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ritumishra01
Contributor III
Contributor III

formula not working for end date as null

below formula is not working at data load editor

if((len (mi_end) <=0 ),date(Today()) - date(mi_start) ,mi_end - mi_start ) as mi_duration_new1,

 

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Not sure what you mean by "not working". You'll have to elaborate on this one.

Len() can't be less than zero, and using len() on a date is kind of odd.

Date(mi_start) shouldn't be necessary, mi_start should be enough.

Coalesce(mi_end,Today()) - mi_start sounds like it might work here.

 

ritumishra01
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Contributor III
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if((len (mi_end) <=0 ),date(Today()) - date(mi_start) ,mi_end - mi_start ) as mi_duration_new1,

 

actually i am trying this formula at back end , where i am trying to calculate the time duration .

if mi_end value is not present or is null in that case it should take today's date and calculate no of days . 

 

like if submitted date is 2/2/2023 and request is still in submitted state so it should give me no of days it is in submitted state today() - 2/2/2023 , where 2/2/203 is the start end and toady is the end date .

 

what formula i can apply for this logic implementation?

 

 

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MVP
MVP

Have you tried the one I suggested?

ritumishra01
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Contributor III
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it did not work 

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MVP
MVP

That's not specific enough to work with, I'm afraid...

That formula should work if the values are either null or a valid date, and the fields are recognized as dates. I'd suggest confirming that this is the case for your data.

marcus_sommer

Just using the following should be enough:

alt(mi_end, today()) - mi_start as mi_duration_new1