Different between relative before and relative after within reports

[Flitdog78]

Is anybody able to advise what ServiceNow means with regards to these criterion please?

I believe it means as below - is this correct?

Filter What it returns Practical useRelative – before – 2 days agoRelative – after – 2 days agoNot on – Today

All records older than 2 days	Trend analysis, backlog counts
Records created within the last 2 days	New work in recent period
Everything except today’s records	Daily reports excluding in‑progress work

[Ankur Bawiskar · Accepted solution]

@Flitdog78 

that's correct.

Filter	What it returns	Practical use
Relative – before – 2 days ago	Records older than 2 days ago (sys_created_on < 2 days ago)	Backlog analysis, aging reports
Relative – after – 2 days ago	Records newer than 2 days ago (sys_created_on > 2 days ago)	Recent work, "last 48hrs activity"
Not on – Today	Records NOT created today (excludes midnight‑now)	Yesterday+ backlog, daily delta reports

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