This should be about the simplest thing to do, but somehow conditional formatting is not working in my spreadsheet.
I just want the column N value to be highlighted according to the rules on the right, ie. if the value is below the weekly target highlight yellow; within the target range highlight pale green and above the target range highlight darker green. For some reason, the highlight is always yellow when a value is entered regardless of the value.
What am I doing wrong? I've made sure all the values in J, K and N are numbers.
Thank you!
Add the equal operator in front of the address of cells
value is between =J3 and =K3
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I am using google sheets. For column E, under the header “Received” I have formatted it so that when you type in "no" the color of that cell turns red. But when you type in “yes" then the color of the cell will change to green.
How do I get column F (column to the right of Column E, under the header “Total”) to automatically display the number "20" AND also the make it’s cell
turn to green whenever the cell next to it, in column E says "yes"? And if I type in “no” in Column E id like the cell next to it in Column F to say “0” and the background color change to red.
Please help!
I asked ChatGPT it said to use the formula =IF(E2=“yes”,”20”, “”) however this didn’t work. It only changed column F background color to green but it didn’t change the cell to say “20”
These are two separate things. One is the formula inside the cell that determines the value of 20 or 0
=IF(E2="","",IF(E2=“yes”,20,0))
Or you can set it as an array formula in F2 to expand to lower rows. Put this in F2:
=ArrayFormula(IF(E2:E="","",IF(E2:E=“yes”,20,0)))
Other thing is the conditional formatting rules that set the colours. Select F2 column and choose conditional formatting. Look for custom formula and you can use:
=E2="yes"
=E2="no"
For green and red respectively. Try these things and let me know
I was able to to get it right using the formula =IF(E2="yes", "20.00", "0.00").
That did the trick, and to change the colors I did conditional format and set it to Text contains: 20and changed the color to green. I added another rule except this time I put Text contains: 0.00 and changed the color to green.
I am working on building a weight loss calculator. I am having problems using conditional formatting in my spread sheet. I am trying to have it green if less than c2, and red if greater than c2 . c2 is performed via a v look up function. I have also tried custom function to no avail. Ideally I would like to break this down as a percentage of c2 and have yellow as well but 1 step at a time. I have tried converting to a value and an int and still it's not working correctly.
Thank you in advance!
Please try the following
Select Custom formula is
Put =F15<C$2
Repeat once more with =F15>C$2
To avoid formatting empty cells use =AND(G14<F$3,G14<>"")
To get the Desired result you should use 2 conditional formatting rules with 2 different formulas, for the same range F11:F
Formula 1 to Highlight the range F11:F the "Calories" column with Green
=ArrayFormula(IF(F11:F="",,F11:F<$C$2))
Formula 2 to Highlight the range F11:F the "Calories" column with Red
=ArrayFormula(IF(F11:F="",,F11:F>$C$2))
Since you didn't provide the sheet i did recreate it from scratch.
Explanation
IF Range F11:F is Empty "" Do nothing ,, if isn't Empty check if F11:F < $C$2 in case of green formula 1 and check F11:F > $C$2 in case of red formula 2 if TRUE Highlight green / red if FALSE do nothing.
ArrayFormula allow the usage of non-array functions with arrays and the ability to show values returned by an array formula over many rows and/or columns.
I am trying to highlight the cells in column L that DO NOT fall within a certain percentage : between -30% of J2 and +30% of J2
basically, if the value in L2 is NOT within a 30% range (under or over) the value in J2, Then turn the row in RED
I tried this =and(L2>=0.9J2,L2>=1.1J2) in Conditional formatting, but it doesn't seem to be working
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
try:
=NOT((L2>=-30%)*(L2<=30%))
I want to conditional format some cells so that if the added value of those cells = 0 it goes green and then a separate one if the sum does not equal 0. Currently, I am using a total cell to determine this (BALANCE LEVEL), but I want to eliminate the use of this and have the format rule to sum the values and determine the colour without the use of this cell.
Custom formula is
=SUM(AQ39:AQ48)=0
This to turn the column green
and then another rule with this formula
=SUM(AQ39:AQ48)<>0
This to turn the column red
I expected this to change the column green if the total of all the values in that column = 0, and red if the sum does not. It only changes some of the cells, even though the range I have applied it to is that whole column.
Please clear any existing CF from your range, fill it 'standard' red fill and apply this CF formula rule with green fill:
=SUM(AQ$39:AQ$48)=0
Beware of floating point errors.
Anyway, I have a table in Google Spreadsheets that has a set of rows which each contain a name (Column A) and two Yes or No values (Columns G and H).
I would like a way to conditionally format the rows. I have been trying to learn the formatting but I feel this is well out of my league. The way I would like it all to be formatted is only in Column A. If G says "Yes" and H is empty, then yellow. If G says "Yes" and H says "No", red. If G says "Yes" and H says "Yes", green.
If it helps, here is a chart:
G H
Y -- Yellow
Y N Red
Y Y Green
An explanation of how it all works would also be much appreciated but if you only have the solution on how to do it, I will gladly take that.
METHOD 1 - Conditional Formatting Only
The easiest way to do this, using Conditional Formatting is as follows:
Select "Format >> Conditional Formatting":
These IF statements will be used color the cells Yellow, Red, and Green, respectively.
=IF(AND(G2="Yes",H2=""),"True")
=IF(AND(G2="Yes",H2="NO"),"True")
=IF(AND(G2="Yes",H2="YES"),"True")
METHOD 2 - New Column, using f(x), and Conditional Formatting
The code used to generate the text "Yellow," "Red," and "Green" is as follows (broken up in 2 lines only for easier readability):
=IF(AND(B2="Yes",C2=""), "Yellow",IF(AND(B2="Yes",C2="No"), "Red",
IF(AND(B2="Yes",C2="Yes"), "Green")))
This is a nested IF statement that will examine your "Yes"/"No"/null column cells. This statement looks for the conditions you specified and returns either "Yellow," "Red," or "Green" in a separate column.
Since your IF statement will output either "Yellow," "Red," or "Green," all you'll have to do is set your Conditional Formatting to look for these words and color the cell accordingly.
A great resource to learn more is the Google spreadsheet function list.
I've got it for you. It can be made using the conditional formatting in Google Sheet.
A Screen Shot attached
Right click your cell A, apply conditional formatting
Just apply it across your range in column A1:A500 something
and choose the "Format cells if..." and choose custom formula
(Just click Add another rule after each one so you don't have to repeat the range)
=IF(AND(G60="Yes",H60=""),"True") //Change the color to Yellow
=IF(AND(G60="Yes",H60="No"),"True") // Change the color to red
=IF(AND(G60="Yes",H60="Yes"),"True") // Change the color to green
You will have 3 rules of conditional formating
replace G60 and H60 with the starting row number
Edit ------------------ Forgot to add the explanation
The formula
IF(AND(G60="Yes",H60=""),"True")
"IF" is to check IF something is this or not. I added the "AND" so that we could put in 2 condition, since we need both conditions to be satisfied. and therefore the formula above in written form would be
IF(IF) BOTH(AND) G60 and H60 is "Yes" and "Empty" respectively, then it is True. So it will become the color I chose.
There might be another way to write the codes but this works :)