Crystal reports last 7 days exclude weekends

This should do it:

SELECT wdate 
FROM   (SELECT wdate 
        FROM   (SELECT Trunc(SYSDATE) - LEVEL + 1 wdate 
                FROM   dual 
                CONNECT BY LEVEL < 14) 
        WHERE  Trim(To_char(wdate, 'day')) NOT IN ( 'saturday', 'sunday' ) 
        ORDER  BY wdate DESC) 
WHERE  ROWNUM <= 5; 

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I'm sure there is a fancier way to do it, but this works.  I used 14 as an arbitrary number.  Ideally the most number of days you should have to go back is 9 or 10, but the extra 4 doesn't hurt the query.

You can get the last 7 days and exclude days 1 and 7 (Sunday and Saturday)
The formula might be something like


<<your date field>> IN currentdate-7 to currentdate and not (DayOfWeek<<your date field>>)  in [1, 7])

If you need to get the last full week you can use LastFullWeek function

I would discourage you from using day of week 1 and 7.  The day of week is determined by NLS settings and may not necessarily be 1 and 7.

Thank you!

sorry, I was looking for a formula to get last 7 days. These formulas will be used as a header in Crystal reports.

For example

Formula 1 : This should be currentdate
Formula 2 : This should be currentdate - 1 but if it is a weekend subtract days based Saturday or Sunday
Formula 3 : This should be currentdate - 2 but if it is a weekend subtract days based Saturday or Sunday
.........etc

I apologize for not explaining clearly.

What do you want the formula to display?

mlmcc

display the date

I reread your previous comment.  You have 5 formulas and want to display 5 dates.

Will the report ever be run on a Saturday or Sunday?

mlmcc

Will you ever be running the query on a Saturday or Sunday?

The report will not be run on weekends only during the weekdays.

Report format is attached in the spreadsheet

Sample format
Book1.xlsx

I'm confused as well.  The query that I posted will give you the dates of the last 5 non-weekend days.  That seems to be what you are asking for.

Thank you. This is exactly what I needed.