Formula to calculate number of day in process

RENEET

Looking for a formula to calculate the number of days in process until a completion date is entered? I would like the number of days in process to show for tracking, but stop calculating when a completion date has been entered.

=NETWORKDAYS([Received Date]@row, TODAY())

If I add 3/19/22 to the completion date column, the number of days in process will continue to increase.

Andrée Starå

Hi @RENEET

I hope you're well and safe!

Try something like this.

=
IF([Received Date]@row = "", "", 
IF([Completion Date]@row = "", NETWORKDAYS([Received Date]@row, TODAY()), 
NETWORKDAYS([Received Date]@row, [Completion Date]@row)))

Did that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Andrée Starå

Hi @RENEET

I hope you're well and safe!

Try something like this.

=
IF([Received Date]@row = "", "", 
IF([Completion Date]@row = "", NETWORKDAYS([Received Date]@row, TODAY()), 
NETWORKDAYS([Received Date]@row, [Completion Date]@row)))

Did that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

✅Did my post(s) help or answer your question or solve your problem? Please support the Community by marking it Insightful/Vote Up or/and as the accepted answer. It will make it easier for others to find a solution or help to answer!

RENEET

This did work. Thank you very much.

Andrée Starå

@RENEET

Excellent!

Happy to help!

Windy W.

Hello @Andrée Starå

I used the formula you provided for the same situation. However, I noticed that the number of days is not adding up correctly. It appears that it is not tracking weekends? That is, the "number of days in process" is always 2 days short per week (only counts 5 days per week). Please advise. If not for this issue, the formula works as intended(-ish).

KPH

Hi @Windy W.

WORKDAY, NETWORKDAY, and NETWORKDAYS count Saturday and Sunday as non-working days.

So in @Andrée Starå's formula there are intentionally only 5 days in a week.

You can adjust Andrée's formula to use NETDAYS instead of NETWORKDAYS if you wish to include weekends.

Windy W.

@KPH Thank you! That's the solution. As a novice user to Smartsheet, I really appreciate your help.

KPH

Happy to help @Windy W. and thank you so much for the ❤️