We've been able to accomplish a good portion of the original request within dataflow w/transforms rather than a beast mode, and we'd like to complete this request but need assistance on the last piece of it as the information available online hasn't helped as we'd hoped.
We were told that this would fall under Gaps & Islands; looking to group a series of absences into a single occurrence when they happen on consecutive days, and count those multi-day occurrences (as a single occurrence) as well as all other single day absences for a total, per employee?
EXAMPLE: Bill was absent on Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday (single occurrence) and then the following week was absent on Monday (single occurrence), then again later in the week on Thursday & Friday (single occurrence).
In total, Bill was absent 6 days but we would like to consider this as three (3) occurrences where they're related and on consecutive days; sample of the data we'll be using is below. Any thoughts? Please let us know if any other information would be needed to create this transform. Thanks!
John
