Need help with conditional formatting using an IF function to recognise blank cells and overdue dates

Anonymous
2013-07-04T01:44:42+00:00

Hi

I am wanting to add conditional formatting to a spreadsheet which lists invoices and their due dates, along with payment date.

One column (H) has the payment due date.

Another column (M) has the date paid. This column is left blank if unpaid to date.

I want to highlight only cells in column H in which the due date is anything less than today, but ignoring those where there is a value in column M already. Essentially, I do not want to highlight anything which is overdue, but already paid (if that makes sense).

Having trouble working out what formula I need to do to show this in the conditional formatting area. I can get it to do the dates past easy enough, but cant get it to also ignore blank cells.

Have tried using ISBLANK.

Would greatly appreciate anyone's help with this formula!!

Thanks!!

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Ashish Mathur 102.4K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2013-07-04T02:40:07+00:00

Hi,

Try this

  1. Click on cell H2 and go to Home > Conditional formatting > New Rule > Use a formula to determine which cells to format
  2. In the formula bar there, enter this formula

=AND(H2<today(),I2="")

  1. Click on Format and select any Fill/Font colour
  2. Click on OK/Apply
  3. Copy cell H2, select H3:H50 right click > Paste Special > Formats

Hope this helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-03-04T06:02:39+00:00

    Absolutely perfect! Thank you so much!

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-03-04T06:12:17+00:00

    Hi,

    Try this formula in cell F2

    =IF(OR(H2>G2,AND(G2<>"",G2<today(),H2="")),"Overdue",IF(H2<G2,"In Time",""))

    Hi,

    Thanks very much. Noticed a problem with the formula. Could you help me rectify please?

    If the dates are the same in Column G and Column H, no value is populated in Column F. I need "in Time" to be generated in this instance.

    Thanks, again!

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  3. Ashish Mathur 102.4K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2014-03-04T06:22:20+00:00

    In the second IF function, replace < with <=

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-03-04T06:26:21+00:00

    Hi,

    Further to the message I just sent, i.e. if the date in Column H is the same as the date in Column G, no value generates in Column F, and I need "In Time" to generate.

    I tried using <= in your formula as below. However, if that is done, when there are no dates in Column G and Column H, a value of "In Time" generates in Column F, whereas Column F should be blank in this instance.

    Please assist. Thank you.

    =IF(OR(H3>G3,AND(G3<>"",G3<TODAY(),H3="")),"Overdue",IF(H3<=G3,"In Time","")),

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