Conditional formatting with formulas

[JICDB]

Nothing here answeres my question so I was hoping someone could help.

For example I have a cell that uses lookup formulas to grab a performance
indicator from another spreadsheet. I want the cell to change in the
following manor:

if cell equals the goal of 17 - background turns green
if cell is within 10% of 17 (above or below but not equal to 17) - turn yellow
if cell is beyond that 10% (greater than 10% above or below but not equal to
17) - turn red.

I couldn't get it to work so I just started with the first condition and I
have a cell that equals 17 exactly but does not turn green. If I type 17
over the formula whose result is 17 the cell does turn green. What am I
doing wrong? Is it the difference between "Formula is" and "Cell Value is"?
What should the formulas be to make this stop light coloring work?

Thanks again for all your help.

 

[T. Valko]

Use the Formula Is option.

Let's assume you're dealing with cell A1.

Condition 1 - GREEN
=A1=17

Condition 2 - YELLOW
=AND(A1>=15.3,A1<=18.7)

Condition 3 - RED
=OR(AND(A1<>"",A1<15.3),AND(COUNT(A1),A1>18.7))

 

[JICDB]

Thank you so much. I first tried condition 1 and it didn't work. I figure
you know what your talking about so what am I doing wrong. It turns out that
if I extend the number of decibles out, the answer isn't really exactly 17
but 16.99. Thank you for helping me and more importantly for restoring my
sanity - I thought I was going crazy.

 

[T. Valko]

Yeah, those unseen extra decimal places can reek havoc on your sanity!

So, I take it you got it sorted out? If not, just let us know. You might
have to do some sort of rounding.

 

[JICDB]

Got it - thanks to your formulas. Thanks!

Yeah, those unseen extra decimal places can reek havoc on your sanity!

So, I take it you got it sorted out? If not, just let us know. You might
have to do some sort of rounding.

 

[T. Valko]

Good deal. Thanks for the feedback!

 

[Sathish Kumar]

Hi

Northing wrog in the formula.

We take nos as round Nos like 17,18 and all,But Computer Will Have huge diff
in trrms of 11 or 11.0001 .Thats why your are getting this error.

Pl modify your formula value like this

if cell more than 17.001 - background turns green

if cell is within 10 to 17 (above or below but not equal to 17) - turn yellow
if cell is beyond that 9.999% (greater than 10% above or below but not equal to
17) - turn red.

Now pl try you will get the correct Format.

I have tried and found ok pl reply your Experiance.

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