works amazingly perfect thank you - have another question as you can see the way its setup its alerts me when im missing a shift based off of whats is plugged in on "Employee Data." I want the formula to know as well if Am 1/Pm 1 is there it should not say both shifts are missing cant figure it out at all. Another question i have is if a shift is missing it alerts me is there a formula that tells you "duplicate shifts are on such as example two AM 1 shifts when only need 1. i know your helping me alot and thank you again