looking to have this result
have this data
need to configure the conditional formatting for this.
little confused as to how to write the formula
tried :
COUNTIF(Sheet2!$C$3:$C$5,$J6) +COUNTIF(Sheet2!$D$3:$D$5,">="&K$1) +COUNTIF(Sheet2!$E$3:$E$5,"<="&K$1)
Not sure if i understood your problem. Does this help?
The formula obviously needs to be in the conditional formatting formula, not some cell, I just put it in the screenshot to show the corresponding ranges of my example more clearly.
In this example the "applies to"-area begins with B2
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I have a rather quick hopefully not too complicated question for you guys. I'm trying to use conditional formatting where I want a cell to turn red if the following statements are False or If the conditions are not met.
I'm using the Formula for Conditional formatting where you have to input it manually. The real problem I'm having is using a nested AND and OR.
Here's the formula I have for conditional formatting (one thing to note that, maybe I could be wrong, but my 2013 Excel is treating OR as an AND and vice versa. I've tested it many times and this is the case, so the formula you see below treats OR and AND as I mentioned. In short, pretend that AND is OR and OR is AND. But if it confuses you, just go with the correct convention:
=AND(OR(SUM(A1:A5)=0,SUM(B2:B5)=0),OR(SUM(C1:C5)=0,SUM(D1:D5)=0),SUM(E1:E5)=0)
So basically, say I have cell 'A7'. I want 'A7' to be red until there's a number in
Both A1:A5 and B2:B5 or:
E1:E5 or;
Both C1:C5 and D1:D5 -----> here's where it doesn't work.
Points 1 and 2 above work as desired, but when I add the second 'OR' it doesn't work. Remember, for some reason my Excel COnditional Formatting treats OR like and AND and vice versa so when I say:
OR(SUM(A1:A5)=0,SUM(B1:B5)=0)
It treats it like an AND where both conditions must be true, therefore, I've been following this convention.
So basically how do I have more that one OR statements within AND as shown above.
I hope I made the question clear. Appreciate your guys help!! If you can also tell me a general rule on how nested And OR works, that would be helpful.
Thank you!
Select A7, fill it with red colour (standard fill), clear any existing CF from it and HOME > Styles - Conditional Formatting, New Rule..., Use a formula to determine which cells to format and Format values where this formula is true::
=OR(COUNT(E1:E5),AND(COUNT(A1:A5),COUNT(B2:B5)),AND(COUNT(C1:C5),COUNT(D1:D5)))
Format..., select No Colour fill, OK, OK.
Try this =IF(OR(AND((SUM(A1:A5)>0),(SUM(B2:B5)>0)),SUM(E1:E5)>0,AND((SUM(C1:C5)>0),(SUM(D2:D5)>0)))=FALSE,TRUE,FALSE)
I put this into a cell first and used the Evaluate Formula before pasting it into the Conditional rule.
Set the text to be red if this is true.
I have a question with regards to conditional formatting which I simply can't seem to solve.
The aim is to format the background color for the left-most cells that are blank up until a cell contains a value - and after this there should be no more formatting in this row. You can see an image of the result I'm hoping for beneath:
So far I've managed to create the conditional formatting of the blank rows, but sadly haven't managed to create the "single-cell" formatting (in yellow) conditional of the sum of all the first cells being = 0.
I've created a formula which actually succeeds in calculating the sum of the previous cells, but this formula includes INDIRECT() which it seems that conditional formatting doesn't allow. At least I'm getting an error starting with the follow (translating the error from Danish to English might not be intuitive):
You cannot use reference operators such as.....
The formula I'm trying is the following:
=AND(SUM(A2:INDIRECT(IF(COLUMN(A2)>=27;CHAR((64-26)+COLUMN(A2))&CHAR((64-26)+COLUMN(A2))&ROW(A2);CHAR((64)+COLUMN(A2))&ROW(A2))))>0;$K2>0)
Where $K2 is the sum of the row.
Is there a way to SUM a range of cells by doing something similar to this:
=SUM(B2:CHAR((64)+COLUMN())&ROW();"")) to dynamically SUM the range from B2 to the current cell? The problem in this case is whether the part CHAR((64)+COLUMN())&ROW();"") can be converted into a legible cell such as B4 to make it work inside the =SUM() formula?
Sadly the =ADDRESS() formula cannot be used (as far as I know) as this will trigger the same error in conditional formatting as well.
For now I would like this to work with the regular Excel conditional formatting, but if anyone have a simple VBA this would also have interest - however, I would by far prefer the regular solution.
The question:
Is there a way to create a formula that doesn't trigger this error - maybe by refrasing the formula or doing something completely else?
It seems to me that this could be handled with a much simpler CFR formula like,
=and(not(sum($a2:a2)), $k2)
Am I missing something?
What I am trying to achieve is if a cell in column AB equals "Yes" and a cell in column AC is blank, then a certain range of cells will be formatted. Currently the rule is not formatting cells that it should. I am basing this code on another formatting rule I am using that works properly, but does not use AND().
=AND(INDIRECT("ab"&ROW())="Yes", INDIRECT("ac"&ROW())="")
I am sure this is an obvious syntax mistake, but I am still very new to Excel and can't figure out why this isn't working.
Try This:
=AND($AB1="YES",$AC1="")
Use the format painter to drag the formula around.
As Jeeped said, change the 1 in $AB1 and $AC1 to your first row.
I am formatting cell D25 using the following conditional formatting formula:
=(VLOOKUP($C25;$C$6:$L$18;2)+D25)>32
When applying the formula to the adjacent column I get formula updates to
=(VLOOKUP($C25;$C$6:$L$18;**2**)+E25)>32
Using the Copy and Paste Format function works mostly i.e. references in the formula are updated as I would expect.
The only (essential) thing that doesn't update is the INDEX value in the VLOOKUP formula. I would expect this value to increase by 1 when copying the format to the next column - it doesn't.
Is there any way to go around this issue with VLOOKUP? Is there a better suited formula to achieve the same result?
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
This value does not increase automatically, and it is good. This formula was designed to be used on Tables, so consistency is a point here.
For conditional formatting, you may want to use $ to lock some references. For example, let we have the simple sheet as below:
First, select the range in the CORRECT order. This is important. the first cell you select will be reference for offsets of the conditional formatting. For this example, let's do it like this:
Now, let's go for the conditional formatting itself! Conditional Formatting > New Rule... > Use a formula to determine which cells to format. And let's put this formula:
=if($A1<=2;TRUE;FALSE)
Click OK and...
There we go! We just formatted the lines in witch An is equal or less than 2! Please note that we only had to lock the COLUMN of the reference. So, logically, to format the columns we would have locked the ROW.
Hope it helps!
EDIT:
If you REALLY want to use VLOOKUP, which I DO NOT recommend, you can just use the formula:
=(VLOOKUP($C25;$C$6:D$18;COLUMNS($C$6:D$18))+E25)>32
To change the index dinamically.
I tried using steps identified here but realized that it refers to cells that have any formula in them. I would like to format based on one particular formula.
Is it possible to use conditional formatting to refer to a cell that only has a particular equation, for example an "IF" statement in the cell?
You don't mention what the formula is but do mention an IF statement so suggest (though clearly not Conditional Formatting in the conventional sense), HOME, Editing - Find & Select, Find what:
=*IF(*
Find All, Ctrl+A, and formatting of your choice.