Wildcard filter variables overview
Using wildcards, you can reference a generic user or date instead of a specific user or date. In this way, the elements you build are dynamic; the results change depending on the context in which they are used.
For example, filtering for $$USER.homeGroupID in a project report retrieves only projects associated with the Home Group of the user who is logged in.
You can use filter variables—also known as wildcards—when building the following elements:
Date-based wildcard filter variables
Date-based wildcard options can be used in combination with any date filter attribute. For information about adding a date-based wildcard to a report, see the article Use date-based wildcards to generalize reports.
You can choose from the following date-based wildcards:
To indicate various periods of time and various points in time (future or past), you can combine the wildcards above with the following:
For example, the wildcard $$TODAYb+2w
refers to “2 weeks from the beginning of this week.” The wildcard *$$NOW+2h
refers to “2 hours from now.”
User-based wildcard filter variables
You can choose from the following user-based variables:
- My Reports
- My Projects
- My Tasks
- My Issues
- My Hours
Object-based wildcard filter variables
You can choose from the following object-based wildcards: