Formula working in cell but not in conditional formatting-CodePudding

I have the following formula which works as desired when entered into a cell. However, the same formula does not work when I try to use it in conditional formatting:

=IF(REGEXMATCH(VLOOKUP(U2,DEALS!$A$2:F,5,FALSE), "Likes"), O2>=VLOOKUP(U2,DEALS!$A$2:F,4,FALSE), Q2>=VLOOKUP(U2,DEALS!$A$2:F,4,FALSE))

I haven't had any issues with conditional formatting up until now with this formula, and I am really not sure what is the issue as this is not my expertise.

Appreciate any help I can get!

CodePudding user response：

try:

=IF(REGEXMATCH(VLOOKUP(U2, INDIRECT("DEALS!A2:F"), 5, 0), "Likes"), 
 O2>=VLOOKUP(U2, INDIRECT("DEALS!A2:F"), 4, 0), 
 Q2>=VLOOKUP(U2, INDIRECT("DEALS!A2:F"), 4, 0))

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