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Challenge #41: Analytics PayPeriodCalc

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8 - Asteroid
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Ruben_Occ
7 - Meteor
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icchung
8 - Asteroid
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Formula Tool Contains:

1+ inclusive of both start and end dates

DateTimeDiff([P1_End],[P1_Start],"days")*5 Get total calendar days in the range

DateTimeFormat([P1_Start], "%w")  Start day (0=Sun, 1=Mon... 6=Sat)

DateTimeFormat([P1_End], "%w")  End day

ToNumber() converts text to numbers for math
(start_day - end_day)*2 Multiplies by 2 because there are 2 weekend days per week

/ 7 Normalizes the calculation to account for full weeks
IIF(DateTimeFormat([P1_End], "%w")=="6",-1,0) Ensures Saturdays are never counted as workdays
IIF(DateTimeFormat([P1_Start], "%w")=="0",-1,0)Ensures Sundays are never counted as workdays