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mbelmont
mbelmont Contributor
in Magic ETL

Hello all!

 

I noticed a post or two discussing that there was a Business Days or Workdays-type function in beta and I am wondering if there are any solutions to finding the number of business days between two dates until this solution goes live?

 

My data is fairly straight forward; assuming two columns [Date 1] and [Date 2] does anyone have an elegant solution to finding the number of business days between these dates?  Business days would be defined here as M-F and if possible (although I know this is asking a lot) excluding certain dates that are holidays (I could add these manually to the function as necessary if someone has a way of incorporating this).

 

Thank you community!

 

M

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  • Gimli
    Gimli Contributor
    Answer ✓

    Hello @mbelmont, 

    I have found two beastmode formulas that will accomplish this: 

    5* FLOOR(DATEDIFF(`endDate`, `startDate`) /7)  + SUBSTRING('0123444401233334012222340111123400012345001234550', 7 * WEEKDAY(`startDate`) + WEEKDAY(`endDate`) + 1, 1)

    AND 

    CASE WHEN YEARWEEK(`End Date`) = YEARWEEK(`Start Date`) THEN ((DATEDIFF(DATE(`End Date`),DATE(`Start Date`)) - (CASE WHEN DAYOFWEEK(`Start Date`) = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) - (CASE WHEN DAYOFWEEK(`End Date`) = 7 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END))) ELSE ((DATEDIFF(DATE(`End Date`),DATE(`Start Date`)) - DAYOFWEEK(`End Date`)-(7-DAYOFWEEK(`Start Date`)))*2) + DAYOFWEEK(`End Date`) + (7-DAYOFWEEK(`Start Date`)) - (CASE WHEN DAYOFWEEK(`End Date`) = 7 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) - (CASE WHEN DAYOFWEEK(`Start Date`) = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END)-2 END

    Please keep in mind that `End Date` and `Start Date` will need to be replaced with your date columns. 

    If you have any difficulty implementing this beastmode you can reach out to DOMO's Support team. 
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  • kshah008
    kshah008 Contributor

    Hi all,

     

    Can anybody help @mbelmont out?

    Thanks!

  • Gimli
    Gimli Contributor
    Answer ✓

    Hello @mbelmont, 

    I have found two beastmode formulas that will accomplish this: 

    5* FLOOR(DATEDIFF(`endDate`, `startDate`) /7)  + SUBSTRING('0123444401233334012222340111123400012345001234550', 7 * WEEKDAY(`startDate`) + WEEKDAY(`endDate`) + 1, 1)

    AND 

    CASE WHEN YEARWEEK(`End Date`) = YEARWEEK(`Start Date`) THEN ((DATEDIFF(DATE(`End Date`),DATE(`Start Date`)) - (CASE WHEN DAYOFWEEK(`Start Date`) = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) - (CASE WHEN DAYOFWEEK(`End Date`) = 7 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END))) ELSE ((DATEDIFF(DATE(`End Date`),DATE(`Start Date`)) - DAYOFWEEK(`End Date`)-(7-DAYOFWEEK(`Start Date`)))*2) + DAYOFWEEK(`End Date`) + (7-DAYOFWEEK(`Start Date`)) - (CASE WHEN DAYOFWEEK(`End Date`) = 7 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) - (CASE WHEN DAYOFWEEK(`Start Date`) = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END)-2 END

    Please keep in mind that `End Date` and `Start Date` will need to be replaced with your date columns. 

    If you have any difficulty implementing this beastmode you can reach out to DOMO's Support team. 
    You can reach them at the following url https://support.domo.com/

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    **Please mark the post that solves your problem by clicking on "Accept as Solution"
  • kshah008
    kshah008 Contributor

    @mbelmont, did ilikenno's reply help you out?

  • Shevy
    Shevy Contributor
    Another option is to create a date table that tags days as business days or not. That way you can exclude holidays that your company is closed or whatever criteria you need. The table can be linked to any other table by date and you get a lot of date information that will be consistent. We built our own, but DOMO has one that they share with customers as well.
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  • mbelmont
    mbelmont Contributor

    Thank you so much!  Worked perfectly.

  • user09742
    user09742 Member

    Is there any update on the business days function?

  • ArborRose
    ArborRose Coach

    Neither of these formulas worked properly for me. I am currently in the first week of 2024. Dates from half a year ago are not calculating correctly.

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  • JasonAltenburg
    JasonAltenburg Coach

    @ArborRose how about something in Magic ETL, leveraging the Domo Dimensions calendar (you could write additional case logic with your own calendar superseding this),

    like the following:

    CASE 
    
WHEN
    
holidayDescr IS NOT NULL THEN 0
    
WHEN
    
DAYOFWEEK(`dt`) IN (2,3,4,5,6) then 1 else 0
    
END
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  • ArborRose
    ArborRose Coach

    Thanks. I found a formula Grant used in a different thread and using my fields it comes out with the correct days.

    https://community-forums.domo.com/main/discussion/52686/domo-idea-exchange-beast-modes-business-days-prior-to-today

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