would like to format a row based on the value of one cell. i.e., I would like to turn a row 6 green if Q6 is "yes"
have tried many variations of
=INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),17))>0
and
=INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),17))="yes"
Use a rule with the formula =$Q6="Yes" and apply it to all the rows in question, starting with row 6.
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I'm trying to create a form in excel for my team to fill out which highlights certain cells in a row as compulsory (format the cell colour) based on the number from a table in another sheet which has 3 preset dimensions ("M"=Mandatory, "P"=Prohibited, "O"=Optional) for each number across multiple analysis field.
I have tried conditional formatting formulas to highlight the cell to fill out if the lookup of the number chosen returns "M") but I don't seem to have a formula which validated this and returns with the cell highlighted when it needs to completed.
I would like the formula to return the cell as highlighted if it is mandatory based on the lookup to the table and need the user to fill out the cell with the information relevant.
Any help would be much appreciated.
If I understand your question correctly you just want the cell to highlight when its sister cell in another sheet is coded "M". That's a fairly easy formula.
=Sheet2!$B1="M"
This is for a straight column in B, where the cell it's checking against is in sheet 2 and also in column B. If it's for a row simply move the $ to say b$1.
If you want the highlight to disappear when the cell is filled in use this formula:
=AND($B1=0,Sheet2!$B1="M")
I apologize if this has been posted, but I haven't found a solution that works.
I have an excel sheet with a lot of data.
I want to make the cells in a certain column (column CG) turn purple if the value of a cell in a different column, but equal row is "no". For example, I want the cell in column CG row 140 to turn purple if the cell in column CS row 140 is no. I want this to happen for every cell in the column. I tried to set up a conditional formatting rule such that the rules applies to =$CG$4:$CG$200 and for the formula I've tried $CS=no, $CS="no" $CS4="no" and $CS4=no with the formatting just being a purple highlight. I've tried hitting apply and ok, but nothing works.
I used these link to determine what to do for my rule.
Conditional formatting based on other column
Excel Conditional Formatting based on Other Column
Any suggestions?
Simply highlight the entire column "CG" then open the CF dialog.
Select the option Use a formula to determine which cells to format and type in the following formula:
=$CS1="no"
Then proceed to set your formatting, in your case, a purple fill.
Could you please lead me in below task?
In excel sheet I want to make that if there is a same value in a column, I want to dynamically change the color of the row that includes the same value.
The important point is that, i want to change the color of the only row based on other column cell value.
Ex:
No | Patch number | Patch version
1 123456 6
2 123456 7
In above example, I only want to change the color of row of number 1. The condition is based on Patch version .
Thank you!
For this example I entered the desired patch number in another sheet and named the cell 'PatchHighlight'
Then used this formula for conditional highlighting on rows 2 to 100
=$C2=PatchHighlight
The PatchHighlight cell could itself contain a formula, such as =MAX(C:C)
Ok, I think this does what you want. It can highlight any row where another row has the same value in A and a larger number in B. The formula to use is:
=COUNTIFS($A:$A,"="&$A2,$B:$B,">"&$B2)>0
If you stick this formula in C2 it will display TRUE or FALSE depending on whether other rows have the same value in A and a larger number in B or not. Then you could copy it down to all the other cells in C.
If you want to highlight rows using this you need to highlight row 2 and choose Conditional Formatting, choose New Rule, choose "Use a formula to determine which cells to format" and enter this formula along with the desired formatting. Then you need to choose Conditional Formatting, choose Manage Rules and enter this formula into the Applies To field:
=OFFSET($A$1,0,0,COUNTA($A:$A),3)
This will make the conditional formatting apply to columns A, B and C of every row of data you have. And if you add more data it will automatically highlight those rows too.
For more detailed instructions have a look at https://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/05/17/prevent-duplicates-using-dynamic-conditional-formatting-in-excel/ but use these formulas instead of the ones they suggest for finding duplicates.
I have a schedule with team member names and the column headers are half hour time intervals. I want to shade the cells of hours each person does not work with gray according to their shift schedule, so that I know not to schedule that person during that hour.
I have created a separate table with each person's shift schedule, and the names appear in the same order as in the schedule.
Is there any way to conditionally format the cells at once? There has to be an easier way then what I am doing now...which is one by one clicking on each person's cell and creating the formatting formula.
I can't copy paste the formatting because the formula still refers to the previous person's shift on the other table. I need it to refer to the next row.
The formula I use for conditional formatting is:
='Job Functions'!$O$5>$C$9
Where Job Functions is the sheet that contains the shifts, O5 is the shift assigned to that employee, and C9 is the column header on the schedule (6:30am). I just clicked on the cell and created a new conditional formatting rule from the excel ribbon on top...no vba.
If there is a VBAsolution to this that'd be great! I'm fairly new to VBA
Conditional formatting works like this
Let's say I have an array of numbers in A2:E5 and a header row in A1:E1. I want to have my array of number be green if the value of the cell is greater than it's column header. That is to say I want to compare A2>A1, B5>B1, D4>D1, etc. this means I want the header row comparison to be constant.
In Excel formulas you use the $ symbol to maintain constant references. Since I want the row to stay constant but I want the column to be relative to the cell in my array of numbers my header reference will be A$1 (column is relative, row is locked).
This is just the formula used to determine if formatting will be applied or not. If it returns true then the conditional formatting is applied, if it returns false then nothing happens.
However, where the formatting is applied is determined by the Applies to reference. In my example below I am applying the formula A$1<A2 to $A$2:$E$5. This means that in the cell A2 the formula A$1<A2 is used to determine if formatting is applied, but in B3 the formula B$1<B3 is applied. This is the same logic as if you were to have dragged the formula itself into these cells.
If instead my Applies to formula were $B$2:$E$5 this means that B2 would be colored green if A$1<A2, and B3 would be colored green if A$1<A3.
So with all that your formula should probably be
='Job Functions'!O5>C$9
drag and drop it down to fill the other cells
I'm trying to apply conditional formatting in Excel on a range of cells, based on the adjacent cell's value, to achieve something like this:
The goal is to highlight values in Column B (Actual Expense) red if the value is greater than it's adjacent value in column C (Expected Expense). I've followed a number of tutorials that said to apply conditional formatting by selecting Conditional Formatting>New Rules>Use a Formula to Determine Which Cells to Format then applying a rule =$B4>$C4 which would format the 'Actual' cell red if it were greater than the 'Expected' cell. This works great for one cell, but not so well when I attempt to apply this to a range of cells. I've used the format painter as well as editing the rule to be applied over a range of cells (i.e. $B$2:$B$5) as shown below but it only bases the formatting on the initial formula (if B4 is greater than C4) and everything undesirably turns red.
I'd rather not make individual rules for every row. Is there a way to consolidate this into one rule?
You need to take out the $ signs before the row numbers in the formula....and the row number used in the formula should correspond to the first row of data, so if you are applying this to the ("applies to") range $B$2:$B$5 it must be this formula
=$B2>$C2
by using that "relative" version rather than your "absolute" one Excel (implicitly) adjusts the formula for each row in the range, as if you were copying the formula down
I don't know if maybe it's a difference in Excel version but this question is 6 years old and the accepted answer didn't help me so this is what I figured out:
Under Conditional Formatting > Manage Rules:
Make a new rule with "Use a formula to determine which cells to format"
Make your rule, but put a dollar sign only in front of the letter: $A2<$B2
Under "Applies to", Manually select the second column (It would not work for me if I changed the value in the box, it just kept snapping back to what was already there), so it looks like $B$2:$B$100 (assuming you have 100 rows)
This worked for me in Excel 2016.