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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>To calculate cycle time</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/data/40432/to-calculate-cycle-time</link><description>I want to calculate cycle time -difference between received date and closed date in days which includes only business days 
 Exclude weekends and public holidays 
 Using recordtype-new custom record field I wanna to achieve as I need to use in process</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: To calculate cycle time</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/154611?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:02:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:8347e4fb-1bf5-4314-aa6d-341667bc9b6b</guid><dc:creator>Shubham Aware</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;a href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.3/fnc_date_and_time_networkdays.html"&gt;networkdays(receivedDate, closedDate, cons!PUBLIC_HOLIDAYS)&lt;/a&gt; in a sync-time custom record field - this works cleanly in Process HQ reports.&lt;br /&gt; For dynamic holidays, maintain the constant by periodically syncing it from your holiday table via a scheduled process.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: To calculate cycle time</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/154610?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 03:11:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:f4482e71-5889-40a3-9b06-d3d8821ecae9</guid><dc:creator>subhankar-Maantic</dc:creator><description>&lt;h4 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold"&gt;Step 1 &amp;mdash; Create a Holiday Table in DB&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;pre class="code-block__code !my-0 !rounded-lg !text-sm !leading-relaxed p-3.5"&gt;&lt;code class="language-sql"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="token token"&gt;CREATE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="token token"&gt;TABLE&lt;/span&gt; PUBLIC_HOLIDAYS &lt;span class="token token"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;  holiday_date &lt;span class="token token"&gt;DATE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="token token"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;  holiday_name VARCHAR2&lt;span class="token token"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="token token"&gt;100&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="token token"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;h4 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold"&gt;Step 2 &amp;mdash; Create an Expression Rule&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Build &lt;code&gt;rule!CALC_BusinessDays(startDate, endDate)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h4 class="text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold"&gt;Step 3 &amp;mdash; Custom Record Field&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;rule&lt;span class="token token"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="token token"&gt;CALC_BusinessDays&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="token token"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;  startDate&lt;span class="token token"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; recordType&lt;span class="token token"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="token token"&gt;YourRecord&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="token token"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;fields&lt;span class="token token"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;receivedDate&lt;span class="token token"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;  endDate&lt;span class="token token"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;   recordType&lt;span class="token token"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="token token"&gt;YourRecord&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="token token"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;fields&lt;span class="token token"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;closedDate
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