Axapta 2012 - Ax Views and GETDATE() - axapta

Question

I'm trying to make a date range in a view work relative to today. But I'm not find any function to set in the query range to make it dynamic.
Example:
Creates:
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE VIEW [dbo].[MYCUSTINVOICETABLEVIEW] AS
SELECT T1.INVOICEID AS INVOICEID,T1.DATAAREAID AS DATAAREAID,T1.PARTITION AS PARTITION,T1.RECID AS RECID
FROM CUSTINVOICETABLE T1
WHERE (INVOICEDATE<={ts '2017-07-18 00:00:00.000'})
GO
But instead of looking relative to last synchronization date, I want to look compared to today.
SELECT ... FROM CUSTINVOICETABLE T1
WHERE (INVOICEDATE<=GETDATE())
Any ideas how I can setup the query ranges for this?
Tried so far:
..GetDate()
..today()
..currentDate()
lessThanDate(0)
"< GETDATE()"
< currentSessionDateTime()
According to How to refresh/Synch View based on a Query with dynamic range?, it's not possible (for UserID()). I want to double check if that's the same case for dates. The view is being consumed by a other application on the same box (not an Ax form).

Answer 1

This isn't pretty and I still imagine there might be a better way, but here is a solution that I just tested. Obviously there are much better ways of doing this in x++, forms, and reports, but the result of the below can be queried externally from AX and will still return dynamic results.
You have a Query > View > Query > View structure, with the top level view being your consumable view.
The first view has the data you need and a computed date column, populated by the following code to get the dynamic date:
public server static str today()
{
return 'CONVERT (date, GETDATE())';
}
You then make a query of that view, and put an extended query range on it to check your field vs the dynamic GETDATE() column. You then have a view built on top of that query that your external application can consume.
In the example below, all field lists are set to dynamic yes. Obviously you would carry the relevant data from the root query all the way up.
The example in the picture results in the following view definitions:
CREATE VIEW "DBO".TESTVIEW AS SELECT T1.SALESID AS SALESID,
T1.RECEIPTDATEREQUESTED AS RECEIPTDATEREQUESTED,
T1.DATAAREAID AS DATAAREAID,T1.PARTITION AS PARTITION,T1.RECID AS RECID,
(CAST ((CONVERT (date, GETDATE())) AS DATETIME)) AS CURRENTDATE
FROM SALESTABLE T1
CREATE VIEW "DBO".TESTCONSUMABLEVIEW AS
SELECT T1.CURRENTDATE AS CURRENTDATE,T1.RECEIPTDATEREQUESTED AS RECEIPTDATEREQUESTED,
T1.SALESID AS SALESID,T1.DATAAREAID AS DATAAREAID,T1.PARTITION AS PARTITION,
T1.RECID AS RECID
FROM TESTVIEW T1 WHERE (RECEIPTDATEREQUESTED<CURRENTDATE)

Answer 2

My answer is based off #Spencer Kershaw's answer. So credit for his work, but I want to provide a more succinct answer that doesn't require a query and hopefully is clearer for others trying to accomplish the task.
To accomplish what you want, you need to do 3 things.
Create static method to use for computed column
Add a computed column to your view
Correctly put in the range by using some random field
1. Add this method to your view:
public server static str today()
{
return 'CONVERT (date, GETDATE())';
}
2. Right click on the fields node and click New>Date Computed Column. On the properties set ViewMethod = today.
3. Add a range. Choose dataAreaId for the field (this is arbitrary). Set the Value property equal to ("YourComparisonField" < "today"). The syntax can be important here.
This produces:
CREATE VIEW [dbo].[AAATESTVIEW]
AS
SELECT T1.ADDRESS AS ADDRESS
,T1.MODIFIEDDATETIME AS MODIFIEDDATETIME1
,T1.RECID AS RECID1
,T1.PARTITION AS PARTITION
,T1.RECID AS RECID
,(CAST((CONVERT(DATE, GETDATE())) AS DATETIME)) AS TODAY
FROM LOGISTICSPOSTALADDRESS T1
WHERE (N'modifiedDateTime1' < N'today')
GO