# Dashboard Periods with Custom Mode

**URL:** <https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/dashboard-periods-with-custom-mode/2228>\
**Category:** Product Ideas\
**Tags:** system-issue, system-development\
**Created:** [July 22, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/dashboard-periods-with-custom-mode/2228 "2022-07-22T20:52:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dvic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/pug.phocassoftware.com/dvic/32/1045_2.png) [@dvic](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/dvic)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/dashboard-periods-with-custom-mode/2228/1 "2022-07-22T20:52:53Z")

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It would be an excellent basic feature/enhancement if Dashboard Periods would update Custom Mode: Custom Calculations when the calculations period is set to ‘Default’.

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**Author:** ![JonKemp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/pug.phocassoftware.com/jonkemp/32/334_2.png) [@JonKemp](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/JonKemp)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/dashboard-periods-with-custom-mode/2228/2 "2022-07-25T08:43:03Z")

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There has been some work on this already. When in custom mode you now have a checkbox on the designer which allows you to have the default date change. However, you cannot mix date ranges. For example this will not work if you have:

- Current month
- FYTD

However, if you have this configuration it will work:

- Current Month
- Prior Month (using same period type but on “Previous”)

Here is the view in the designer:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/phocassoftware/original/2X/c/cecb8194dab9e28ce587a6098c47b5728720bfa4.png)

This is a step in the right direction but cannot handle differing period types as it would get confused.

I raised the opportunity for variables to be introduced in Custom mode which could then handle this in dashboards. I believe this is the next logical step in dashboard design as this would handle what if scenarios and produce more complex reporting requirements back in 2019 (warning gets very nerdy):

> [@Parent & Child Period Ranges - Current Month Issue](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/parent-child-period-ranges-current-month-issue/1183/8):
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> Hi @will.marriott, You may recall we discussed a similar premise after we had a call, where we would need variables to control the custom modes date ranges. I proposed that variables to be used as offsets (in this case the parent date as @StuartH discusses ) would be the driver to show the previous month/day. I may be barking up the wrong tree here but sounds very very similar to the requirement we discussed. So sorry in advanced if I am confused. Example Day 1 of October, we have 100 people…