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Jays_D
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COUNT NETWORKDAYS if Start Date is not blank or > 01/08/2023

Hi Everyone,

 

I cannot seem to get this to work and hoping someone can help me identify the issue?

My Custom Column is:

 

IF(NOT(ISBLANK(job_number[Start Date])) && (job_number[Start Date] > 01/08/2023),NETWORKDAYS(job_number[Start Date],Today(),1))
 
It works in the fact that it won't provide a count if the Start Date is blank, however it still is providing a count on jobs where the date is before 1/08/2023.

I have a feeling it's to do with the "&&" however I can't get OR expression to work. (Admittedly I am a novice in Power BI).
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There's a few things that I would check then - the first is date format (as in are you using USA date format or the rest of the world format), especially in the comparison date "01/08/2023". 

 

And also, how are you inputting that date - i think you should be using DATE(2023, 8, 1) for 1st Aug 2023. Otherwise, I'm not sure if I have any more ideas. 

Good luck with solving this!

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Idrissshatila
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Hello @Jays_D ,

 

I see this video helpfull when dealing with working days and working hours.

 

check it out https://youtu.be/6JA6uy3ZRBA

 

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vicky_
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or is || (which should be shift + the key above enter).

Otherwise, there is an OR function. The syntax for that is OR(condition 1, condition 2)

Thank you @vicky_  - I've tried OR a few times but DAX just doesn't seem to like it. I don't get an error but it won't filter out any jobs > 01/08/2023.

I substituted && with || and again, throws no error but get the same result. It does prevent it from counting the networkdays on items where there is no Start Date but still performs the count on jobs where the Start Date is before 01/08/2023.

Truly appreciate your response, thank you again.

There's a few things that I would check then - the first is date format (as in are you using USA date format or the rest of the world format), especially in the comparison date "01/08/2023". 

 

And also, how are you inputting that date - i think you should be using DATE(2023, 8, 1) for 1st Aug 2023. Otherwise, I'm not sure if I have any more ideas. 

Good luck with solving this!

Thanks @vicky_ 

That was the issue, I was enering the date as a "string" but formatetd as DATE() in my DAX and it has worked. 

Greatly aappreciated, thank you again 🙂

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