Date Attribute

 Use the Date attribute if you want your values to be in a date format (for example, a hire date, a birth date, or a certification date).

Using a Date attribute (example)

To do this:

1. Create a Date attribute and name it Hire Date.
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3. Once created, the new Hire Date attribute displays on the User Attributes page, but without any values:
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2. Add a Hire Date for an individual user.

   1. Select Users > User Management from the left navigation bar. Locate the user you want to edit.
   2. In the Actions column, click > . The Edit User page displays.
   3. In the User attributes section, in the Hire Date attribute field, click .
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   4. Select a date from the calendar.
   5. The selected date becomes a value for the Hire Date attribute.
   5. Select Update.
   6. The User Attributes page updates the Values column:
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3. Add a Hire Date for multiple users at once.

   1. Download a CSV file of your current users.
   2. For each user, in the Hire Date user attribute column, enter the user's hire date in one of the approved formats:
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   4. Each entry becomes a value of the Hire Date attribute.
   3. Save and import your CSV file to Percipio.
   4. The User Attributes page updates the Values and Users with Attribute columns:
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4. Create a new audience and name it FY2019 Hires.
5. In the Define your audience section, click Add user attributes.
6. Select Hire Date user attribute from the Attribute 1 drop-down list.
7. Select Between from the Operator drop-down list.
8. Enter a start date of the first day of your organization's fiscal year (for this example, we use 01/01/2019).
9. Enter and end date of your organization's fiscal year (for this example, we use 12/31/2019).
10. Click Done.
11. Click Create Audience. You can now create assignments for all users hired during your organization's specified fiscal year.