# Overlapping Periods **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Ideas\ **Created:** [December 7, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/overlapping-periods/2068 "2021-12-07T20:31:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kai](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/kai)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/overlapping-periods/2068/1 "2021-12-07T20:31:44Z")
Hi, On several occasions I have run into situations where it would be useful to have overlapping periods. Specifically, 12 months ended in a month would allow some smoothing of the data where one month on it’s own could see huge variances. For example, for the last 12 months the periods would look as follows: Start | End December 1, 2020 | December 31, 2021 January 1, 2020 | January 31, 2021 February 1, 2020 | February 28, 2021 March 1, 2020 | March 31, 2021 April 1, 2020 | April 30, 2021 May 1, 2020 | May 31, 2021 June 1, 2020 | June 30, 2021 July 1, 2020 | July 31, 2021 August 1, 2020 | August 31, 2021 September 1, 2020 | September 30, 2021 October 1, 2020 | October 31, 2021 November 1, 2020 | November 30, 2021 I created a file that defined such periods, but got an error message when I tried to add the period, due to the periods “overlapping.” Is there a way around this (without having to kneecap the functionality of the dashboard by using Custom Mode? Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Tim.Leonard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Tim.Leonard](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/Tim.Leonard)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/overlapping-periods/2068/2 "2022-10-20T18:29:36Z")
@kai Would ‘Moving’ Mode help here? By default this will give you current month plus the previous 11 (rather than the +12 you’re after) but this can be adjusted by an administrator in settings.