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Is it possible to schedule tasks for the next business day?

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Posted on by BIMSupport 10

Hi, 

 

I am creating work flows to create tasks in Planner when an item is added to a list in SharePoint.  Is it possible to have the tasks scheduled for weekdays only?

 

Example: Onboarding tasks are created for the HR department when a new employee is hired. The default due date for all tasks is two days prior to the employee's start date.  If the employee is starting a on Monday or Tuesday, then the due date of the tasks will be over the weekend.  There are too many tasks to manually reschedule the due date, and employees can potentially start on any day of the week, so changing the two days to three wouldn't help.  

 

I appreciate any feedback. Thanks!! 

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    BIMSupport 10 on at
    Re: Is it possible to schedule tasks for the next business day?

    This worked perfectly! (This made my day!!!) 😁 Thanks so much! 

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    v-bofeng-msft on at
    Re: Is it possible to schedule tasks for the next business day?

    Hi @BIMSupport :

    Do you want to get the date two working days before the specified working day?

    If so,I've made a test for your reference:

    1.JPG

    Reference Expression:

    if(
 or(
 equals(dayOfWeek(triggerBody()['date']),1),
 equals(dayOfWeek(triggerBody()['date']),2)
 ),
 addDays(triggerBody()['date'],-4),
 addDays(triggerBody()['date'],-2)
 )

    Best Regards,

    Bof

     

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