How to Increment Frequency for Monday/Wednesday/Friday and Tuesday/Thursday

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Sometimes you will want to set a frequency for a task/object to recur either mon Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Tuesday, Thursday. To do this, we utilize the Weekday() formula to determine the numeric value for the day of the week:

  1. Sunday

  2. Monday

  3. Tuesday

  4. Wednesday

  5. Thursday

  6. Friday

  7. Saturday

We also need to know what the numeric value of Today is, so we can increment from that. This is accomplished by pairing the Today() formula with Weekday(). Create a canvas formula called:

TodayNumber = Today().Weekday()

Using SwitchIf() we can contemplate the various conditions. Using [Mon, Wed, Fri] and [Tue, Thu] as the two possible frequency conditions we get:

Switchif(
  and(thisRow.Frequency=[Mon, Wed, Fri],TodayNumber.in(list(1,3,5,6,7)),
  today().workday(1),

  and(thisRow.Frequency=[Mon, Wed, Fri],TodayNumber.in(list(2,4)),
  today().workday(2),

  and(thisRow.Frequency=[Tue, Thu],TodayNumber.in(list(2,4)),
  today().workday(1),

  and(thisRow.Frequency=[Tue, Thu],TodayNumber.in(list(1,3,6,7)),
  today().workday(2),

  and(thisRow.Frequency=[Tue, Thu],TodayNumber=5),
  today().workday(3)
)
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