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lk94
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Building Excel WORKDAY-Function in Power BI

Hi everyone,

 

I need a function in PowerBI, which provides the same features like the WORKDAY-function in excel. So I want to add several days to a date in consideration of weekends and holidays.

The holidays are in a seperate table. The days, which should be added, are not same for every line and depends on a value, given in the respective line. Also the date, i want to add these days, are given in the respective line.

 

Thank you for your help. Kind

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amitchandak
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Vera_33
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Hi @lk94 

 

This is a custom function in M

 

(StartDate as data, EndDate as dateoptional Holiday as tableas number =>

let
    ListOfHolidays = if Holiday = null then {} else Table.Column(Holiday, "Date"), // put your own column name
    NumListOfHolidays = List.Transform(ListOfHolidays, each Number.From(_)),
    ListOfDays = if StartDate > EndDate then {Number.From(EndDate)..Number.From(StartDate)} else {Number.From(StartDate)..Number.From(EndDate)},
    ListDiff = List.Difference(ListOfDays,ListOfHolidays),
    ListSel = List.Select(
        List.Transform(ListDiff, each Date.DayOfWeek(Date.From(_), Day.Saturday)), each _ >1
    ),
    Result = if StartDate = null or EndDate = null then null 
        else if StartDate > EndDate then (List.Count(ListSel)-1)*(-1)
        else List.Count(ListSel) -1
in
    Result      
Greg_Deckler
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@lk94 - Check out Net Work Days - https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Net-Work-Days/td-p/367362

 

Also, Excel to DAX Translation - https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Excel-to-DAX-Translation/ba-p/1060991

 

Finally since I see you are a New Member some additional useful links: 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Before-You-Post-Read-This/ba-p/1116882
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490



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