I'm using a Spreadsheet in Google Docs, and trying to find a script that will let me do a kind of conditional formatting that Google will now allow on it's own.
If any cell in E has "Paid" in it I want the corresponding cell in G to turn green. So if E4 is paid, G4's background goes green. I know I need a script to do this, and I've tried looking through here, but I have 0 experience with scripts and have spent the last three days trying in vain to figure this out on my own.
Can anyone help me figure out how to do this? And, honestly, the dumber you assume I am, the better, in this case.
Please try something like:
(This is using New Google Sheets.)
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pretty new to google sheets, my question could seems awkward but i'm struggling with a sumif in google sheets.
I'm using a sumif to sum up some values with a simple condition and i struggle to find the right way to do it. Assuming the documentation i do it well but i must be missing something because the result is always : ERROR!
See the example below
The example is simple, applying exactly what the documentation says but still not working.
I tried to make the cell format number for the condition, still not working.
I tried to make the condition a string by typing "=1", still not work. I tried to use a cell value in the condition B5 for example, still not working.. I'm desperate, i don't understand why this simple example is still not working.
If someone could help it will save my time.
Chances are that your spreadsheet is using a locale that expects formula arguments to be separated with semicolons instead of commas, like this:
=sumif(B5:B10; 1; C5:C10)
You can set the locale in File > Settings > Locale.
I am trying to create a spreadsheet to simplify our account returns. I am using a variety of named ranges to make life easier. I have created a test sheet which automatically copies the inputted cost to its appropriate category.
I am having a strange issue where the cell I am expecting to see the data in is incorrect. I am wondering if the 2 data validation lists I have created could be causing the issue. I had originally copy / pasted from an old sheet but as I wondered if some strange formatting may have been carried over which is causing the issue I have since manually entered all data to remove this as a potential cause.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KC8FsVNQZfWtey5TvPDxCxvDhRrFVHdsbDJWmZu73wg/edit#gid=0
This is the test sheet in question. The cost for entries Test 9 & Test 10 should be in the Info Books and Stationary sections retrospectively but they are ending up in the wrong places.
I am not a spreadsheet expert so I apologise if I am missing something blatently obvious. A friend advised me to ask on Stackoverflow after many hours lost to this problem.
Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give.
Use the third parameter in vlookup set to false (or zero)
=IF(VLOOKUP(companyOfPurchase,suppliersAndCategories,2, 0) = typeOfPurchase,totalOfReceipt,"")
and see if that works?
Haven't gotten any help through the Google Product Forums, so I'll try here. I've never had issues with this before so not sure what I'm missing now. I can't seem to make a rather simple formula work and I have no idea why.
For some reason, =COUNTIF(SCHEDULE!$C$9:$C29,">="&B$2) returns 0, when I'm expecting it to return 21.
In B2 is the date "6/25/2018", which is actually a reference to
SCHEDULE!C2.
Am I just not understanding the logic correctly? "If the dates in C9:C29 are after or equal to 6/25/2018, then count them."
When I try it as <= it doesn't work either.
I don't think there is an issue with the dates being formatted using TEXT(B2,"MM/DD/YYYY") because other formulas seem to be working fine.
Alternatively, I also tried using SUM(QUERY), but that also got hung up when using the dates.
=sum(query(SCHEDULE!A9:AB,"select count(F) where F='2004' and C >= date '"&TEXT(DATEVALUE(B2),"yyyy-mm-dd")&"'",0))
You can see a test version of the sheet HERE.
I am working from the REF sheet.
You can see what I've tried in Z6, Z7, Z8 and AA6.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I feel like I'm missing something obvious. I'm not sure if it's the fact that some of the dates from the SCHEDULE page are rendered using TEXT, but I can't figure this out.
Ref!B2 is TEXT(SCHEDULE!$C$2,"MM/DD/YYYY"). You cannot compare text-that-looks-like-a-date to true dates.
The best option is to use =SCHEDULE!$C$2 in REF!B2 and format the cell as mm/dd/yyyy.
The bandaid (dig a hole then fill it up) is to adjust your COUNTIF to,
=COUNTIF(SCHEDULE!$C$9:$C29,">="&DateValue(B$2))
I was Hoping to be fever along before i had to ask for help but.
using Google sheets i am trying to have a range of cells(a row specificity) change there background colour based on the Sum of the 6 cells directly below it in the
I know I am happy using the basic conditional forming and i have a formula witch will return true if the Sum = what i am looking for
=IF(SUM(D6:D11)=6,true,FALSE())
and this works if i copy and past it along but if i try to put it in the Custom formula is box i get told
There was a problem while
Cannot save the rule with invalid formula.
so i take it that i am not using the box right
any help would be greatly appreciated
Conditional formatting is ... conditional. There is not normally any need for IF(). Your formula should work as:
=Sum(D6:D11)=6
but over what range and what cells to format (other then D5) I can't help you, if required, without further details.
Please though do read the [google-spreadsheet] tag wiki.
Make Google Spreadsheet Formula Repeat Infinitely helped me to expand my formula indefinitely and other StackExchange results helped me get to here:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IF((AF2:AF="")," ","L"&ROW(F2:F)&":AD"&ROW(F2:F)))
However, when I tell "L"&ROW(F2:F)&":AD"&ROW(F2:F) to CONCATENATE, every row gives a results as if it was CONCATENATE(L2:AD2).
I tried =ARRAYFORMULA(IF((AF2:AF="")," ",CONCATENATE("L"&ROW(F2:F)&":AD"&ROW(F2:F)))) and =ARRAYFORMULA(IF((AF2:AF="")," ",CONCATENATE(INDIRECT("L"&ROW(F2:F)&":AD"&ROW(F2:F))))) but neither are working.
I am trying to get each row to CONCATENATE(L2:AD2) then CONCATENATE(L3:AD3) then L4:AD4 and so on.
Any help is most appreciated.
To make more easy to explain and understand by using an example, assume that the source values are in the range A2:C3
Instead of using
ARRAYFORMULA(CONCATENATE(A2:C3))
use
ARRAYFORMULA({A2:A3&B2:B3&C2:C3})