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NETDAYS Formula
I cannot for the life of me figure out why the NETDAYS formula is not working for me.
Let's say I have my start date as 6/30/17 in cell 6 under column 2 and that my finish date as 7/26/17 is in cell 6 under column 4.
I select the appropriate cells for start_date and finish_date and my formula reads =NETDAYS([Column2]6,[Column4]6)
The return is #INVALID DATA TYPE.
?????????
Comments
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Make sure the columns you are pulling from are set as "Date" column type. Also, there may be issues if you are referencing a linked date cell. Linked Date cells do not seem to calculate as dates even though they are linked from a Date Column and are in a Date Column. This appears to be a bug - If that is your issue. Please report it.
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Ah, I was looking to see if I could format just the cells as dates, didn't know it had to be done at the column. Thank you for your wisdom.
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Sure thing. Check out this post which details the various formulas available in Smartsheets and each of their requirements: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/775363-using-formulas#netdays
Also, this posts highlighting the formula errors is really good for troubleshooting errors you get in Smartsheets. https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2476176-formula-error-messages
I keep both of these links handy.
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