Forecast Due date and excluding Weekends

[anabananei]

Hello,

I am working on an app that will forecast the due date of the task. 

I have a number field that calculates the number of Days required to finish the task based on complexity. Now, I want the total number of days to be added from Start Date.

StartDate + DaysofCompletion = Deadline.

My problem is that it does not exclude weekend. And note that the DaysofCompletion is atleast 20 Days (which is close to 3 weeks = 3 weekends (Sat & Sun))

I wanted to exclude every weekend it will pass from Startdate + DaysofCompletion. 

Kindly help me on this.

Thank you!

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @anabananei ,

Here is a good solution also excluding Public Holidays.

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[v-siky-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @anabananei ,

Please try with this:

DateAdd(
    DatePicker1.SelectedDate,
    DaysofCompletion.Text + 2 * If(
        (Weekday(
            DatePicker1.SelectedDate,
            Monday
        ) + Value(DaysofCompletion.Text)) > 7,
        RoundDown(
            (DaysofCompletion.Text - (5-Weekday(
                DatePicker1.SelectedDate,
                Monday
            ))) / 5,
            0
        ) + 1
    )
)

This code works in both cases

1. StartDate + DaysofCompletion is still in the same week

2. StartDate + DaysofCompletion is not in the same week

Hope this helps.

Sik

[anabananei]

Worked like a charm! Thank you!

[anabananei]

Hi @v-siky-msft ,

Just a question, if I am to have a list of holidays from my country, how should I proceed with the solution?

Thanks,

A

[WarrenBelz · Accepted solution]

@anabananei ,

Please look at my post - it had this also. I did not think I had to re-paste it as it was all set out in the document for you.

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[anabananei]

I'll take a look. Thank you! 🙂

[anabananei]

Hello @WarrenBelz ,

Thank you for your post. Upon review, the solution has identified both start date and end date. Whereas in my current solution, the app forecast exclude the weekends/holidays before forecasting the end date. What @v-siky-msft  said works for me, however, I'm confused how to incorporate the holiday list from the formula. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you!