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Elisa112
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Create a measure to compare two dates and return result in a number format

Hi Community 

 

I need some help creating a measure to compare two dates in an engagement table and return a number in the correct format.  The strange thing is I have created the measure for another table however when I imported it to a new dasboard the format came back as number(date) format. 

Here is my measure formula which should calculate the number of working days between two dates in the table:

WorkingDaysMtg = NETWORKDAYS(SELECTEDVALUE('AllEngagements'[Start Date]), SELECTEDVALUE('AllMeetings'[Meeting Date]))
 
Which returns the result:
 
32284 ( I am expecting a single digit such as 0,1,2,3 or 4 etc)
 
I have tried to format the result via a number of different ways but nothing works.  I'm just getting back into PBI after a some time away so i am a little bit rusty.
Any help much appreciated!
Thanks
Elisa
 
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@Elisa112 Can you try the following measure to return the number of working days:

WorkingDaysMtg = NETWORKDAYS(‘AllEngagements’[Start Date], ‘AllMeetings’[Meeting Date])

==========OR
WorkingDaysMtg =
VAR StartDate = SELECTEDVALUE('AllEngagements'[Start Date])
VAR MeetingDate = SELECTEDVALUE('AllMeetings'[Meeting Date])
VAR WorkingDays = NETWORKDAYS(StartDate, MeetingDate)
RETURN
WorkingDays

 

This should return the correct working days for each engagement and meeting date pair. You can also format the measure as a whole number in the Modeling tab.

 

Let me know if this works.
Thanks

Thanks
Dallas

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DallasBaba
Super User
Super User

@Elisa112 you can modify your measure or custom column like :

 

WorkingDaysMtgFormatted =
VAR WorkingDays = NETWORKDAYS(SELECTEDVALUE('AllEngagements'[Start Date]), SELECTEDVALUE('AllMeetings'[Meeting Date]))
RETURN
IF(WorkingDays < 5, WorkingDays, 4)

 

Let me know if this works

Thanks

Thanks
Dallas

Hi @DallasBaba

thank you, this only brings back "4" for each result which is incorrect, as I am looking to find the number of working days between two meeting dates for each engagement. what i really need to format my original measure.  It is currently returning a date value in a numerical format e.g. 32280

and I am looking for the number (1,2,3,4...10 etc).

Any assistance welcome

 

@Elisa112 Can you try the following measure to return the number of working days:

WorkingDaysMtg = NETWORKDAYS(‘AllEngagements’[Start Date], ‘AllMeetings’[Meeting Date])

==========OR
WorkingDaysMtg =
VAR StartDate = SELECTEDVALUE('AllEngagements'[Start Date])
VAR MeetingDate = SELECTEDVALUE('AllMeetings'[Meeting Date])
VAR WorkingDays = NETWORKDAYS(StartDate, MeetingDate)
RETURN
WorkingDays

 

This should return the correct working days for each engagement and meeting date pair. You can also format the measure as a whole number in the Modeling tab.

 

Let me know if this works.
Thanks

Thanks
Dallas

Hi @DallasBaba 

thanks so much for you help, I have now managed to pull through the correct data type

 

Thanks again!

 

@Elisa112 Thanks for let me you you got the problem slove

 

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Thanks

Thanks
Dallas

Hi again

Unfortnately I had to resolve another error and your solution did not work after that. I will try to repost the question.

thanks

 

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