How to create custom variables for Fiscal Quarter and Fiscal Year based on a date value?

Hi Justin,
The answer is sort of yes and sort of no.
We have a sampling department that processes our sample files before we load them to Qualtrics. We found one solution was to have the sampling team add a FISCQTR variable and just move it in to the survey as embedded data.
Another option is to create an embedded data variable in the Survey Flow, and populate it based on a date that already exists in the dataset. For example, if Quarter=2, FISCQTR=3. However, you can't base it on the date of the survey, as far as I can tell -- metadata cannot be a condition for Branch Logic in the Survey Flow.
The best option I've seen so far is to create a variable called TRENDQTR or something along those lines. This variable would have a unique value for each combination of fiscal year and fiscal quarter, so that you only have to filter on one variable when you are looking for data from a certain quarter.
If you do that, you can create trendline charts using the Simple Chart widget type, with TRENDQTR as the X axis. This works really well for trending by quarter or month (TRENDMTH). If you need weekly or daily trends, it makes the survey logic too burdensome, in my opinion.
It's also important to note that none of these options create a field that Qualtrics recognizes as a Date. Therefore, the automatic date-collapsings that Qualtrics usually would offer in dashboards (year, six months, quarter, month, week, day) are not available.
Hope this helps!
-Pam

Just wanted to leave a comment here as I'm aware of a problem in doing this in that if you wanted a widget to show the latest custom period / quarter you have to either setup a page widget which then filters the data or set it on each and every widget's page filter which will then let you keep the dashboard page in question more versatile.
At present I have to go through each widget each period and change the filter so that it picks up and reports the latest period. eg. I change it from Period 9 in the top/bottom box slider or textset drop down list to 10. It would be great if Qualtrics allow you to customise the template list (currently This Year, Last 30 Days, Last Quarter, Lat 180 days).
This has been mentioned as a product idea https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/29889#Comment_29889. It says it's scheduled but the more people comment on this idea the more likely it's going to get some attention I guess.
Finger crossed it would be picked up soon.
Thanks
Rod Pestell