Calculate no. of working days that have passed in the year so far

[Anonymous]

Hi, 

I have a calendar table where I'm using a calculated column to calculate the no. of working days in each month this year. 

Based on this column and the current date, I want to calculate the no. of working days that have passed year to date. Please see screenshot below for no. of working days by month. Essentially, I want this formula to return 21 for January, 20 for Feb and 19 for March (since based on today's date we have 2 more working days left in March) and the total to be 60. I have tried a few different formulas but can't seem to get the desired result, mainly the total is almost always incorrect. 

Thank you for any suggestions!

[v-kelly-msft]

Hi @Anonymous , 

Take year 2020 for example：

1.Create a calendar table using below dax expression:

 table = CALENDAR(DATE(2020,1,1),DATE(2020,12,31)) 

2.Then create 3 calculated columns:

 Month = FORMAT('table'[Date],"MMMM") 

weekday = WEEKDAY('table'[Date],2)

Working day = IF('table'[weekday]<>6&&'table'[weekday]<>7,1,0)

3.Fianlly create a measure as below:

Measure = IF(MONTH(MAX('table'[Date]))=MONTH(TODAY()),CALCULATE(SUM('table'[Working day]),'table'[Date]<=TODAY()),SUM('table'[Working day]))

And you will see:

For the related .pbix file,pls click here.

Best Regards,
Kelly

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[Anonymous]

Hi all,

Thanks for all your suggestions. @amitchandak , your solution works and its what I needed. 

[Greg_Deckler]

First, Please see this post regarding How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490

If you have a Calendar, then you should be able to create a column like:

Working Day = IF(WEEKDAY([Date],2)<6,1,0)

You should then just be able to SUM the Working Day column to get the number of working days and the totals should be correct.

If you are using some kind of measure, you may have a measure totals issue. See my post about it here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/DAX-Commands-and-Tips/Dealing-with-Measure-Totals/td-p/63376

Also, this Quick Measure, Measure Totals, The Final Word should get you what you need:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Measure-Totals-The-Final-Word/m-p/547907

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

YTD Sales = CALCULATE(SUM('Date'[Working Day]),DATESYTD(('Date'[Date]),"12/31"))

But for that, you need have a filter of the date on the page

or try like

YTD Sales = CALCULATE(SUM('Date'[Working Day]),DATESYTD(('Date'[Date]),"12/31"),'Date'[Date]<=today())