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    Thumbs up Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    Dear All,

    I have a requirement to find the variances in percentage, between the planned and actual date.

    Can someone help.

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    Possibly ... Would you care to share a bit more detail?
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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    Attaching the sample sheet...
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    Last edited by AliGW; 08-22-2017 at 05:41 AM. Reason: Unnecessary quotation removed.

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    Not much use without your expected outcomes! Please manually fill in the variance % column and re-post the workbook.

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    See below - please provide the missing data manually.

    Excel 2016 (Windows) 32 bit
    B
    C
    D
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    G
    2
    Ticket #
    Planned Date
    Actual Completion Date
    Variance Variance in %
    3
    A83733
    30/Apr/2017
    25/Apr/2017
    5
    <<<< result?
    4
    A81209
    30/Apr/2017
    30/Apr/2017
    0
    <<<< result?
    5
    A83701
    30/Apr/2017
    25/May/2017
    -25
    <<<< result?
    6
    A82300
    30/Apr/2017
    25/Apr/2017
    5
    <<<< result?
    Sheet: Sheet1

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    Still waiting for the extra data requested ...

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    if the planned date and target date are same then it is 100% met. If actual date is not met by planned date then what is the difference in %.
    Last edited by AliGW; 08-22-2017 at 08:10 AM. Reason: Unnecessary quotation removed.

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    Please provide the ANSWERS you want in the sample data for cells F3 to F6. Work them out yourself so that I can work out a formula for your file.

    In other words, what do you expect to see as a result of a formula in these cells (exact percentage, please):

    F3 =

    F4 =

    F5 =

    F6 =

    Fill in the missing data.

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    Attached the revised file with expected results...
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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    Although I really don't understand your use of the word variance, this formula gives the expected results.

    F3 =1-E3/100

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    At last! It has taken three hours for you to finally produce what I needed to help you!!!!! In future, PLEASE answer questions fully to avoid wasting time.

    Try this in F3 copied down:

    =(100-E3)/100

    formatted as a percentage.

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    Thank you so much...

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    You're welcome!

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    Gem, how the variance in % is calculated does not make sense for projects with different durations.

    Imagine a project took 10 days to complete but is 5 days late... and another took 100 days but is also 5 days late.... both will have the same variance in % based on your calculation.

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

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    Imagine a project took 10 days to complete but is 5 days late... and another took 100 days but is also 5 days late.... both will have the same variance in % based on your calculation.[/QUOTE]

    So what do you expect as result.. ??
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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    Difference in days between planned and actual completion dates, divided by planned duration in days.

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    Re: Formula to find Variances between Planned & Actual Dates

    Hi All,

    I want to know if I can have a combined formula that can compute the difference in the number of Actual and Planned Start Dates to the Actual and Planned Finished dates as a whole to give the output in the variance days column.
    At the moment I have calculated the number of days required based on the actual and planned start dates. Please if you can help me with developing the formula as requested showing a whole day where the difference between the start and finish days is actual and planned.

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