Several Conditional Formatting based on the Value of another Cell

Excel_User_10k

Board Regular
Joined
Jun 25, 2022
Messages
100
Office Version
  1. 2021
Platform
  1. Windows
Hello All,

So basically there are several KPI's where the 'Target' Value can vary on a Month by Month basis. I would like to create several Conditional Formatting scenarios that highlights it as Green, Yellow, Red and Blue based on how close the ACTUAL figures are to said Target. At the moment I am having to change these ranges manually each Month if the Target changes. I have been able to do it for Green (i.e. when it =>"Target") but not the other three values.

To Illustrate:

Say the Target = 60%

The Cell showing the Current Actual Figure will have a Green background if it is =>60%
a Yellow background if it is between 50% - 59%
a Red background if it is between 30% -49% (Bare in mind that Red is actual default Cell Colour so doesn't technically need formatting but found it difficult to explain that)
and a Blue background if it is <30%

And then, say, the Target changed to 50%, I would like it to automatically reduce all of those Conditions by 10%. Is this possible, or am I asking too much?
 

Excel Facts

Who is Mr Spreadsheet?
Author John Walkenbach was Mr Spreadsheet until his retirement in June 2019.
If you put the target value in a cell, you could reference that in the conditional formatting formula. For example, if you put 0.6 into cell A1, your CF formulas could be something like:

=B1>=A1
=B1>=A1-0.1
=B1>=A1-0.3
=B1<A1-0.3

Make sure they're in the proper order in the CF formulas screen, too.
 
Upvote 0
Ok, so what does the B1 refer to? Would that be an example of the cell I am conditioning? Because whilst that would work, I would then need to create different Conditioning Formatting rules for every single Cell on the Sheet.

So the reference for the Target for Oct is Targets!L224, which is 50%. This is for "Max"

I have tried doing it as shown in the Screenshot. It accepts the rule, but as you can see, the value is 68% and above 50% and yet it isn't green. I don't understand why?
 

Attachments

  • 1664981103599.png
    1664981103599.png
    222.7 KB · Views: 31
Upvote 0

Forum statistics

Threads
1,224,739
Messages
6,180,674
Members
452,993
Latest member
FDARYABEE

We've detected that you are using an adblocker.

We have a great community of people providing Excel help here, but the hosting costs are enormous. You can help keep this site running by allowing ads on MrExcel.com.
Allow Ads at MrExcel

Which adblocker are you using?

Disable AdBlock

Follow these easy steps to disable AdBlock

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the "Pause on this site" option.
Go back

Disable AdBlock Plus

Follow these easy steps to disable AdBlock Plus

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the toggle to disable it for "mrexcel.com".
Go back

Disable uBlock Origin

Follow these easy steps to disable uBlock Origin

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the "Power" button.
3)Click on the "Refresh" button.
Go back

Disable uBlock

Follow these easy steps to disable uBlock

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the "Power" button.
3)Click on the "Refresh" button.
Go back
Back
Top