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IF Statement

Hi,

I'm hoping someone can help me here. I'm trying to produce a basic action log spreadsheet and I want to add due dates. In the cell alongside due date I want the status to automatically appear with the following logic:

if Cell F4 is less or equal to G4 then I want it to read Yes else return “No”
If Cell G4 is blank then I want it to leave it blank

I have created this where F4 is the due date and G4 the completion date

=IF(ISBLANK(G4),"",IF(G4<=F4,"Yes","No"))

However now I am trying to add another scenario which include F4>Today() and G is blank then I want it to also return “Overdue” - IF (F4>TODAY(), G4 =”” - Overdue


I'm having troubles bringing this part into the formula and would appreciate your help to point me in the right direction

Thanks

RE: IF Statement

Hi Kay

What you're looking for is a nested IF statement that includes the AND function.

I've pasted what I think should resolve your issue below.

=IF(F4="","",IF(G4>F4,"Yes",IF(AND(F4<TODAY(),G4=""),"Overdue","No")))

The first part should leave the your result blank if the due date is blank, then if the completion date is later than
the due date to mark it "YES". Finally if the due date is later than today and the completion date hasn't been entered then to mark it off as overdue.

Hope that helps

Kind regards
Wendy

RE: IF Statement

Hi Wendy

Thanks for taking the time to look at my question

The above statement does not resolve my issue hence I have provided an example and sent it across to info@stl-training.co.uk to help understand what I am looking for.

Hope this helps to illustrate my request more clearly

Many thanks
Kay

RE: IF Statement

Hi Kay

There were a few errors in your cell references. I have corrected them and reattached the file.

Kind regards
Wendy

Attached files...

Nested IF statement.xlsx

RE: IF Statement

Hi Wendy

Thanks so much for your prompt reply.

I don't appear to have received the attached file in my mailbox. Please can you try re-sending it to me as a reply to my email, many thanks Kay

RE: IF Statement

Hi Wendy

Thanks for helping with this

New to IF statements so please bear with me.

=IF(C4="","",IF(B4>=C4,"Yes",IF(AND(B4<TODAY(),B4=""),"Overdue","No")))

where B4 is the Due date and C4 is the Completion date.

in my if statement if the Due date (Cell B) would need to be before the completion date (Cell C) to mark it as YES so the first part of the statement is working correctly for me

however, the second part where the due date has passed than today and the completion date hasn't been entered then mark this as overdue. I am not able to get this with the equation below as this is returning blank

IF(AND(B4<TODAY(),B4=""),"Overdue","No")))

I can see the issue is around the due date as my due date (cell B4) is auto populated with a date and will never be blank

For example - if the Due date is 21 Jul 2017 (cell B4) and Completion date (cell C4) is (blank) - this is returning blank cell with the above equation however I am looking for this to return OVERDUE -

Is there a solution as to how this can be set to return OVERDUE?

Hope that helps to understand my issue


Many Thanks
Kay

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Selecting blank cells within a range of data

Select the range of data which includes the blank cells that you would like to select. Press the F5 key, this will take you to the GoTo dialogue box where you can click on Special and then select Blanks.

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