networkdays - script and chart function

The networkdays function returns the number of working days (Monday-Friday) between and including start_date and end_date taking into account any optionally listed holiday.

Syntax:  

networkdays (start_date, end_date [, holiday])

Return data type: integer

Arguments:  

Examples and results:  

These examples use the date format DD/MM/YYYY. The date format is specified in the SET DateFormat statement at the top of your load script. Change the format in the examples to suit your requirements.

Example 1:  

networkdays ('19/12/2013', '07/01/2014')

Returns 14. This example does not take holidays into account.

Example 2:  

networkdays ('19/12/2013', '07/01/2014', '25/12/2013', '26/12/2013')

Returns 12. This example takes the holiday 25/12/2013 to 26/12/2013 into account.

Example 3:  

networkdays ('19/12/2013', '07/01/2014', '25/12/2013', '26/12/2013', '31/12/2013', '01/01/2014')

Returns 10. This example takes two holiday periods into account.

Example 4:  

Add the example script to your document and run it. Then add, at least, the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your document to see the result.

PayTable:

LOAD recno() as InvID, * INLINE [

InvRec|InvPaid

28/03/2012|28/04/2012

10/12/2012|01/01/2013

5/2/2013|5/3/2013

31/3/2013|01/5/2013

19/5/2013|12/6/2013

15/9/2013|6/10/2013

11/12/2013|12/01/2014

2/3/2014|2/4/2014

14/5/2014|14/6/2014

13/6/2014|14/7/2014

7/7/2014|14/8/2014

4/8/2014|4/9/2014

] (delimiter is '|');

NrDays:

Load *,

NetWorkDays(InvRec,InvPaid) As PaidDays

Resident PayTable;

Drop table PayTable;

 

The resulting table shows the returned values of NetworkDays for each of the records in the table.