Using data of unknown origin in Excel I found Isblank was giving a FALSE result on some apparently blank cells while giving a TRUE result on others.
Even if I used TRIM and CLEAN functions on the offending data and pasted the resulting values back the the original locations, the Isblank result was still FALSE. Also, the font colour was not set to white or transparent.
However, if I selected the cell with the 'invisible' data, clicked in the Formula Bar and pressed Enter without entering any new data, the problem disappeared for that cell. The problem also disappeared if I selected the problem 'blank' cell and pressed delete.
Can anyone explain this 'invisible data' and tell me how I can detect it using a function or formula?
I am making some conditional formats for a document. One that I am trying to achieve is have a group of cells have a background color, but once the data has been added, the color go away.
This is what my conditional format looks like: =ISBLANK($A$1:$H$22) and chose the Green fill background. So, my understanding is, the cells should have a green background if they are blank, but go back to a standard format, once cells have data put in them.
Ok, this should be an easy one. I have a formula that one of the functions needs to check if certain cells are blank.
For example; I want to check if A2, B2 and C2 are blank.
Currently, the only thing that seems to work is,=IF(OR(ISBLANNK(A2),ISBLANK(B2),ISBLANK(C2)),"PASS","FAIL")
This is just a piece part of the entire formula and I have to evaluate the data based on multiple criteria. The ISBLANK() portion has to be able to evaluate at least 15 cells. Is there a way to evaluate the cells all at once instead of typing out ISBLANK() over and over. I have tried everything I can think of in regards to syntax.
I've attached a sample of what my problem is. I'm trying to keep track of critical ship dates using NETWORKDAYS. My formula works good until the 2 cells it's watching have no dates in them. This should be an easy fix but I can't figure it out. The formula reads =IF(ISBLANK(E3),NETWORKDAYS($A$2,F3,$A$17:$A$29),NETWORKDAYS($A$2,E5,$A$17:$A$29)). The cell range A2:A17 list the holidays for the year. Cell E3 is a ship date to teflon and F3 is a ship date of the completed job to the customer.
I'm trying to put together a spreadsheet that tracks disc capacity increases, affected by any incoming projects. I've managed to do so for one project, but would like to for up to 10. The way i've designed the solution (i'm sure there are far more elegant ways, but hey) is thus:
A forecast worksheet keeps track of a grand total, taking information from sheets P1 -> P10 (being projects 1 to 10). I am unable to figure a way to add up all the increases from all 10 project worksheets with one succinct formula. What I use so far is: ='P1'!C83+SUMIF('P1'!E82,"=2009 - Q1",'P1'!D82) ..................
I have 25 cells, that can either have a value of 0 or o.2 The cells have to be added up. No problem there ofcourse. But if a cell has a value of 0, -0.25 should be subtracted from the total.
I have this formula, but I'm not sure how to use it for multiple cells:
If cell D3 has the text string "RQS" and cell D2 is colored green, I want to count as one. The formula needs to apply to a range of cells. The end result being I want to know how many green cells are delineated at RQS.
I have a source sheet with numbers in column A, D and M. These are strictly numerical and show to be Number. I used Vlookup in another sheet to input these numbers. The column with the Vlookup is also formatted as Number. I then copied the Vlookup results and pasted as Values. Then I used Mode to find the most common number. In most cases it works, however, some cells are coming up #N/A. In the columns that were pasted as values, if I press the F2 key, then enter, the Mode formula then works.
I'm currently working on a test matrix that has high level and mid level test cases. The High level results cell is tracking all mid level test cases below it. If all mid level test cases are displayed as "Pass" then the High level test cases displays "PASS". If any of the mid level test cases is not displayed as "PASS" then the High level test case result is displayed as "FAIL" However, "PASS" and "FAIL" do not accurately represent the status of the test cases in the instance of them not being filled out. Mid Level test cases start off in the "Select Result" state which basically says it that test has not been performed. I would like to have a third value displayed as "NOT COMPLETED" or "IN PROGRESS". Below is the current formula that I am using.
On thing to keep in mind that may or may not make a difference is that one of the High level test cases has 30 mid level test cases and from my understanding, IF / AND function only allows up to 30 logic inputs (not sure if that is the correct terminology or correct at all).
in the lookup function listed below, it only produces a result for the first exact macth. well, what if the data i am searching on could result in multiple results? i would like advise on how to modify this formula to bring back the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc instance of a match in the lookup array.
the original formula , i found on this site, allows you to combine multiple cells to create a unique reference, and then search in another table containing columns of those combined cells, and results in the intersection of a row and column and that is the data you want returned .... kind of like a hlookup, but you can use one or more cells to create the unique lookup, and bring back whatever column you want (where as a hlookup is limited to searching the left most column and bring back a column to the left)
here is the formula:
{=INDEX(data to retrieve,MATCH(cell1&cell2,table to find cell1 in&table to find cell2 in,0))}
"data to retrieve" is an array of one column containing the data you want to retrieve "cell1&cell2" is a combination of cells to make the unique lookup (this could just be one cell if you wanted) "table to find cell1 in&table to find cell2 in" is a table array to look in to find the look up value
I have a spreadsheet with 27 Columns and 439 rows of data. I need to copy each row of data that has a certain criteria and paste the same data 141 times below it and then manipulate the data. In the same spreadsheet I need to copy a row of data that has other criteria in it and past it 30 times below it, and then manipulate the data.
I have been using the copy and insert copied cells function, but I have to scroll down 141 or 30 rows each time to ensure I add in the correct amount of rows. Is there a more productive way to do this? I have about 10 workbooks with approximately 47 tabs/worksheets each that I will need to update in a similar fashion.
I've got an If statement in Excel which features several VLookups - I need the IF statement to return differing results to 2 different cells, is this possible?
In plain English, I'm looking for something like
If(Vlookup(A2, B2:D5, 4, False), C6="y" And D7="ok", "False")
I have a client/sales sheet where I keep outstanding and paid bills information.
I want to get an indicator cell that shows if a bill was paid Y, or Not paid. Since cell. However, if there is no invoice I want it to show,... nothing.
I used the invoice date cell C4 to see if there is an actual invoice. I thought the following formula would do it. However, if the invoice is paid and the outstanding amount W4 is 0.00 it returns a N, as Not paid????
C4 (date of invoice) W4 (is amount due - payment =U4-V4)
(this is the formula I thought of) =IF(ISBLANK(C4),"",IF(W4>0,"N", IF(W4=0,"Y")))
I'm currently working on creating a schedule for work. To make it simple, I have one row with 14 columns for each day of the week split into Time In and Time Out. These are formatted as time "1:30 PM". At the end of the row, I want it to sum the number of hours. I've done this as: =((D4-C4)*24)+((F4-E4)*24)+((H4-G4)*24)+((J4-I4)*24)+((L4-K4)*24)+((N4-M4)*24)+((P4-O4)*24). Which works fine until there is a blank cell.
The time is pulled from another worksheet with the name of the week. Sat and Sun I am off. So the formula goes like this: =IF(ISBLANK(SAT!B4),"",SAT!B$4). I've also tried =IF(ISBLANK(SAT!B4),NULL,SAT!B$4)
The sum at the end does not like the "" value or NULL value. It gives me a #VALUE error for any rows with blank cells. If I change the formula to exclude those weekend days, it works. So I know the error lies in what its putting down for the null value. I cannot have it read zero or anything else. I need it to stay blank but still calculate at the end.
Is there a way to use sumif on blank cells. That is I only want to add the contents of column Q provided the Column I corresponding rows are blank. I used this formula but it didnt work =sumif(I:I,ISBLANK,Q:Q)
I am using the above formula but would like it to get the value when the date has passed (when date has been inputed in another cell)
I have added an attachment, The formula begins at J44 to AY44 but when date has entered in the red (D44:D67)section I would like to retreive values for blue section(Q44 and onwards) and not the yellow section(J44 to P44)
This is so when players make a transfer it doesnt include the weeks before that date!!
H4 is a date/time stamp I have saved as a macro. Returns 12/28/2011 10:47:00 AM.
I4 is the same macro and returns 12/28/2011 10:48:00 AM
J4 calculates the difference between the two (I4-J4), but only recognizes business hours and business days (Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm)
I only want J4 to calculate if I4 is NOT BLANK.
These are in a table so J4 is trying to calculate when there is data in H4, but not I4, and returning a large number like 981583.22
When I try to apply IF(ISBLANK) logic to the formula in J4, I get an error that it exceeds 255 characters, even though it works fine if I am not trying to put the IF(ISBLANK) logic in.
Here is the formula in J4. I want it to automatically calculate if there is data in I4. Otherwise, I want it to return 0.
What i want to do is to look up of the value of home and away games seperatly. if there is no match for the lookup i get the "N/A" and if there is no value i get "0". If i get 0 the formula will calculate as a lost game.
I'm trying to nest if statements that also include "and" and "isblank" factors. The following formula isn't working, and I'm not sure if it's because of my use of isblank or lack/placement of parentheses.
