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ALM
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Jan 22, 2022
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Order date reminder

I work for a building materials manufacturer and many of our customers provide us with a construction schedule (excel spreadsheet) of their upcoming construction projects. One column includes the “app...
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    mathetes
    Jan 22, 2022

    ALM 

     

    Use this formula

    =IF(A2="","",IF(AND(B2="",A2<(TODAY()-$F$2)),"Yes",""))

    This way, if the data in column A is blank, then there is no "Yes' generated, but the rest of the formula is as it was before, except I removed the named reference to "GraceDays" and just refer to the cell F2, which contains the number of days.

     

    [FYI, I had used a slightly advanced feature of Excel, called a "named range," to refer to that cell. It made the formula more "readable," but you can also use the cell reference, F2. And the dollar signs, make it an absolute reference, meaning it stays constant, even as you copy the formula down through multiple rows.]

     

    Since you're a relative beginner, you might find this website useful. https://exceljet.net/search?query=named+range

    You can search for various functions, abilities of Excel. There are also videos, and YouTube has lots of useful resources as well.

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