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Greg Bonaparte
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Feb 09, 2019
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Perplexed!! Why does this not work? "OR" criteria added to a working formula

I'm not getting an error, I'm just not getting many results. I suspect its because of my greater than or less than zero requirements. The cells that contain the requirements are percentages so 1.0 is...
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  • SergeiBaklan's avatar
    SergeiBaklan
    Feb 09, 2019

    Sorry, it excludes it if OR condition. To exclude from AND it could be like

    =IF(AND(
   IF($D21>0,$AB30<$AC30,1),
   IF($F21>0,$AD30<$AE30,1),
   IF($H21>0,$AF30<$AG30,1),
   IF($J21>0,$AH30<$AI30,1),
   $AJ30<$AK30,
   $AL30<$AM30,
   $AN30<$AO30,
   $AP30<$AQ30),
   $Q30/$P30,"")

    If D21 is negative first IF returns TRUE independently of what is in AB30 and AC30 and that doesn't affect other conditions under AND. Please see attached.

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SergeiBaklan
Diamond Contributor
Feb 09, 2019

If you'd like to remove $AB30<$AC30 if D21 is negative you may use

($AB30<$AC30)*($D$21>=0)

it gives FALSE if D21 is negative and result of AB30, AC30 comparison otherwise. 

 

Greg Bonaparte's avatar
Greg Bonaparte
Iron Contributor
Feb 09, 2019
So in every "OR" statement I should replace $AB30<$AC30,$D21>0,
with ($AB30<$AC30)*($D$21>=0). Do I replace parentheses with 'quote' symbol? Can you give example?
  • SergeiBaklan's avatar
    SergeiBaklan
    Diamond Contributor
    Feb 09, 2019

    Sorry, it excludes it if OR condition. To exclude from AND it could be like

    =IF(AND(
   IF($D21>0,$AB30<$AC30,1),
   IF($F21>0,$AD30<$AE30,1),
   IF($H21>0,$AF30<$AG30,1),
   IF($J21>0,$AH30<$AI30,1),
   $AJ30<$AK30,
   $AL30<$AM30,
   $AN30<$AO30,
   $AP30<$AQ30),
   $Q30/$P30,"")

    If D21 is negative first IF returns TRUE independently of what is in AB30 and AC30 and that doesn't affect other conditions under AND. Please see attached.

    • Greg Bonaparte's avatar
      Greg Bonaparte
      Iron Contributor
      Feb 11, 2019
      Sergei, I just realized that one issue is not solved. See final formula below:
      =IF(AND(
      IF($D$21>0,$AB30<$AC30,1),
      IF($F$21>0,$AD30<$AE30,1),
      IF($H$21>0,$AF30<$AG30,1),
      $AH30<$AI30,
      $AJ30<$AK30,
      $AL30<$AM30,
      $AN30<$AO30,
      $AP30<$AQ30),
      $Q30/$P30,"")

      I need the formula to become "not true" if D21 thru H21 is negative. Thank you so much for your assistence
      • SergeiBaklan's avatar
        SergeiBaklan
        Diamond Contributor
        Feb 11, 2019

        Hi Greg,

         

        Sorry, I missed. Do you need the entire formula returns FALSE if ANY of D21, F21, H21 is negative? Or only all combinations of $AB30<$AC30, $AD30<$AE30, $AF30<$AG30 are ignored if any of D21, F21, H21 is negative?

         

        Current formula excludes $AB30<$AC30 if D21 is negative; $AD30<$AE30 if F21 negative and the same for the third combination.

         

        How the formula works you may check if stay on the cell with formula, on ribbon click Formulas->Evaluate formula, it shows step by step all calculations.

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