Conditional formatting on cell with index match match formula

melibop2

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  1. 365
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  1. Windows
I have two tabs in one excel spreadsheet. The first tab has a different participant in each row and the columns are each step in a process with a date completed or a Y/N. The second tab is the data from tab 1 pulled in and reformatted to show one patient at a time using index match match:
=INDEX('PT MPK'!B4:CZ468,MATCH('PARTICIPANT TRACKER'!B3,'PT MPK'!C4:C56,0),MATCH('PARTICIPANT TRACKER'!B5,'PT MPK'!B3:CQ3,0))

I want to conditionally format the second tab cells to highlight cells with blank result in yellow. The index match match formula is in each cell so none are technically empty.

Thanks!
 

Excel Facts

What does custom number format of ;;; mean?
Three semi-colons will hide the value in the cell. Although most people use white font instead.
It shouldn't matter if the cell contains a formula - you can still highlight cells that are "blank"
Book1
AB
1HDR1HDR2
2A 
3AA
4B 
5BB
6BB
7A 
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2,B5:B7B2=IF($A2="B","B","")
B3:B4B3=IF($A3="A","A","")
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
B2:B7Cellcontains a blank value textYES
 
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I figured it out! My formula was actually returning a 0 for cells that had no data. Thanks!
 
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