Thanks for your patience Dave,
The result in H22 depends upon the result displayed in H20 which in turn
depends upon data entered in C12:G12
With me so far? ;^)
The formula in H22 is exactly as you stated below;
=IF(H20=0,"",IF(H20<75,"FAIL","PASS"))
The Conditional Formatting in H22 is set as follows;
Condition 1
Formula=AND(COUNTA(C12:G12)=5,H22="FAIL") is set to pattern RED
Condition 2
Formula=AND(COUNTA(C12:G12)=5,H22="PASS") is set to pattern GREEN
The basic H22 Format Cells is set as follows;
Number - General
Font - Bold
Pattern - Yellow
Locked
At 'rest' with no data input the cell is coloured YELLOW with no text (good)
When I enter the first number in C12 which is a maximum of 25 then H22 stays
YELLOW (good) but the word FAIL is displayed (bad)
This I believe is being displayed because of the formula in H22 as at this
point H20 will always be below 75
The difficult thing is that until all 5 cells (C12:G12) have data in them I
want H22 not to display FAIL (or PASS for that matter)
Obviously when data is entered in all cells C12:G12 then it works as
expected;
H20 is below 75 then H22 turns RED & displays FAIL (good)
H20 is 75 or above then H22 turns GREEN & displays PASS (good)
Does that make sense Dave?
Thanks again.
Kind regards,
-=pp=-
I don't quite understand.
If your formula (in the cell, not format|conditional formatting) looks
like
this:
=IF(H20=0,"",IF(H20<75,"FAIL","PASS"))
Then it should ok.
You may want to post your formulas and your criteria once more.
:
Hey Dave,
Many thanks for the quick reply.
Don't forget you are dealing with a complete muppet when it comes to
Excel
;^)
If I understand you correctly I need to replace my existing Conditional
Formatting where I am using Cell Value to your Conditional Formatting
Formula below?
When I do that it works to a degree - H22 now stays Yellow until C12:G12
are
all filled in (Terrific!) when it then turns Green or Red displaying
Pass or
Fail depending upon whether the pass mark of 75 has been achieved.
The only fly in the ointment is that when I start to fill in data in
C12:G12
then H22 (although it now stays Yellow
still displays the word FAIL
I was hoping to delay the word Pass or Fail until all the cells C12:G12
were
filled in.
In my ignorance the problem now seems to lie in the formula for H22 as
when
it sees anything below 75 in H20 it is going to display a FAIL even
before
all the cells C12:G12 have been completed.
Is there any way to defer the H22 formula until all the Cells C12:G12
have
been filled in please?
Thanks again & kind regards,
-=pp=-
Any cell in C12:G12 or all the cells in c12:g12.
Since you weren't using a formula--just a comparison:
Cell Value Is equal to ="FAIL" format pattern RED
In either case, maybe you can add one more condition to your
format|condional
formatting formulas:
=and(counta(c12:g12)=5,h22="fail")
or
=and(counta(c12:g12)>0,h22="fail")
Same kind of thing with Pass.
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Hello again Dave,
Don't know if you are still reading this thread...sorry for the
delay in
replying - I have only got around to working with this spreadsheet
again
as
I have a teleconference booked for Monday where I need to present
some
stuff
including this spreadsheet. :-/
Shall I put your name in the credits? ;^)
OK...I did input your suggestions into the Conditional Formatting in
Cell
H20 and it does work exactly as you stated - many thanks.
Incidentally I also lowered the pass mark from 80 to 75
The one problem I have now is Cell H22 that is setup as follows;
At 'rest' this will display nothing but a YELLOW pattern - no text.
When below the H20 pass mark of 75 it displays FAIL on a RED pattern
When equal to or above the H20 pass mark of 75 it displays PASS on a
GREEN
pattern.
What I really need is for it not to change its default behaviour of
displaying no text on a yellow background until those cells C12:G12
have
been completed - much as we deferred H20 to do nothing until C12:G12
have
all been completed and then display as above (either FAIL on a RED
pattern
if H20 is under 75 or PASS on a GREEN pattern if H20 is 75 or over).
Does that make sense?
If it helps H22 currently has the following attributes;
Formula:
=IF(H20=0,"",IF(H20<75,"FAIL","PASS"))
Conditional Formatting:
Cell Value Is equal to ="'FAIL" format pattern RED
Cell Value Is equal to ="'PASS" format pattern GREEN
Your (or any other
help would be much appreciated!
Thanks & kind regards,
-=pp=-
Maybe you could post exactly what you did.
select your cell and format|Conditional formatting
Then copy both formulas into your reply.
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Whoops...sorry Dave.
Shows my ignorance I guess..:-/
I did try the CF that you suggested and the cell doesn't turn
red
immediately when you input the first number in the first cell
which
was
what
I wanted.
However it stays yellow all the time now!
It doesn't turn green when above 80 nor red below 80 even after
those 5
cells have data in - it just stays yellow...
No worries...probably I missed something else fundamental...
Thanks for trying.
Kind regards,
-=pp=-
I didn't mean for you to change the formula in the cell. I
meant
for
you
to
change the conditional formatting formula/rules.
Since you're using "Cell value is", you'll have to change it
to
"Formula
is"
First format:
=and(counta(c12:g12)=5,and(1<=h20,h20<80))
And second format:
=and(counta(c12:g12)=5,h20>=80)
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Hi Dave,
Thanks for your quick reply.
The existing formula in H20 is [=H17-H19]
Conditional Formatting for H20 is two-fold;
Cell Value between 1 - 79.99 Format pattern Red
Cell Value greater than or equal to Format 80 pattern Green
I did try what you suggested by prefixing the existing
formula
to
give;
[=AND(COUNTA(C12:G12)=5,H17-H19)) but then the word FALSE or
TRUE
appears in
cell H20 which I do not want.
Nice try - thanks anyway
Kind regards,
-=pp=-
Depending on what you used for your conditional formatting
rules,
maybe
you
could just add another requirement:
=and(counta(c12:g12)=5,(yourexistingrules))
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Does the subject even make sense?
I have a cell H20 that when the spreadsheet is blank is
coloured
yellow
to
highlight the fact that it has a special purpose.
When the spreadsheet is blank the number 0 is displayed
in
this
cell.
It has Conditional Formatting applied to it to turn the
cell
red
and
display
the word FAIL if the summed result is between 1 and
79.99
For 80 and above the cell is coloured green and the word
PASS is
displayed
in it.
All great so far...
However the summed result in this cell H20 depends upon
the
result
of
another cell H17 that in turn depends upon the input of
5
other
cells
C12:G12
I would rather H20 does not change colour until all of
those
5
cells
C12:G12
have data in them as it would be wrong to display FAIL
in a
red
cell
until
the result of all 5 cells are input.
Does that make sense and is this even possible?
