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Hi all
I have a code where I exclude the weekends to get the networkdays. Can someone help me to additional exclude the holidays which I want to set up in an excel file?
This is my existing code
(StartDate as date, EndDate as date) as number =>
let
ListDates = List.Dates(StartDate, Number.From(EndDate-StartDate), #duration(1, 0, 0, 0)),
RemoveWeekends = List.Select(ListDates, each Date.DayOfWeek(_, Day.Monday) < 5),
CountDays = List.Count(RemoveWeekends)
in
CountDays
Thanks a lot!
Solved! Go to Solution.
(StartDate as date, EndDate as date) as number =>
List.Count(List.Select(List.Dates(StartDate, Number.From(EndDate-StartDate) + 1, #duration(1, 0, 0, 0)), each Date.DayOfWeek(_, Day.Monday) < 5 or not List.Contains(Holidays, _)))
| Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension! |
DAX is simple, but NOT EASY! |
let
ListDates = List.Dates(StartDate, Number.From(EndDate-StartDate) + 1, #duration(1, 0, 0, 0)),
RemoveWeekendsHolidays = List.Select(ListDates, each Date.DayOfWeek(_, Day.Monday) < 5 or not List.Contains(Holidays, _))
CountDays = List.Count(RemoveWeekends)
in
CountDays(StartDate as date, EndDate as date) as number =>
List.Count(List.Select(List.Dates(StartDate, Number.From(EndDate-StartDate) + 1, #duration(1, 0, 0, 0)), each Date.DayOfWeek(_, Day.Monday) < 5 or not List.Contains(Holidays, _)))
| Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension! |
DAX is simple, but NOT EASY! |
I don't really know how I should put this in my existing code... Could you write it with my existing code
(StartDate as date, EndDate as date) as number =>
List.Count(List.Select(List.Dates(StartDate, Number.From(EndDate-StartDate) + 1, #duration(1, 0, 0, 0)), each Date.DayOfWeek(_, Day.Monday) < 5 or not List.Contains(Holidays, _)))
| Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension! |
DAX is simple, but NOT EASY! |
Thanks a lot! Any idea why the data load takes such a long time? is running for 10min and still didn't load the data...And I only have 3 dates to test in the holiday file.
Hi @Anonymous,
I'd like to suggest you add buffer functions to these processes to prevent memory leaks and duplicated memory resources spent on these calculations.
Table.Buffer - PowerQuery M | Microsoft Docs
List.Buffer - PowerQuery M | Microsoft Docs
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
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