Conditional Formatting

[Reena1024]

Hey!

In one row, I would like to do the following.

If A3 has any writing in it, but B3 does not, turn the entire row blue...but if A3 and B3 both have writing in them, then the row should remain clear or just no background color.

And if A3 is equal to the word "Pending" then turn the entire row pink.

And if nothing is written in A3 or B3 then the row is just clear.

Does anyone know how to do this?

I tried conditional formatting and for the first part I got it, but to do the pending part, another statement just won't work.

Any help?

 

[smi123]

From your email it would appear that "Pending" takes priority over your other criteria..thus.. placed first will work

Condition 1
Formula is =$A3="Pending"
Pattern = Pink

Condition 2
Formula is =AND($B3="",$A3<>"")
Pattern = Blue

 

[barry houdini]

So, if A3 says "pending" and B3 is blank should the row be blue or pink?

assuming it's pink then condition one should be

=$A3="pending"

pink format

condition two

=(len($A3)>0)*(len($B3)=0)

blue format

 

[Reena1024]

Additional Problem with Conditional Formatting

I have an additional problem to this. I found out how to do it with conditional formatting..apparently order matters a lot.

But in A3 I sometimes have a date, and otherwise I have the word "Pending"

I am running counts on the next page to see how many times we have something in the month of November and December, but if I add in the word Pending onto that page, my counts get all screwy.

Anyone know how to fix this?

My formulas currently are as such:

This first one calculates how many times something is written in the sheet has the date in November, has something written in B3, and is tied to Bob. But what happens when I try to calculate how many pendings there are for Bob by counting the word "Pending" all of these formulas go nuts.

=SUMPRODUCT(--(MONTH(Track!A3:A1000)=11),--(Track!D3:D1000="Bob"),--(Track!B3:B1000<>""))

Does this make sense?