Use of WORKDAYS or NETWORKDAYS to return weekday date on a calculated date field
I have two kinds of calculated date fields in columns that work, but I need them to only return weekdays/workdays.
Is it possible to use WORKDAYS or NETWORKDAYS on a calculated field to only return weekdays or workdays?
Here are the date field examples:
.....PlannedEnd2 equals PlannedStart2 plus 5 days......
=[PlannedStart2]@row + 5
.....PlannedStart2 = One day after ActualEnd1 or PlannedEnd1 if ActualEnd 1 is blank.......
=IF(ISBLANK([ActualEnd1]@row), [PlannedEnd1]@row + 1, [ActualEnd1]@row + 1)
So if the result of either of the above is a Saturday, how can I get the formula to return Monday's date? Thank you in advance.
Answers
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Hey @R12
The WORKDAY() function should give you what you need. I swapped the order of your original formal to use ISDATE() instead of ISBLANK(). In the event text or other non-date response was added to the column, the cell would not be blank but would not be returning the data-type the WORKDAY function was expecting. The ISDATE looks for dates
=IF(ISDATE([ActualEnd1]@row), WORKDAY([ActualEnd1]@row, 1), WORKDAY([PlannedEnd1]@row, 1))
Does this get you what you need?
Kelly
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So far says #UNPARSEABLE. I will try modifying.
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Hi @R12
If you're still having trouble with this formula, would you be able to post a screen capture, showing the formula open in the cell? (But please block out sensitive data).
Thanks,
Genevieve
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From the answer above,
=IF(ISDATE([ActualEnd1]@row), WORKDAY([ActualEnd1]@row, 1), WORKDAY([PlannedEnd1]@row, 1))
I substituted actual field names into the formula (and it says #unparseable):
.ActualEnd1........STEP 7B - TEAM LEAD SIGNOFF [DATE] *ACTUAL*
.PlannedEnd1........Forecasted Finish Date1
=IF(ISDATE([STEP 7B - TEAM LEAD SIGNOFF [DATE] *ACTUAL*]@row), WORKDAY([STEP 7B - TEAM LEAD SIGNOFF [DATE] *ACTUAL*]@row, 1), WORKDAY([Forecasted Finish Date1]@row, 1)
Thank you.
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Hi @R12
You're receiving an error because the title of your column includes [these], but in a formula, [this] indicates a column name.
If you just copy/pasted in the name:
[STEP 7B - TEAM LEAD SIGNOFF [DATE] *ACTUAL*]@row
You'll get an error. Try typing out the formula by clicking on the cell you want to reference so it auto-populates the column name into the formula in a way it can read:@R12
=IF(ISDATE([STEP 7B - TEAM LEAD SIGNOFF \[DATE\] *ACTUAL*]@row), WORKDAY([STEP 7B - TEAM LEAD SIGNOFF \[DATE\] *ACTUAL*]@row, 1), WORKDAY([Forecasted Finish Date1]@row, 1))
The \ around [ will allow the formula to read your column name correctly.
Cheers!
Genevieve
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Cool. I didn't know that about embedded brackets in column names.
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Me either, til I tested 😂. Learn something new every day!
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