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Post PatronHow to calculate date difference excluding weekends - Always a start date but some end dates blank
Hi - I wonder if anyone can help. I need to calculate the date difference excluding weekends. There is always a start date but sometimes the task has not been completed so there is no end date.
Before I was asked to exclude weekends my calculation was -
Hi lennox25 ,
I have created a simple sample, please refer to it to see if it helps you.
Replace a blank date with today's date.
Click Trandform data>>Trandform>>Replace values.
Then change the column.
= Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type",null,DateTime.LocalNow() ,Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"end date"})Then the null value will be filled with present time.
Then create a measure by using Greg_Deckler 's Net Work Days .
NetWorkDays = VAR Calendar1 = CALENDAR(MAX(Sheet3[start date]),max(Sheet3[end date])) VAR Calendar2 = ADDCOLUMNS(Calendar1,"WeekDay",WEEKDAY([Date],2)) RETURN COUNTX(FILTER(Calendar2,[WeekDay]<6),[Date])If I have misunderstood your meaning, please provide some sample data and desired output.
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Community Support Team _ Polly
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Hi lennox25 ,
I have created a simple sample, please refer to it to see if it helps you.
Replace a blank date with today's date.
Click Trandform data>>Trandform>>Replace values.
Then change the column.
= Table.ReplaceValue(#"Changed Type",null,DateTime.LocalNow() ,Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"end date"})Then the null value will be filled with present time.
Then create a measure by using Greg_Deckler 's Net Work Days .
NetWorkDays = VAR Calendar1 = CALENDAR(MAX(Sheet3[start date]),max(Sheet3[end date])) VAR Calendar2 = ADDCOLUMNS(Calendar1,"WeekDay",WEEKDAY([Date],2)) RETURN COUNTX(FILTER(Calendar2,[WeekDay]<6),[Date])If I have misunderstood your meaning, please provide some sample data and desired output.
Best Regards
Community Support Team _ Polly
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
- amitchandak
Super User
lennox25 , a new column like
COUNTROWS(FILTER(ADDCOLUMNS(CALENDAR(Table[Date of first contact],Table[Date decision confirmed]),"WorkDay", if(WEEKDAY([Date],2) <6,1,0)),[WorkDay] =1))
How to calculate Business Days/ Workdays, with or without date table: https://youtu.be/Qv4wT8_P-AA
lennox25amitchandak Thank you - via a search I already tried this but as the end date is blank in a few rows it shows an error. Any idea how to factor this in? TIA
- Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
lennox25 See if Net Work Days helps. Net Work Days - Microsoft Power BI Community
- lennox25
Greg_Deckler Thanks, great, but what about factoring in the blank end dates?
- Greg_Deckler
lennox25 VAR __EndDate = IF(ISBLANK(...), TODAY(), ...).
Basically just substitute today's date if it is blank.
- pfarias
Advocate II
Depending on your database, if you wish, you can add a column with the difference between dates directly in Power Query.
PatternsM/fnNumberWorkDay.m at main · pietrofarias/PatternsM (github.com)
- lennox25
HI amitchandak I already have differnce between the dates as formua shown in my original question. The formula you provided works perfectly providing there are no blank dates. There are blank dates (end dates) so now the formula shows as error. I have a standard (company) date table and have brought in an excel spreadsheet that gets updated daily -which contains all the start and end dates.
