISCAL_YEAR
from test_dates, fiscal_map
where fiscal_map.cal = TO_CHAR(test_date, 'Q')
order by test_date
Output:
TEST_DT CAL_Q FISCAL Q FISCAL_YR
22-Jul-10 3 4 2010
10-Oct-10 4 1 2011
29-Dec-10 4 1 2011
19-Mar-11 1 2 2011
07-Jun-11 2 3 2011
26-Aug-11 3 4 2011
14-Nov-11 4 1 2012
02-Feb-12 1 2 2012
22-Apr-12 2 3 2012
11-Jul-12 3 4 2012
select T.USERNAME,T.CREATED,
CASE WHEN EXTRACT (MONTH FROM T.CREATED)>=4 AND EXTRACT (MONTH FROM T.CREATED)<=12 THEN
TO_CHAR(EXTRACT (YEAR FROM T.CREATED))||'-'||TO_CHAR(EXTRACT (YEAR FROM T.CREATED)+1)
WHEN EXTRACT (MONTH FROM T.CREATED)<4 THEN
TO_CHAR(EXTRACT (YEAR FROM T.CREATED)-1)||'-'||TO_CHAR(EXTRACT (YEAR FROM T.CREATED)) ELSE NULL END FY
from sys.dba_users t WHERE T.USERNAME in ('101655','100149')
Output will be:
1 101655 14/01/2014 12:21:53 2013-2014
2 100149 05/05/2012 16:55:00 2012-2013