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ambere
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Count days between two dates, conditional based on another table

Hi,

I’ve been searching for a solution and I find things that are close but still can’t figure out how to make it work for me. I need a simple formula to count school days of enrollment. I have two tables. 

 

  1. Enrollment - 17000ish rows like this 

Student ID

Entry date 

Exit date

12345678

8/22/2022

6/10/2023

Note: exit date is automatically set for the last day of school, but days of enrollment needs to be through today, not through the future date. 

 

2. Base calendar with a format like this, for the whole year

 

Date 

School day

8/22/2022

School day

8/23/2022

School day 

8/24/2022

Holiday

8/25/2022

Weekend 

 

 

I need to calculate school days enrolled by using the start and end date in table 1 (end date should be either end date or today, whichever is sooner.) while only counting School Days in my base calendar.

 

I'm attaching two sample files that should help. I'm not sure how to describe the relationship between the files. They are linked by date. Both the Entry Date and Exit Date from table 1 should linked many-to-one with the Base Calendar in Table 2. Thanks so much for your assistance. I love to figure things out myself but help with this would really accelerate my work!

 

 

  • Try

    Num school days = SUMX( Student,
        var StartDate = Student[Current Entry Date]
        var EndDate = MIN( TODAY(), Student[Current Exit Date] )
        return CALCULATE(
            COUNTROWS( 'Date' ),
            'Date'[Date] >= StartDate && 'Date'[Date] <= EndDate,
            'Date'[Type] = "School day"
        )
    )
  • Hi , ambere 

    According to your description , you want to calculate school days enrolled by using the start and end date in table 1 (end date should be either end date or today, whichever is sooner.) 

    Here are the steps you can follow:

    (1)My test data is the same you provided.

    (2)We can create a calculated column :

    Days = 
    var _exitdate=IF([Current Exit Date]>TODAY(),TODAY(),[Current Exit Date])
    return
    COUNTROWS(FILTER(Sheet1,'Sheet1'[Date]>=[Current Entry Date]&&'Sheet1'[Date]<=_exitdate&&'Sheet1'[Type]="School Day"))

    (3)Then we can meet your need , the result is as follows:

     

    If this method does not meet your needs, you can provide us with your special sample data and the desired output sample data in the form of tables, so that we can better help you solve the problem.

     

    Best Regards,

    Aniya Zhang

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

     

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  • Try

    Num school days = SUMX( Student,
        var StartDate = Student[Current Entry Date]
        var EndDate = MIN( TODAY(), Student[Current Exit Date] )
        return CALCULATE(
            COUNTROWS( 'Date' ),
            'Date'[Date] >= StartDate && 'Date'[Date] <= EndDate,
            'Date'[Type] = "School day"
        )
    )
    • ambere's avatar
      ambere
      Regular Visitor

      Thank you. I'm plowing through some other tasks and will followup on this in a few hours.

  • Hi , ambere 

    According to your description , you want to calculate school days enrolled by using the start and end date in table 1 (end date should be either end date or today, whichever is sooner.) 

    Here are the steps you can follow:

    (1)My test data is the same you provided.

    (2)We can create a calculated column :

    Days = 
    var _exitdate=IF([Current Exit Date]>TODAY(),TODAY(),[Current Exit Date])
    return
    COUNTROWS(FILTER(Sheet1,'Sheet1'[Date]>=[Current Entry Date]&&'Sheet1'[Date]<=_exitdate&&'Sheet1'[Type]="School Day"))

    (3)Then we can meet your need , the result is as follows:

     

    If this method does not meet your needs, you can provide us with your special sample data and the desired output sample data in the form of tables, so that we can better help you solve the problem.

     

    Best Regards,

    Aniya Zhang

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

     

    • ambere's avatar
      ambere
      Regular Visitor

      Thank you! This works, in addition to the other solution posted.

      Sorry for my delayed reply. I couldn't figure out how to log back in here. Yikes!