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Conditional formatting based on pairs of cells on different sheets

Time:06-13

I'm attempting to apply conditional formatting if any two "paired" cells in two different ranges are both true.

The first range is on Sheet1, where the conditional formatting occurs. The second range is on Sheet2. However, the "pairing" is many to one, where the cells in a single Sheet1 column all map to one cell in Sheet2.

For example:

Sheet1

A (conditionally formatted column) B C D E
1 Value1 (formatting applies) True True True True
2 Value2 False False False False
3 Value3 False True False True
4 Value4 (formatting applies) True False False False
5 Value5 (formatting applies) False True True False

Sheet2

G H I J
1 True False True False

I'm currently using the following custom formula, and setting the conditional formatting range to A:A on Sheet1.

=OR(AND(B1, INDIRECT("Sheet2!G1")), AND(C1, INDIRECT("Sheet2!H1")), AND(D1, INDIRECT("Sheet2!I1")), AND(E1, INDIRECT("Sheet2!J1")))

The formula works for this example, but in reality I have 35 columns (and more to come). I'm looking for a more sustainable solution. Is there a way to use ranges in my example custom formula, instead of a series of AND conditions?

CodePudding user response:

How about

=ArrayFormula(sum(B1:E1*indirect("sheet2!g1:j1")))

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Or shorter

=SUMPRODUCT(B1:E1*indirect("sheet2!g1:j1"))

CodePudding user response:

try:

=(((B1=INDIRECT("Sheet2!G1")) (C1=INDIRECT("Sheet2!H1")) (D1=INDIRECT("Sheet2!I1")) (E1=INDIRECT("Sheet2!J1")))>1)*(A1<>"")

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demo

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