Calculate days since a post opened that stops once a hire date is populated

AMcElfresh

=IF([Actual Start Date]@row <>””, NETDAYS([Req Open Date]@row, Today()), NETDAYS([Req Open Date]@row, [Actual Start Date]@row))

Hello! I'm trying to calculate # days posted using the formula above but its unparseable. Can someone help tailor and clarify what was wrong?

Carson Penticuff

As for the unparseable issue, your quotes were not the correct character. (”” instead of "")

I believe the logic was reversed, based on your description. This will calculate the number of days between [Req Open Date] and TODAY() if there is no start date. If there is a start date, it will calculate the days between the open date and start date.

=IF([Actual Start Date]@row <>"", NETDAYS([Req Open Date]@row, [Actual Start Date]@row), NETDAYS([Req Open Date]@row, Today()))

MichaelTCA

Hello @AMcElfresh

Are all the columns involved in the function Date columns?

Oddest thing, I had replaced the "" part with "" again and it worked. This is what the results of the function you provided looks like.

This is kind of a circular reference and will never work unless the [Actual Start Date]@row = "". The biggest problem is your conditional statement.

When FALSE, the statement reads like this:

When [Actual Start Date]@row = "" Then

NETDAYS([Req Open Date]@row, [Actual Start Date]@row)

Actual start date is already determined to be blank. There will always be an error if you try to calculate the net days with a blank value.

Split up the functions and this is the result.

Maybe try this and see if it's the desired result:

=IF([Actual Start Date]@row = "", NETDAYS([Req Open Date]@row, TODAY()), NETDAYS([Req Open Date]@row, [Actual Start Date]@row))

Then if the actual start date is blank, the function will rely on today's date instead.

AMcElfresh

Thank you both! Both worked as needed, and that makes more sense.