I have 2000 rows of cost price data. In each row, I would like to apply a color scale to quickly highlight cost prices (from low to high). However, I would like the color scale comparison logic each time to be applied within a specific row. So row 12 data should not be compared to row 13 data for instance. How can I do this without creating 2000 rules stipulating each row?
I have done it for the first row as below:
D3:BL3
However, when I try $D3:$BL2000 and hit "Done" the $ signs just disappear meaning the formatting logic isn't applied at row level but all rows (so e.g. row 4 is compared to e.g. row 100).
You can't have a conditional formatting with scale color row by row with Google Sheets option. You can simulate it with the help of MIN, MAX and QUARTILE. Here you have an example:
=(D1=MAX($D1:$Z1))*(D1<>"")
=(D1>QUARTILE($D1:$Z1,3))*(D1<>"")
=(D1>QUARTILE($D1:$Z1,2))*(D1<>"")
=(D1>QUARTILE($D1:$Z1,1))*(D1<>"")
=(D1>MIN($D1:$Z1))*(D1<>"")
=(D1=MIN($D1:$Z1))*(D1<>"")
PS: remember to sort accordingly the rules. In the top the highest values (in green in my example) and in the bottom the lowest values
PPS: you could do something similar with the help of RANK or LARGE/SMALL, depending on your data
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Here's how it looks.
Hi. I'll try to be as specific as possible about this :)
I'm making a Google Sheet page similarly to a game character progression, that will automatically fill up based on data from other sheets: specifically, these "EXP" bars fill up with values based on the hidden cell A5.
For instance, the cells from D5 to BA5 represent LV1.
As the function shows, every time the value in A5 reaches an even number (for LV1, it's all even numbers from 2 to 100), one of the slots will fill up with a number, that with conditional formatting, will change the color of the cell and make it look like an actual exp bar filling up.
I'm using the function =COUNTIF(A5,">=2") and manually changing it to ">=4", ">=6" etc until ">=100" for the first bar. The second bar will have its 50 cells with all even numbers from ">=102" to ">=200".
So, to get to the question: is there an array formula that facilitates the process of filling a great amount of these bars with functions, without changing them all manually? Even automating *some *of this process would be great. Besides it being tedious, it leaves a lot of room for human error.
Thank you in advance to whoever's got an answer.
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I haven't tried much as at the moment I am very confused by the vast amount of options array formulas provide. I have 48h of experience in the matter.
I suggest you to use the values of columns and rows here as helpers to do calculations. If you know that every column adds 2 and every row adds 100 you can set a formula like this for the whole range (select the whole range and add just one rule of conditional formatting):
=$A$5>((Column(D5)-3)*2+(Row(D5)-5)*100))
You use $symbol to make A5 steady and D5 value will "move" to each cell for conditional formatting, so you don't have to make an ARRAYFORMULA for this
I'm going through a sheet with multiple different data points across different rows (for different versions of the same action each on their own row).
In order to easily compare from one row to the next, I would like to use conditional formatting to on a simple level as follows: - highlight cell green if a value in that cell is equal to or greater than average for that column - highlight cell red if a value is less than average for that column
So for example, I need all cells in column F to be green if the value in each cell is equal to or greater than the average of all values in that column or red if it's less than the average of all values in that column.
But I'm struggling to get that working.
Does anyone have any ideas?
I tried in 2 ways, trying to get a custom formula that calculates this average and merely doing greater than or less than in reference to a specific cell in another column (I have a separate column where I only have the average of each column calculated as follows: =Average(E3:E18) but neither is working consistently, it's highlighting some cells green that should be red and vice versa.
green color:
=IF(AVERAGE(F:F)<=F2, 1)
red color:
=IF(AND(AVERAGE(F:F)>F2, F2<>""), 1)
Maybe what you want is this CF formula rule:
=D2<average(D:D)
applied to the whole of D2:Rx (where x is last row) for red, and a corresponding rule with < replaced by >= for green (or simply format all range with 'standard' fill of green).
I have a Google sheet that shows the number of KM a vehicle ran every day. Column E is the total distance. I want to change row background to red as soon as the value in E crosses 1000. And it should apply only to that one immediate row.
How to do it?
Select A5 to wherever suits, and apply a Conditional formatting formula rule of:
=countif($E$5:$E5,">1000")=1
You can do this directly with a formula from the Conditional Formatting option.
In my example I am shading the row in the area A1:B3 based on the values in C
Use the format cells if ... custom formula is option and put the conditions you want you range to change in there.
E.g. I am formatting my range to change to green when =$C1>=1000
Notice I don't need to change C1 to include all the rows, as it will evaluation on every for separately.
I am usually good with conditional formatting in excel/google sheets, but here is my current challenge. I am needing to format specific cells based on the data in a table at the top of the sheet where the row used for comparison changes based on the value in one cell. Here is the link to the sheet I am currently working on.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t7pgvGjxs1Eb3cCcRnLDA6E9ov5riEDAjn-fX3A0s8I/edit?usp=sharing
-The table at the top of the is the reference table and does not change.
-the number in column E is the data that determines which row of the table to compare the data in columns G through AN
The Situation:
Let's look at Name 3.
The numbers in G18:AN18 are compared to the G12:AN12 because of the matching number in E18 and E12
If the number in G18 equals G12 - no formatting change
If the number in G18 is one less than G12 - fill color Yellow
If the number in G18 is more than one less than G12 - fill color Red
This is true for each cell in row 18 columns G:AN
- That's the easy part -
Now, when the number in E18 changes (from "9" to "10" for example), I need it to stop looking at row 12 and now look at row 13 because E18 now matches E13
I know that I can do it using nested IF/AND statements but I would have to do it for each and every cell individually. How can I do this more easily through google sheets?
You need to use INDEX/MATCH, so for the yellow formatting starting in G16:-
=G16=INDEX($G$4:$R$14,MATCH($E16,$E$4:$E$14,0),COLUMN(A:A))-1
The idea is that as you copy it across the column changes to B:B etc. so you get the next column of the top region and as you copy it down you get whichever row matches E16, E17 etc.
I'm sure you can modify it for the red formatting and also to take account of any blank cells.
Also, in this particular case that the numbers in E4:E14 are just the numbers 1-11, you could use E16:E25 to index directly into G4:R14 and make the formula a lot simpler like this:-
=G16=INDEX($G$4:$R$14,$E16,COLUMN(A:A))-1
I have a row of values (say 1-10)
At the beginning of the rows I have 2 numbers generated from dates from other cells that represent week numbers. (eg, 3 and 9)
I want my row to highlight all the numbers from 1-10 that are between the values from the week number cells. (eg the cells with numbers 3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 will automatically turn a colour (say green))
I've tried the conditional format, using the "between" values.
It doesn't work.
If I just type the numbers into the format box, it will work, but the problem is I need it to refer to the value in the cell NOT a number I type in, because there is a likelihood that the dates could change, which will affect the value shown in week number cell, so I need it to work automatically and not require me to go through every single row changing values for the formatting.
Is this even possible on sheets?
Thanks in advance, I am hoping I've just overlooked something simple.
Use a custom function for conditional formatting. For instance, if the columns you describe are in Row 2, this function will evaluate "TRUE" for numbers that are >= A2 and <= B2:
=AND(C2>=$A2,C2<=$B2)
Select the range of cells you wish to create a conditional format for; C2..L2, say. Open the conditional formatting dialog, and choose "Custom formula". Enter the formula above; note that itr refers to the top-left corner of the range you wish to apply the formula to - Sheets will automatically adjust it for the rest of the range, which is why it's important to use absolute references for the first two columns.