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NETWORK Calculation
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Thu 15 Jun 2023, 18:25Delegate Kay said...
Kay has attended:
Excel Advanced course
Excel Advanced - Formulas & Functions course
NETWORK Calculation
Hi All,
Please can you help to point me to the right direction for the following;
Column A3 = Start Date
(IF(ISBLANK(A3),"N/A",TODAY()-A3)),"N/A")
Instead of TODAY()-A3), I would like to return a result for number of working days between the start date and today.
Is it possible to amend the above calculation to return working days?
Many Thanks
Fri 16 Jun 2023, 09:14Trainer Jens said...
RE: NETWORK Calculation
Hi Kay,
Thank you for the forum question.
=NETWORKDAYS(start_date, end_date, [holidays])
The Networkdays function counts 5 days a week Mon to Fri and also count bank holidays as working days, so you will need to have a list with the dates of the bank holidays (the [holidays] argument in the function), if you do not want bank holidays counted as working days.
=IF(ISBLANK(A3),"N/A",NETWORKDAYS(A3,TODAY())-1)
It is not a good idea to have the =TODAY() repeated many times. This can make the file very slow. A better solution is to have the function in a cell and then reference the cell in the NETWORKDAYS function.
Kind regards
Jens Bonde
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Mon 19 Jun 2023, 09:14Delegate Kay said...
RE: NETWORK Calculation
Hi Jen,
Great to hear back from you, thanks so much.
Please can I check the reason for having to add -1 at the end of the suggested formula?
thanks
Tue 20 Jun 2023, 10:49Trainer Jens said...
RE: NETWORK Calculation
Hi Kay,
The reason for -1. I assumed based on your approach that this was what you want. If the start date is today 20/06/2023 and you have the calculation 20/06/2023 minus =TODAY() the result will return 0 days, but the NETWORKDAYS function =NETWORKDAYS(20/06/2023,TODAY()) will return 1.
I hope this makes sense.
Kind regards
Jens Bonde
Microsoft Office Specialist Trainer
Tel: 0207 987 3777
STL - https://www.stl-training.co.uk
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Tue 27 Jun 2023: Automatically marked as resolved.
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