Current year automated

Hi ​@Nancy Mehrotra ,

Yes it’s possible. What you can do is the following :

1. Have a metric Set_Current_Year with :
   • ​​​​​Data Type : Year
   • Dimension : None
2. Second metric Set_Bool_Current_Year with :
   •  Data Type : Boolean
   • Dimension : Year
   • Formula : 

     IF(Set_Current_Year = Year,
       TRUE
     )

3. In Variables you can do the following:

   

    

   

You will then be able to use those variable in tables/boards and in a single place change the Year to be displayed (refresh your page if it doesn’t refresh automatically).

Note : I usually do the same for Month and Quarter.
Note 2: If you want the year to be automatically populated on Set_Current_Year you can leverage the metric today (below is how to create it by ​@Stef) and use the formula 

TIMEDIM(today,Year)

Hope this helps,