I'd like to use Conditional Formatting in Google Sheets to color in a whole line based on certain criteria:
Color the line red if Column D contains a specific Value AND Column L is not empty AND Column S is empty.
Color the line green if Column D contains a specific value AND Column L is not empty AND Column S is also not empty
Do not color the line if Column L is empty, regardless of whether Column D or S have values.
So far, here's what I've tried:
=$D:$D = "specificValue"
This will color in any line in which Column D contains the specific value
=$D:$D = "specificValue" & $S:$S
This will color in any line where D contains the specific value and Column S is empty. Close, but not quite what I need.
=$D:$D = "specificValue" & $S:$S <> ""
This will Color in the whole range that I am applying the conditional formatting to.
=$D:$D = "specificValue" & $S:$S & $L:$L
This will color in any line where Column D is the value, AND BOTH Columns S and L are empty. A value in either S or L will make this line not colored. This is problematic. If D AND S have values but not L then it doesn't need to be colored. If D and L have values but not S then it needs to remain colored until I have S filled in.
Please select all the relevant cells in your sheet and Format, Conditional formatting..., Format cells if..., Custom formula is enter:
=and($D1="specificvalue",not(isblank($L1)),isblank($S1))
and for Formatting style choose red fill, Done.
Then repeat with Add new rule:
=and($D1="specificvalue",not(isblank($L1)),not(isblank($S1)))
with green fill.
The formulae are a little more verbose than really necessary but hopefully make it more obvious what is happening, as I suspect you might need to make some adjustment. Note that formatting an entire sheet may be slow. You might want to turn "specificvalue" into an absolute reference to a cell containing specificvalue.
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I'm trying to conditionally format column E based on column D. For example, if the value in column D is <8, highlight the adjacent cell in column E green. If value is >7 and <15, highlight yellow. If value is >14, highlight red.
The formula I have now works, but I can't figure how to apply the formatting to the entire column without manually inputting 3+ conditional format rules on each individual cell.
The existing conditional format from your sheet is partially correct, it just needs some tweaking on the Apply to range value. You can create 3 conditional formats on E3 and it will apply to the whole column of E if you put the E3:E on range.
Please see the 3 conditional formats I have created based from your given sheet.
Conditional format 1:
Conditional format 2:
Conditional format 3:
Output:
Reference:
AND function
Just select the whole range and create one single rule per condition. Use the formula as it is created for the first cell and it will "drag" automatically.
For example with =D2>15
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.
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 :)
I want to format cells in column C based on the value for column B.
For instance:
B
.75
.75
.5
.25
When column C gets a value. I want the cell color to change to represent a < = or > value, like so:
C
.75 = green
.5 = yellow
.25 = red
.25 = green
How can I do this without putting in a formula specific to each cell? There could be any number of cells.
Start with one cell. Go to Format -> Conditional formatting. Do your three rules (if C1 greater than B1, fill green, etc.):
Select the cell you wish to edit.
Under Format -> Conditional formatting:
The Conditional Formatting Window will open. You can select the rule you would like and add a formula as shown.
After each one, there is a button at the bottom of the dialog for Add another rule. Make sure that you don't use fixed (=$B$1) references in your formulas, but relative ones (=B1). Once you have all three rules, click done. Test it to make sure it works like expected.
Now all you have to do is select the cell that has the conditional format (C1) and click the Format Painter tool. Then just highlight any cells that you want to follow the same rules. Because you have relative references, the conditional formatting will shift (i.e. C2 will reference B2 and D2 will D1 will reference C1).
Google does all the hard work :)
Does that make sense?
I've searched and read through answers related to conditional formatting, but I can't seem to get mine to work, so maybe I'm doing something wrong.
I have a worksheet for work. It contains a list of animals in our shelter. What I'm attempting to do is color the entire row green if they've been adopted (noted by an "X" in column "G"). I've had =$G$2="X" and =$G2="X", but neither work. It'll only color the one row that was active when I set the rule, and when I enter "X" in another row, it does nothing. What am I missing?
Use the "indirect" function on conditional formatting.
Select Conditional Formatting
Select New Rule
Select "Use a Formula to determine which cells to format"
Enter the Formula, =INDIRECT("g"&ROW())="X"
Enter the Format you want (text color, fill color, etc).
Select OK to save the new format
Open "Manage Rules" in Conditional Formatting
Select "This Worksheet" if you can't see your new rule.
In the "Applies to" box of your new rule, enter =$A$1:$Z$1500 (or however wide/long you want the conditional formatting to extend depending on your worksheet)
For every row in the G column that has an X, it will now turn to the format you specified. If there isn't an X in the column, the row won't be formatted.
You can repeat this to do multiple row formatting depending on a column value. Just change either the g column or x specific text in the formula and set different formats.
For example, if you add a new rule with the formula, =INDIRECT("h"&ROW())="CAR", then it will format every row that has CAR in the H Column as the format you specified.
=$G1="X"
would be the correct (and easiest) method. Just select the entire sheet first, as conditional formatting only works on selected cells. I just tried it and it works perfectly. You must start at G1 rather than G2 otherwise it will offset the conditional formatting by a row.
To set Conditional Formatting for an ENTIRE ROW based on a single cell you must ANCHOR that single cell's column address with a "$", otherwise Excel will only get the first column correct. Why?
Because Excel is setting your Conditional Format for the SECOND column of your row based on an OFFSET of columns. For the SECOND column, Excel has now moved one column to the RIGHT of your intended rule cell, examined THAT cell, and has correctly formatted column two based on a cell you never intended.
Simply anchor the COLUMN portion of your rule cell's address with "$", and you will be happy
For example:
You want any row of your table to highlight red if the last cell of that row does not equal 1.
Select the entire table (but not the headings)
"Home" > "Conditional Formatting" > "Manage Rules..." > "New Rule" >
"Use a formula to determine which cells to format"
Enter: "=$T3<>1" (no quotes... "T" is the rule cell's column, "3" is its row)
Set your formatting
Click Apply.
Make sure Excel has not inserted quotes into any part of your formula... if it did, Backspace/Delete them out (no arrow keys please).
Conditional Formatting should be set for the entire table.
You want to apply a custom formatting rule. The "Applies to" field should be your entire row (If you want to format row 5, put in =$5:$5. The custom formula should be =IF($B$5="X", TRUE, FALSE), shown in the example below.
Use RC addressing. So, if I want the background color of Col B to depend upon the value in Col C and apply that from Rows 2 though 20:
Steps:
Select R2C2 to R20C2
Click on Conditional Formatting
Select "Use a formula to determine what cells to format"
Type in the formula: =RC[1] > 25
Create the formatting you want (i.e. background color "yellow")
Applies to: Make sure it says: =R2C2:R20C2
** Note that the "magic" takes place in step 4 ... using RC addressing to look at the value one column to the right of the cell being formatted.
In this example, I am checking to see if the value of the cell one column to the right of the cell being formatting contains a value greater than 25 (note that you can put pretty much any formula here that returns a T/F value)
In my case I wanted to compare values in cells of column E with Cells in Column G
Highlight the selection of cells to be checked in column E.
Select Conditional Format: Highlight cell rules
Select one of the choices in my case it was greater than.
In the left hand field of pop up use =indirect("g"&row())
where g was the row I was comparing against.
Now the row you are formatting will highlight based on if it is greater than the selection in row G
This works for every cell in Column E compared to cell in Column G of the selection you made for column E.
If
G2 is greater than E2 it formats
G3 is greater than E3 it formats etc