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[Joeun]

Hi,

My formula seem to be wrong. Can any one please help me check the formula.

Appreciate in advance.

Thank you.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GONwJfx01v_XZeHrg3burkBavuF3ffIJ?usp=sharing

 

[Joe4]

Welcome to the Board!

For security reasons, many of us are unable (or unwilling) to download files or images from the internet. So you may have more luck if you post your actual formula here, and describe the details of the scenario.

 

[Joeun]

Thanks Joe4 for the advise.

I had tried the screen shot, but the effect is not there. So i think i will upload the link again, but this time there will no need to download anything. This is picture format, it should be able to view without download the file.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GONwJfx01v_XZeHrg3burkBavuF3ffIJ

 

[Joe4]

My company blocks those web sites, so I cannot actually see your linked picture.
Can you just post your formula and explain what you want to happen?

 

[Joeun]

sdfs sdfsdf

 

[Joeun]

here is my question,

=COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'[CFormating.xlsx]"&A3&"'!B4:B10"),"*"&$B$2&"*")

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
Order	Black	Red	Blue	Black Red	Blue Black	Red Black	Black Blue
Order 1
Order 2

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]ü[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]ü[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]ü[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]ü[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

</tbody>

Sheet1​

There is a list of another worksheet contain
Order 1 - Black Red & Blue Black
Order 2 - Red Black & Black Blue

When i used this formula, E3,F3 ; G4,H4 is displayed correctly. But B3:D4 is all highlighted. Apparently whenever the list contain part of the name, it will be highlighted too.

 

[Joeun]

sdfs sdfsdf

sorry for this one. accidentally posted.

 

[Joe4]

here is my question,

=COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'[CFormating.xlsx]"&A3&"'!B4:B10"),"*"&$B$2&"*")

What range is this formula being applied to?

I think you may need to lock down some more ranges, possibly.
I am pretty sure the part in red needs to be $A3 to lock the column A reference down.
And the blue part may need to be $B$4:$B$10, but I cannot be sure, because I don't know the layout of those sheets.

 

[Joeun]

	A	B
Order 1
Black Red
Blue Black

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

</tbody>

Order 1​

	A	B
Order 2
Red Black
Black Blue

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

</tbody>

Order 2​

maybe this will help?

 

[Joe4]

Did you try locking down the references like I showed in the last post and see if that solves your issue?