I am trying to record a Excel macro that will be conducting this action:
I have 2 worksheets. 'Worksheet' and 'Report 1'. The scenario I am seeking for is,
"If Report 1 AB column is blank, Worksheet F column will use the data in >Report 1 U column. If it has text, Worksheet F column will use data in Report 1 > AC column."
I have tried out different formulas. At first I used the whole column range as formula, putting blank as 0 and also trying " ". But the result I have is 0. I also tried to remove ranges and use one cell but it still does not work. So what is wrong with my formula?
=IF('Report 1'!AB5=" ", Worksheet!F6='Report 1'!AC5, Worksheet!F6='Report 1'!U5)
In the first place, is my formula even correctly structured if I want to achieve the scenario above?
As one of the other commenters mentioned, you're testing for a "space" by typing
" "
Instead, use
""
i.e. the two quotation marks with no character in between.
=IF('Report 1'!AB5="",'Report 1'!U5,'Report 1'!AC5)
Place above formula into cell F6 at sheet "Worksheet"
Please try.
edited answer below:
=IF('Report 1'!AB5="",'Report 1'!U5,'Report 1'!AC5)
if you have no text at all as your "blank".
=IF('Report 1'!AB5=0,'Report 1'!U5,'Report 1'!AC5)
if you want to set 0 as your "blank".
or... you can use both of it in 1 formula by using "or"
=IF(OR('REPORT 1'!AB5=0,'REPORT 1'!AB5=""),'REPORT 1'!U5,'REPORT 1'!AC5)
or...
=IF(ISBLANK('Report 1'!AB5),'Report 1'!U5,'Report 1'!AC5)
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I am trying to write a script to take an easy look into my data. The data is structured as follows:
Row 1: Parameter Name
Row 2: Lower Limit
Row 3: Upper Limit
Row 4: Unit
Row 5 and below: data (can go up to a couple thousands lines and couple hundred columns).
The thing I want to achieve is a script which formats each cell from row 5 down, to color green if it is in between the limits, and to color red if it is not. Each cell should look to it's own column row 2 and 3 for the limits.
I have tried going cell per cell, or column by column. Both worked fine on smaller datasets, but showed problems (excel freezing and eventually closing) on bigger datasets.
I am now trying to format a complete range (because excel has no problems when I do a big range in one piece by hand whatsoever) at once, but I can't access the individual column properties.
The code I am using:
With formatRange
.FormatConditions.Delete
.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlCellValue, Operator:=xlBetween, Formula1:="=" & Cells(2, formatRange.Column).Address, Formula2:="=" & Cells(3, formatRange.Column).Address
.FormatConditions(1).Interior.Color = RGB(0, 249, 49)
End With
Now say my range is from A5:B10.
formatRange will be A5:B10.
I would expect every cell from A5:A10 to compare their values against A2 and A3. This is indeed the case
But the cells of B5:B10 also compare their values against A2 and A3.
So my question is, is there a scalable way I can make range B5:B10 look at B2 and B3 instead?
Edit
The answer of #Ryan B. is an easy and correct way of doing it by hand.
The problem in vba turned out to be the following:
Formula1:="=" & Cells(2, formatRange.Column).Address would ultimately result in Formula1:="=$A$2"
As suggested by the accepted answer, this needed to change to Formula1:="=A$2" to work.
The solution I found was to create a function which cut of the first character, and create the correct formula this way.
This can be done by tricking Excel's absolute and relative referencing within conditional formulas. No VBA is going to be required. Here is a quick mock of how I understand your data:
Select the first cell of your 'Row 5' range -- where you're going to apply the conditional formulas.
Open the conditional formatting dialog from the Styles button group in the Home Ribbon (this is B5 in my mock-up),
Create a 'New Rule'
Choose 'Use a formula to determine which cells to format' rule type
Begin typing the following rule. You will have to be quite careful and avoid all use of the arrow keys. If you need to get to a different point in the formula, use your mouse to move the insertion point. Make the proper adjustment in your formula if that initial column isn't column 'B' in your worksheet
=AND( B5 >= B$2, B5 < B$3)
Pay special notice to the Dollar Signs. There are NO absolute references used for the target cell, B5. There are absolute references (that's the dollar sign) in front of the row numbers for Lower and Upper, but not on the columns.
Set you're desired look for the "in-bounds" formatting and select OK.
Repeat the steps for your "out-of-bounds" formatting. Use the formula
=OR( B5 < B$2, B5 >= B$3)
Finally, to apply the formulas to your entire range:
Select the cell with the prepared formulas (B5 in this example) and hit [ctrl] + [c] to put excel into cut/copy mode
Select the entire target range
Right click and take 'Paste Special' from the context menu
Paste as formats
And your formatting should propagate through the worksheet.
Hope it helps. Always experiment on a copy of your workbook :)
I have sheet of data in excel. In column BF, when I select the BF1 to BF7 it shows there are 3 counts however, I failed to determine what that value is or why excel is counting a seemingly blank cell, BF3. I tried to change color of font of cell BF3, and I used 2 formulas to test it, still I can't figure out what the cell value is.
First formula I used =isblank(BF3) and second formula I used =value(BF3) and still no luck. Clearly the cell is not blank but what is it ?
Give this a try:
=IF(ISBLANK(BF3),"Truly empty",IF(LEN(BF3)=0,"Null value","Character code: " & CODE(BF3)))
where Null value means that BF3 contains something like:
=""
or its equivalent.
(An alternative:)
=IF(ISBLANK(BF3),"Truly empty",IF(LEN(BF3)=0,"Null value","Character code: " & UNICODE(BF3)))
If it is some weird Unicode character.
I have two sheets.
This is the first sheet. Named 3
And this is the second sheet. Named centralizare
I have to write in Sheet2 C5 the number of 'Id garantie' from Sheet1 if the 'Categorie' from Sheet1 is 'Done' (Sheet2 B5) and 'Status 1'from Sheet1 is 'In lucru' (Sheet 2 B4)
I tried this
=COUNT(INDEX('3'!$C$2:$C$99,MATCH(B5,'3'!A2:A99,0)))
but it returns only one number if only the 'Categorie' is Done.
And other method with errors
=MATCH('3'!C2:C99,(centralizare!C5='3'!B2:B96)*(D4='3'!F2:F96),0)
=INDEX('3'!$C$2:$C$99,MATCH(D5,'3'!C2:C99,0))
=COUNT(INDEX('3'!A2:A96, MATCH("In lucru",'3'!E2:E96)))
You could try an array formula with sumproduct:
=SUMPRODUCT(--IFERROR((('3'!A2:A5=centralizare!B5)),0))
Must be entered using ctrl + alt + enter. Is should appear like so in your formula bar if done right:
{=SUMPRODUCT(--IFERROR((('3'!A2:A5=centralizare!B5)),0))}
Sample workbook: https://filetea.me/t1sjZdwkvxrRxGePZmKZyB7BQ
EDIT: It also seems that you should never had "finalizat" & "wip" in the same row, if I understand your rules right. WIth the array formula, you can check for both rules & only count those that meet both rules, not just one, and somewhat check data quality this way.:
{=SUMPRODUCT(--IFERROR((('3'!A2:A5=centralizare!B5))*('3'!C2:C5=***choose a cell/range where you put a reference to finalizat/in luru instead of wip/donw***),0))}
In other words, the general format for multiple criterial is:
{=SUMPRODUCT(--IFERROR(((CRITERIA ONE)*(CRITERIA TWO)),0))}
I am totally new to this kind of challenges and not sure any thing available ( not sure even on what base I have to search )
In the below excel sheet image the column 'A' has headings in two places ( row numbers 2,3 and 9,10) . The actual excel sheet has more than six thousand rows and too many sub headings like this ( If it is small file I can do it manually.. but more than 6 thousand rows)
The challenge :- I want to populate E column with "Make" value and F column with " Model" from sub headings . Can I write any rule or macro to populate these columns ? could some one help me ? Thanks for your help
Image Link
or below
Regards
Kiran
If you want to do this solely in Excel you can use the following. This assumes
All Headings are the same for "S.No"
Change the SUBSTITUTE clause to match the text for Make and Model eg I have used exact spacing of "Model: " and "Make : " to match the spreadsheet and substitute with ""
In cell G5 Enter =IF(ISNUMBER(A5),IF(ISERROR(FIND("Model",A3,1)),MAX($G$1:G4),MAX($G$1:G4)+1),"")
In cell F5 Enter =SUBSTITUTE(IF(ISNUMBER(A5),INDIRECT(ADDRESS(MATCH($G5,$G:$G,0)-2,COLUMN(A1),1)),""),"Model: ","")
In cell E5 Enter = =SUBSTITUTE(IF(ISNUMBER(A5),INDIRECT(ADDRESS(MATCH($G5,$G:$G,0)-3,COLUMN(A1),1)),""),"Make : ","")
Then drag down the formula in E5:G5 to wherever you need. However, I only recommend using this once only as the formulae will be slow to update over large ranges. Also if your headings are out of sync then VBA is the way forward
I have a column with some text in each cell.
I want to add some text, for example "X", at the start of all cells. For example:
A B
----- >>>> ----
1 X1
2 X2
3 X3
What is the easiest way to do this?
Type this in cell B1, and copy down...
="X"&A1
This would also work:
=CONCATENATE("X",A1)
And here's one of many ways to do this in VBA (Disclaimer: I don't code in VBA very often!):
Sub AddX()
Dim i As Long
With ActiveSheet
For i = 1 To .Range("A65536").End(xlUp).Row Step 1
.Cells(i, 2).Value = "X" & Trim(Str(.Cells(i, 1).Value))
Next i
End With
End Sub
Select the cell you want to be like this,
Go To Cell Properties (or CTRL 1)
under Number tab
in custom
enter
"X"#
Select the cell you want to be like this, go to cell properties (or CTRL 1) under Number tab in custom enter "X"#
Put a space between " and # if needed
Select the cell you want,
Go To Format Cells (or CTRL+1),
Select the "custom" Tab, enter your required format like : "X"#
use a space if needed.
for example, I needed to insert the word "Hours" beside my numbers and used this format : # "hours"
Enter the function of = CONCATENATE("X",A1) in one cell other than A say D
Click the Cell D1, and drag the fill handle across the range that you want to fill.All the cells should have been added the specific prefix text.
You can see the changes made to the repective cells.
Option 1:
select the cell(s), under formatting/number/custom formatting, type in
"BOB" General
now you have a prefix "BOB" next to numbers, dates, booleans, but not next to TEXTs
Option2:
As before, but use the following format
_ "BOB" #_
now you have a prefix BOB, this works even if the cell contained text
Cheers, Sudhi
Michael.. if its just for formatting then you can format the cell to append any value.
Just right click and select Format Cell on the context menu, select custom and then specify type as you wish... for above example it would be X0. Here 'X' is the prefix and 0 is the numeric after.
Hope this helps..
Cheers...
Go to Format Cells - Custom. Type the required format into the list first. To prefix "0" before the text characters in an Excel column, use the Format 0####. Remember, use the character "#" equal to the maximum number of digits in a cell of that column. For e.g., if there are 4 cells in a column with the entries - 123, 333, 5665, 7 - use the formula 0####. Reason - A single # refers to reference of just one digit.
Another way to do this:
Put your prefix in one column say column A in excel
Put the values to which you want to add prefix in another column say column B in excel
In Column C, use this formula;
"C1=A1&B1"
Copy all the values in column C and paste it again in the same selection but as values only.
Type a value in one cell (EX:B4 CELL). For temporary use this formula in other cell (once done delete it). =CONCAT(XY,B4) . click and drag till the value you need. Copy the whole column and right click paste only values (second option).
I tried and it's working as expected.