How to show data of previous working day?

Sachiko Kagami

For a stacked column chart on a dashboard, I count the number of applicable cases daily. The current formula shows NO DATA on Monday because TODAY(-1) is Sunday.

=COUNTIFS({Customer Escalation Region}, $Region@row, {Customer Escalation Request Reason}, "Close Gap", {Customer Escalation Request Date}, TODAY(-1))

I'm thinking about 'Record date via automation', 'convert the date with Weekday()', 'add If Weekday()=2, use TODAY(-3)'.

If there are good ways to show data of previous working day, please advise me.

Nick Korna

Hi @Sachiko Kagami,

The WORKDAY function is what you're after here.

https://help.smartsheet.com/function/workday

In your case, I think the following should work:

=COUNTIFS({Customer Escalation Region}, $Region@row, {Customer Escalation Request Reason}, "Close Gap", {Customer Escalation Request Date}, WORKDAY(TODAY(),-1)

This will do the check for yesterday, skipping weekends. Public holidays aren't automatically in there, but you can add these as per the link.

Hope this helps - if there are any issues then just post! 😊

Nick Korna

Hi @Sachiko Kagami,

The WORKDAY function is what you're after here.

https://help.smartsheet.com/function/workday

In your case, I think the following should work:

=COUNTIFS({Customer Escalation Region}, $Region@row, {Customer Escalation Request Reason}, "Close Gap", {Customer Escalation Request Date}, WORKDAY(TODAY(),-1)

This will do the check for yesterday, skipping weekends. Public holidays aren't automatically in there, but you can add these as per the link.

Hope this helps - if there are any issues then just post! 😊

Sachiko Kagami

Hi @Nick Korna

Thank you very much for your advice and quick response.

You solved my problem!

Nick Korna

No problem at all, glad to help!