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Challenge #41: Analytics PayPeriodCalc

gawa
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

I wanna get paid twice

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gawa
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Solution attached

Rana_Kareem
9 - Comet
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Dani_Lin
8 - Asteroid

solved

MDestra
8 - Asteroid

Challenge #41:

 

 

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Formulas:

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Give everyday a number:

Switch(DateTimeFormat([Start],"%a"),

       0,

       "Sun",0,

       "Mon",1,

       "Tue",2,

       "Wed",3,

       "Thu",4,

       "Fri",5,

       "Sat",6)

 

Formula for days diff:

IIF([Start]>[End],

    Null(),

    1 +

    ((DateTimeDiff([End],[Start],"days")*5 - ([StartWeekday]-[EndWeekday])*2) / 7) +

    IIF([EndWeekday]==6,-1,0) +

    IIF([StartWeekday]==0,-1,0)

)

 

 

 

lwolfie
11 - Bolide

Solved

Stacies
5 - Atom

Solved

MattPett
6 - Meteoroid

Very helpful, would love to go back and solve with RegEx tool!

Tgigs
8 - Asteroid

My solution attached

dwstada
11 - Bolide

my solution :)

 

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