Calculating and listing only Monday-Friday in a work schedule

[Jugglertwo]

Here are two question that a student recently asked.
They build houses. They only work weekdays, Monday-Friday.

1) Question 1: They want to put in a starting date in one cell and put the
number of days it will take to complete the house in another cell. They want
to know on what date the house will be finished. What calculation will allow
this to happen?

2) Question 2: How can they list the starting date through the finishing
date so they can note work progress on a daily basis?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
Jugglertwo

 

[Tyro]

Have you looked at the WORKDAY function?

Tyro

 

[Gord Dibben]

See help on the NETWORKDAYS function from the Analysis Toolpak


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Jugglertwo]

Thanks to both of you for suggesting the two different functions.
I should have explained further that I have been trying to figure it out
with the =NETWORKDAYS function but that is basically my question.

How do I utilized the =NETWORKDAYS to give a starting date with the number
of days that it will require for the house to be completed?

I just haven't been able to figure out the way to utilize the function
correctly.
Thanks and I will keep plugging.
Jugglerwo

 

[Lars-Åke Aspelin]

Thanks to both of you for suggesting the two different functions.
I should have explained further that I have been trying to figure it out
with the =NETWORKDAYS function but that is basically my question.

How do I utilized the =NETWORKDAYS to give a starting date with the number
of days that it will require for the house to be completed?

I just haven't been able to figure out the way to utilize the function
correctly.
Thanks and I will keep plugging.
Jugglerwo

For your question 1 I suggest you try the WORKDAY function like
=WORKDAY(cell with start date;cell with number of days)

For your question 2 I suggest the following
Put the start date in one cell
In the cell below enter this
=WORKDAY(cell with start date;1)

Copy this down as long as you need for your schedule

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke

 

[Lars-Åke Aspelin]

For your question 1 I suggest you try the WORKDAY function like
=WORKDAY(cell with start date;cell with number of days)

For your question 2 I suggest the following
Put the start date in one cell
In the cell below enter this
=WORKDAY(cell with start date;1)

Copy this down as long as you need for your schedule

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke

P.S. Replace the ; with , if needed.

 

[Jugglertwo]

Thanks to everyone with your assistance.
I used the =workday and the =workday plus 1 and everything worked great.
Thanks again.
It is appreciated!

Jugglertwo

 

[Gord Dibben]

I would say the WORKDAY function would be what you want.

=WORKDAY(startdate,numberofdays)

A1..............Jan1, 2008

B1...............36

C1.................=WORKDAY(A1,B1) returns February 20, 2008 assuming no
holidays in that period.

For second part, enter in A2 =A1+1 and drag/copy down until you get Feb 20,
2008


Gord

 

[Jugglertwo]

Thanks!
I will document this and use it now and have it saved for the future.
I really find the Excel Newsgroup an outstanding resource.
Again, thanks to all !
Jugglertwo