Alerts for a range...

[aspar165]

I want to set up an alert to warn the user the Cost of Sales they entered is too high. They will be able to input Cost in Column A and Retail Price in Column B while Column C automatically calculates the COS %.

I would like to have an alert pop up when a COS % is outside of a particular range (ie 35% - 55%). Unfortunatley, Ive had a tough time figuring out how to enter a % range in Data Validation. I have tried just using decimals but with no sucess.

Any help?

Thanks!

 

[jmthompson]

Try this on the first cell in your Retail Price column (change B2 to correct reference), then select the whole range and apply Data Validation to all

 =AND(OFFSET(B2,0,1)>34.99%,OFFSET(B2,0,1)<55%)

 

[aspar165]

I'm not sure I follow. If I input this formula into my Retail Price, it reads either true or false.

My Cost column and Retail Price column are inputs for the user. The Cost of Sales column has the following formula:

=if(L6=0,"",K6/L6), which gives me the Cost of Sales %. It is this cell (in my example M6) that I would like the validation to reference.

Does that make more sense? I appreciate the quick response...please continue helping!!!

Thanks!

 

[jmthompson]

Don't put the formula in the cell, put Data validation on your retail price cell with the formula as Custom validation. If you key a value into your retail price and the result of the formula in COS is out of your specified range, the user will get an alert

 

[aspar165]

NICE!!!!! Thanks for your help!