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How to show Current Date and Time in Widget Title

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You can display the current date and time in widget’s title using the Expression and Label Parameter supported by Bold BI application.

Follow these steps to meet this requirement:

  1. Create and save a column with an expression using the TODAY() function.
    Create Expression with Today function

  2. In the widget title, use the expression column as the label parameter.

    use-today-exp-in-widget-title.png

  3. Preview the dashboard to help you view the current date and time in the widget title.

    today-date-in-view-mode.png

    By default, the current date and time will be shown when using the created expression column. You can also display a required date formatting, as well as the following.

    label-parameter-with-date-formatting.png

    date-formatting-preview.png

The following is a list of supported date formatting types.

Date Foramtting Type Syntax
Date Time {{:DateTime(Column_Name)}}
Date {{:Date(Column_Name)}}
Year {{:Year(Column_Name)}}
Quarter Year {{:QuarterYear(Column_Name)}}
Month Year {{:MonthYear(Column_Name)}}
Week Year {{:WeekYear(Column_Name)}}
Day Month Year {{:DayMonthYear(Column_Name)}}
Month Day Year {{:MonthDayYear(Column_Name)}}
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Written by Nisanth Gunasekaran
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