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 $AC1 to your first row.
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I wanna ask about Ms. excel. maybe it will look so basic for someone who always work with excel. so thank you for anyone who help me with this.
I have sheet1 and sheet2. so i want to make cell in column A sheet 1, which have same data exist in column A sheet2 to change color automatically.
I don't know how to make it work so I made column helper in column c sheet1 with this formula
=NOT(ISERROR(MATCH(a2;sheet2!$A$2:$A$1000;)))
and get true if the data exist in sheet2. and then I drag that formula so all column c have this formula.
I thinking using conditional formatting, so I block column A in sheet 1, and make conditional formatting with formula
=C:C= "TRUE"
but this not work. i really a newbie and only study by myself from internet, but i dunno how to search to solve this problem.
any help or advice for this problem?
thank you so much before
You can put the formula that returns TRUE or FALSE directly into the conditional formatting rule.
You should define it on cell A2 first, then change the 'Applies to' range to be all the rows you want to test. If you can, I recommend you try to avoid using references like C:C.
So, supposing you want to test the data in cells A2:A10 on sheet1, then your rule would look something like this:
Note that my locale uses comma as parameter separator and not semi-colon, so you should adjust accordingly.
Try the following formula in CF rule.
=COUNTIF(Sheet2!$A:$A,"*"&$A1&"*")>0
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)), $k2)
Am I missing something?
I am trying to use conditional formatting to highlight which of the cells in a row are today's date. I am using the formula:
=G2=(TODAY()) and the range is Sheet1!$G$2:$G$10.
However only the first cell in a column is highlighted even when the same date is listed below.
On a very similar formatting formula (=E2="High" on the range E2:E10) the formula seems to work a treat! I can't work out why there is a difference.
Thanks,
Alex
Please try:
=G2=TODAY()
(but only because one set of parentheses is not required!) and for Applies to:
=$G$2:$G$10
The Applies to range has to be in the same sheet as is G2 in your formula.
I suspect if you go back to the Conditional Formatting Rules Manager you will see that what you entered was automatially removed (substituted by =$G$2, hence the one cell that 'works').
What I'm doing is a simple map on one tab of an office space that has all the cubicals laid out. On this map, I have conditional formatting checking another table of listen computers for the last time they were updated/maintained. It works as it stands, but we are moving into a new building and the map (which is already done) has WAY more cubes than last time. So I'm trying to figure out a more efficient way to do this task.
Here is the code:
=AND(VLOOKUP("CCA C1",LOCATION,3,FALSE)<>"",VLOOKUP("CCA C1",LOCATION,3,FALSE)<TODAY()-80)
So as it sits, it works fine. But what I'm trying to do is change the "CCA C1" to simply read the contents of the cell it's formatting so I can just format an entire range of cells rather than doing it cell by cell. The "CCA C1" is in the location of the second sheet (it's a named range). So this checks that entire range for "CCA C1" and checks if the date a couple columns over in that row is within 80 days, if it's not it highlights the cell in the map in red reminding us we need to check the computer. But what I would like to do is simply put "CCA C1" in the cell in the map (which is already is labeled), and have this check for the value of the cell it's formatting and look for that value the same way it's looking now. Just without me having to put "CCA C1" in the formula, I'd like to say something like this:
=AND(VLOOKUP(CURRENT CELL VALUE,LOCATION,3,FALSE)<>"",VLOOKUP(CURRENT CELL VALUE,LOCATION,3,FALSE)<TODAY()-80)
Make sense? Anyone know of a way to do this? Otherwise I have to conditionally format each individual cell with the value manually rather than just format all the cells with the same formatting and have the formula check the contents of the cell for what to look for in the location range of the other sheet.
And to clarify, I know that I can put in the actual cell, such as E3, but then I still have to manually change the formula for each cell which defeats the purpose. I want to just say current cell or something like that. I have 3 conditional formats for each cell, I have around 100 cells to be formatted, so rather than having 300 formats I have to put in, I'd love to just do 3. Not sure if this is possible, that's why I'm asking :)
Just replace "CCA C1" with the address of the first cell in the range of cells with the conditional formatting. Assuming your conditional formatting starts in B2:
=AND(VLOOKUP(B2,LOCATION,3,FALSE)<>"",VLOOKUP("CCA C1",LOCATION,3,FALSE)<TODAY()-80)
EDIT: As I commented, I'm not sure I understand the issue, but if I do, you need to enter the range of cells with CF in the applies to range of the CF dialog, rather than copying and using Paste Special:
Note that this works with the merged cells.
You will need to adjust the applies to range as you add more computers, etc., but the same formula will work.
I have to use the following formula to format a cell based on a range of cells.
=IF($D$35=$AD$34+$A$3,1,IF($D$36=$AD$34+$A$3,1,IF($D$37=$AD$34+$A$3,1,IF($D$38=$AD$34+$A$3,1,IF($D$39=$AD$34+$A$3,1,IF($D$40=$AD$34+$A$3,1,IF($D$41=$AD$34+$A$3,1,IF($D$42=$AD$34+$A$3,1,IF($D$43=$AD$34+$A$3,1,0)))))))))
The range of cells is D35 to D43. The condition to be met is a specific date (designated by AD34+A3). The formula above works perfectly. However, I know there is a better way. I have tried using INDIRECT, and OFFSET commands to specify the range of cells. I have not been able to get the syntax right.
I have worked on this for days, can someone please show me what i am missing? I would prefer a solution that does not require VBL.
=IFERROR(MATCH(AD34+A3,D35:D43,0),0)