Using XLOOKUP in Conditional Formatting

Mortiray

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  1. 365
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  1. Windows
I'm having trouble getting a conditional formatting rule to work. For context, I have three columns - a ship date, a deliver date, and a ship method. I have a table full of possible ship methods, and the associated number of days it takes to ship using that method, and I want my ship method cell to light up red if it'll be too slow for the shipping request. When I type the following formula:
Excel Formula:
=AND($P4-$O4 > XLOOKUP($R4, ShippingMethodList[ShippingMethods], ShippingMethodList[Days], 100), ROW() > 3)
into a cell on the worksheet, it works perfectly fine (returns TRUE or FALSE), but when I paste this exact code into my conditional formatting rule, it gives me a "There's a problem with this formula" error. Any idea why?
 

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You cannot use structured references in CF you will need to change them to ranges.
lame. I changed it to
Excel Formula:
=AND($P4-$O4 > XLOOKUP($R4, Metadata!$C$2:$C$18, Metadata!$D$2:$D$18, 100), ROW() > 3)
and it worked, thanks
 
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Glad you sorted it & thanks for the feedback.
 
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