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Cell value based on if it contains text, or if it contains a date, how the date relates to today
Hi all
I'm having problems writing a formula for this spreadsheet. The purpose is to show when a project needs to be sent. Each project has a deadline (column H), but some projects have a date they can't be sent before (column I). I have created column J which is Actual Go Date, i.e. when it needs to be sent by, or if I can't send it until later then today it says 'wait'.
The problem I'm having is with column K. It is coding the priority based on how the date in column J compares to today's date in C2 (see formula for cell K20), but how do I get it to also say 'wait' if column J has 'wait' in it rather than a date?
Thank you!
In K14:
=IFS( ISTEXT(J14), J14, J14 < C$2, H$2, J14 = C$2, H$3, (J14 - C$2) < 4, H$4, (J14 - C$2) < 8, H$5, TRUE, H$6 )
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In K14:
=IFS( ISTEXT(J14), J14, J14 < C$2, H$2, J14 = C$2, H$3, (J14 - C$2) < 4, H$4, (J14 - C$2) < 8, H$5, TRUE, H$6 )- Legend! Thank you so much Lorenzo!
An alterative (better than IFS) if you run Excel 2021 or 365:
=IF( ISTEXT(J14), J14, XLOOKUP( J14 - C$2, {-1;0;4;8;10000}, H$2:H$6,, 1 ) )
