---
title: "Compute Business Time For Location Step"
slug: "compute-business-time-for-location-step"
tags: ["business time", "location"]
updated: 2025-07-07T20:13:06Z
published: 2025-07-07T20:13:06Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/compute-business-time-for-location-step"
---

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# Compute Business Time For Location Step

| ## Step Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | 4.0.0 |
| **Last Modified in Version** | 5.0.0 |
| **Location** | Data > Dates |

The **Compute Business Time For Location** step allows a user to calculate a business' time of operation for a specified location.

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## Properties

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Days | Allows the user to specify the number of business days | Int32 |
| Hours | Allows the user to specify hours | Int32 |
| Location Name | Allows the user to define the name of the location | String |
| Minutes | Allows the user to specify minutes | Int32 |
| Start | Allows the user to specify the start date | DateTime |

#### Outputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Done |
|  | Compute Business Time Output | Outputs the Business time | DateTime |

#### ![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1667242748545.png)

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## Example for Compute Business Time For Location Step

This step calculates a Business date. It will exclude all non-working days and holidays configured for the Location entity.

1. Create a new **Flow**. Refer to [**Create Flows**](/v9/docs/create-flows).
2. From the **Toolbox** tab, navigate to the **DATA** > **DATES** category and drag **Compute Business Time For Location** step to the designer surface. Connect the **Start** and **End** steps.![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2025-06-12_12h42_08.png)
3. Select the newly added step to configure its **Properties** panel.**The inputs will be configured to calculate a date 10 Days after the Start date, excluding Weekends and Holidays for the given Location.**
4. Under INPUTS, map **Days** to **Constant** and enter value 10
5. Map **Location Name** to **Constant** and enter value "Decisions".Note:**Location Name** should be exactly the same as the Location configured in System Data. Refer to [**Configuring Locations**](https://documentation.decisions.com/v9/docs/configuring-locations)**.**
6. Map **Start** to **Constant Date** and enter June 30, 2022.![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2025-06-12_12h44_17.png)
7. **Save** the Flow, then click **Debug** on the top action bar. Select **START DEBUGGING**.
8. After the Flow runs, select the **Compute Business Time For Location** Step **>** **Executio****n 1 >** **View Input/Output Data**.

Successful execution of the flow will eliminate all the weekends (Saturday & Sunday) and a Holiday (July 4, 2022) configured for the location (Decisions) to output the date July 15, 2022.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1659690506930.png)

Related Information

Forum Posts: [Determine Next Business Day](https://community.decisions.com/discussion/comment/2202#Comment_2202)

## Related

- [Get Formatted Date Step](/get-formatted-date-step.md)
- [Get Short Date](/get-short-date.md)
- [Add Time Span Step](/add-time-span-step.md)
- [Get Time Span Between](/get-time-span-between.md)
- [Get User Time Line Step](/get-user-time-line-step.md)