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KirstyExcel
Nov 07, 2022Copper Contributor
Formula Parse Error: IFS referring to a subtotal cell
I'm trying to use an IFS function to tell the document user who signs off the order based on the subtotal of another cell: Here is my current attempt: =IFS(G25>20000,"Email Budget Holder, Recomm...
peteryac60
Nov 07, 2022Iron Contributor
Hi
It is generally not good practice to use complex IFS statements as they are difficult to decipher and maintain. You might want to consider using a VLOOKUP with the messages in a table. See example below. The VLOOKUP looks for a value approximate to the one in the table and retrieves the associated message. I hope this helps. Peter