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Old April 5th, 2010, 02:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.newusers
Pat
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Is there a way to count days (with a date enter in Start Column) until
"Completed" or "Cancel" is entered in my Status Column?

Right now, it is calculating on the Start and Completion Date. If the
completion date is blank - I receive wrong date in the duration column.

Start Date: 4/1/10
Completion Date: 4/5/10
Status: Completed
Duration: 4


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Old April 5th, 2010, 02:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.newusers
Bernard Liengme
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Default Count Days until Completion

Let's say your stuff is in A1:B4 with labels in A;
In B4 to compute duration we could use any of these
A) =IF(B20, (B2-B1),"") or=IF(B2, (B2-B1),"") since a positive value in
B2 will be treated as TRUE
B) =IF(OR(B3="Completed",B3="Cancel"), B2-B1, "")
C) =IF(LEFT(B3)="C",B2-B1,"")
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Is there a way to count days (with a date enter in Start Column) until
"Completed" or "Cancel" is entered in my Status Column?

Right now, it is calculating on the Start and Completion Date. If the
completion date is blank - I receive wrong date in the duration column.

Start Date: 4/1/10
Completion Date: 4/5/10
Status: Completed
Duration: 4


--
pls


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Old April 5th, 2010, 02:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.newusers
Steve[_73_]
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Default Count Days until Completion

Pat penned:
Is there a way to count days (with a date enter in Start Column) until
"Completed" or "Cancel" is entered in my Status Column?


Right now, it is calculating on the Start and Completion Date. If the
completion date is blank - I receive wrong date in the duration column.


Start Date: 4/1/10
Completion Date: 4/5/10
Status: Completed
Duration: 4



If the start date is in A1 the completed Dated in B1 in C1 put

=IF(OR(B1="",B1="cancel"),"",B1-A1)

and format C1 as a number

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