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title: Configure Date Variables
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description: Configure settings for individual date fields in your model.
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# Configure Date Variables

Configure settings for individual date fields in your model.

### Required Editions

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/images/icon_note.png)

Note Einstein Discovery stories are now models. We wish we could snap our fingers to update the name everywhere, but you can expect to see the previous name in a few places until we replace it.

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience.</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available with CRM Analytics, which is available for an extra cost in <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions. Also available in <strong>Developer</strong> Edition.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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              <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d144862e77 ">To configure date fields in a model:</td>

              <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d144862e77 ">Create and Update Einstein Discovery Models</td>

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1. On the Model Settings page, click a date field. The variable panel appears.
    
    ![Variable settings panel, showing the settings for a date field.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/bi/images/bi/bi_edd_story_date.png)
2. In the **Alerts** tab, respond to any suggestions regarding data issues for this field, such as outliers or duplicates. For more information, see [Handle Quality Alerts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_edd_quality_alert.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Einstein Discovery displays quality alerts when it detects issues in your training data, your model’s quality metrics, or during cross-validation.").
3. In the **Settings** tab, configure the following settings.
    
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                  <strong class="uicontrol">Transform</strong>
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                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d144862e156 ">
                  <p>Optionally, select how to analyze dates by:</p>
                  <ul>
                    <li><strong class="uicontrol">Group by Day of Week</strong></li>
                    <li><strong class="uicontrol">Group by Month of Year</strong></li>
                  </ul>
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                  <strong class="uicontrol">Include Only</strong>
                </td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d144862e156 ">Optionally, restrict the date range to include in the analysis by changing
                  the start and end dates.</td>

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                  <strong class="uicontrol">Histogram</strong>
                </td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d144862e156 ">A graph shows the number of values that occur across the range of
                  dates.</td>

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    Changes take effect after you create the model.