This is probably overly-complicated so I am not sure there is a conditional formatting solution but, it's a worth a shot.
We have to track staff hours for multiple grants and there cannot be any overlapping time. In an effort to eliminate paper and pencil and simplify the process, I am trying to develop an Excel verison of the multiple time sheets. We can call these time sheets for Grant A, Grant B, and Grant C. I know how to make it automatically tabulate the required hours for each funding source but I would like to find a way to make sure that staff are alerted if they enter any overlapping time as this is not permitted. Say they enter they worked under Grant A on 8/3/18 from 8:30-12:30 and then enter they worked under Grant B on 8/3/18 from 12:00-3:00. I need there to be something that flags this so they can see that this is invalid. I have been messing around with conditional formatting options and cannot seem to find anything that quite fits what I am looking for (i.e. make the text turn red if an overlapping date AND time is entered).
I plan to have all of the timesheets on one tab within the same spreadsheet so I don't need any formulas that reference outside sources.
Thank you to anyone with any suggestions to solve this conundrum!! I'm trying to become an Excel master but I get stuck on problems such as this from time to time.
We have to track staff hours for multiple grants and there cannot be any overlapping time. In an effort to eliminate paper and pencil and simplify the process, I am trying to develop an Excel verison of the multiple time sheets. We can call these time sheets for Grant A, Grant B, and Grant C. I know how to make it automatically tabulate the required hours for each funding source but I would like to find a way to make sure that staff are alerted if they enter any overlapping time as this is not permitted. Say they enter they worked under Grant A on 8/3/18 from 8:30-12:30 and then enter they worked under Grant B on 8/3/18 from 12:00-3:00. I need there to be something that flags this so they can see that this is invalid. I have been messing around with conditional formatting options and cannot seem to find anything that quite fits what I am looking for (i.e. make the text turn red if an overlapping date AND time is entered).
I plan to have all of the timesheets on one tab within the same spreadsheet so I don't need any formulas that reference outside sources.
Thank you to anyone with any suggestions to solve this conundrum!! I'm trying to become an Excel master but I get stuck on problems such as this from time to time.
