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jrkeegan
Apr 21, 2023Copper Contributor
Conditional Formatting (Data bars) altered as percentage has exceeded 100%
Hello, I have an excel set up where the first column shows the target, the 3 column shows what has been achieved so far, and based on that the fourth column will show the percentage comp...
- Apr 21, 2023
You can fix this issue by setting the maximum value for the data bars in your conditional formatting rule.
Here's how you can do it:
- Select the cells in the fourth column that contain the data bars.
- On the Home tab, click on Conditional Formatting and choose Manage Rules.
- In the Conditional Formatting Rules Manager, select the rule for the data bars and click on Edit Rule.
- In the Edit Formatting Rule dialog box, under "Bar Appearance", click on the drop-down list next to "Maximum" and choose "Number".
- Enter 1 as the maximum value (since 100% is equivalent to 1 as a decimal).
- Click OK to close the Edit Formatting Rule dialog box and then click OK again to close the Conditional Formatting Rules Manager.
Now your data bars should show a full green line for 100% and any percentage above 100% will also show a full green line.
jrkeegan
Apr 27, 2023Copper Contributor
Thanks so much NikolinoDE
I was mainly getting stuck because I was using the online version of excel and it wasn't giving me any other options for the rule:
All working great now, thanks again!