Conditional Formatting to Ignore Formula

[JTL9161]

I have a formula in a column =IF(OR($I81<>"",$O81<>""),"", SUM(E81:F81))

When the IF statement returns "" the cell in blank. I want to highlight the cells that are greater than zero in conditional formatting but when I set that parameter the blank cells with the formula are highlighted. How can I get conditional formatting to ignore the formula's?

Thank you
James

 

[etaf]

Edit - IGNORE


"" can be seen as a zero
But you say >0
so should ignore

what formula are you using in conditional formatting

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ok, not seen this before - but a bit of research
multiple the conditional formatting rule by 1

so i have the formula in column A
and used the rule
=A1*1>0

Book1
	A	B	C	D
1		xx
2
3	0		xx
4
5	100		xx
6
7
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
A2:A6	A2	=IF(OR($B1<>"",$C1<>""),"", SUM(E81:F81))

Cells with Conditional Formatting
Cell	Condition		Cell Format	Stop If True
A1:A6	Expression	=A1*1>0	text	NO

without the *1
it does highlight cell with the formula and ""

as shown here - which i suspect is what you have
never seen issue before

Book1
	A	B	C
1		xx
2
3	0		xx
4
5	100		xx
6
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
A2:A6	A2	=IF(OR($B1<>"",$C1<>""),"", SUM(E81:F81))

Cells with Conditional Formatting
Cell	Condition		Cell Format	Stop If True
A1:A6	Expression	=A1>0	text	NO

 

[JTL9161]

Thank you.

 

[etaf]

you are welcome