# Finding out # active periods for sales

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**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/finding-out-active-periods-for-sales/1553 "2020-04-06T18:31:15Z")\
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How do I use the custom mode (or another way) to count the number of periods where a dimension has a value? It is easy to visualize it but is there a way to count the number of periods and present it as a value on column? Period\_Days and Period\_Count don’t give me active periods.