I have a sheet where I control provided services with columns filled with execution and conclusion dates.
These columns have data validation for invalid dates and also, for the user not to input weekend days or holidays (which is listed on another page of the same spreadsheet). So it has to be custom formula validation.
Validation formula:
=AND(ISDATE(K2)=TRUE;K2>=J2;WEEKDAY(K2)<>1;WEEKDAY(K2)<>7;COUNTIF(Holidays!$A:$A;"="&K2)=0)
also tried
=AND(ISDATE(K2)=TRUE;K2>=J2;WEEKDAY(K2)<>1;WEEKDAY(K2)<>7;ISNA(MATCH(K2;Holidays!$A:$A;0))=TRUE)
and also tried using INDIRECT("Holidays!$A:$A") on both options
***Column K has the data validation and Conclusion date is the input. Column J has execution dates. And row 1 has titles.
The problem:
data validation input rejection seems to work fine for the first couple of hours, sometimes a full day, but after this random period of time, it stops working. Actually it does work, but with the red flag, even though "Reject input" option is still checked.
My guess is that the problem resides on the reference being in another sheet, but I don't see any other way to do this, as including the holiday list to the main sheet would pollute it and hiding columns wouldn't be as practical since users update the list constantly.
Is there a way to make it work?
P.S. Conditional Formatting used to return error even when using INDIRECT for external reference but now Google seems to have fixed it.
Hope someone can help me.
custom formula for data validation:
=(ISDATE(A1))*
(WEEKDAY(A1, 2)<>6)*
(WEEKDAY(A1, 2)<>7)*
(NOT(REGEXMATCH(TO_TEXT(A1), TEXTJOIN("|", 1, INDIRECT("Sheet2!H:H")))))
custom formula for conditional formatting (valid green):
=(ISDATE(A1))*
(WEEKDAY(A1, 2)<>6)*
(WEEKDAY(A1, 2)<>7)*
(NOT(REGEXMATCH(TO_TEXT(A1), TEXTJOIN("|", 1, INDIRECT("Sheet2!H:H")))))
custom formula for conditional formatting (invalid red):
=((ISDATE(A1))*
(WEEKDAY(A1, 2)<>6)*
(WEEKDAY(A1, 2)<>7)*
(NOT(REGEXMATCH(TO_TEXT(A1), TEXTJOIN("|", 1, INDIRECT("Sheet2!H:H")))))=0)*
(A1<>"")
spreadsheet demo
I find the issue happens when the user is copying and pasting into the cell, instead of typing in, as part of a larger section of information. This breaks up the data validation into "pieces" because the copy and paste doesn't come with the data validation. I'm not sure if this is the case with you, but it may mean training users to copy and paste values only or only hard keying the information.
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I am using Jira Cloud for Sheets Adds on in order to get Days in Status field from Jira, it seems to have the following syntax, from this post
<STATUS_ID>_*:*_<NUMBER_OF_TIMES_ISSUE_WAS_IN_THIS_STATUS>_*:*_<SECONDS>_*|
Here is an example:
10060_*:*_1_*:*_1121033406_*|*_3_*:*_1_*:*_7409_*|*_10000_*:*_1_*:*_270003163_*|*_10088_*:*_1_*:*_2595005_*|*_10087_*:*_1_*:*_1126144_*|*_10001_*:*_1_*:*_0
I am trying to extract for example how many times the issue was In QA status and the duration on a given status. I am dealing with parsing this pattern for obtaining this information and return it using an ARRAYFORMULA. Days in Status field information will be provided only when the issue was completed (is in Done status), otherwise, no information will be provided. if the issue is in Done status, but it didn't transition for a given status, this information will not be provided in the Days in Status string.
I am trying to use REGEXEXTRACT function to match a pattern for example:
=REGEXEXTRACT(C2, "(10060)_\*:\*_\d+_\*:\*_\d+_\*|")
and it returns an empty value, where I expect 10068. I brought my attention that when I use REGEXMATCH function it returns TRUE:
=REGEXMATCH(C2, "(10060)_\*:\*_\d+_\*:\*_\d+_\*|")
so the syntax is not clear. Google refers as a reference for Regular Expression to the following documentation. It seems to be an issue with the vertical bar |, per this documentation it is a special character that should be represented like this \v, but this doesn't work. The REGEXMATCH returns FALSE. I am trying to use some online RegEx tester, that implements Google Sheets syntax (RE2), I found ReGo, that I don't know if it is a valid one.
I was trying to use SPLITfunction like this:
=query(SPLIT(C2, "_*:*_"), "SELECT Col1")
but it seems to be a more complicated approach for getting all the values I need from Days in Status field string, but it separates well all the values from the previous pattern. In this case, I am getting the first Status ID. The number of columns returned by SPLITwill varies because it depends on the number of statuses the issues transitioned in order to get to DONE status.
It seems to be a complex task given all the issues I have encounter, but maybe some of you were dealing with this before and may advise about some ideas. It requires properly parsing the information and then extracting the information on specific columns using ARRAYFORMULA function when it applies for a given status from Status column.
Here is a google spreadsheet sample with the input information. I would like to populate the information for the following columns for Times In QA (C column) and Duration in QA (D column, the information is provided in seconds I would need in days but this is a minor task) for In QA status, then the same would apply for the rest of the other statuses. I added the tab Settings for mapping the Status ID to my Status, I would need to use a lookup function for matching the Status column in the Jira Issues tab. I would like to have a solution, without adding helper columns maybe it will require some script.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ys6oiel1aJkQR9nfxWJsmEyd7XiNkVB-omcNL0ohckY/edit?usp=sharing
try:
=INDEX(IFERROR(1/(1/QUERY(1*IFNA(REGEXEXTRACT(C2:C, "10087.{5}(\d+).{5}(\d+)")),
"select Col1,Col2/86400 label Col2/86400''"))))
...so after we do REGEXEXTRACT some rows (which cannot be extracted from) will output as #N/A error so we wrap it into IFNA to remove those errors. then we multiply it by *1 to convert everything into numeric numbers (regex works & outputs always only plain text format). then we use QUERY to convert 2nd column into proper seconds in one go. at this point every row has some value so to get rid of zeros for rows we don't need (like row 2,3,5,8,9,etc) and keep the output numeric, we use IFERROR(1/(1/ wrapping. and finally, we use INDEX or ARRAYFORMULA to process our array.
So I have searched through several different questions related to this. None of them seem to be asking exactly what I'm looking for and none of the solutions I've found have worked for me thus far.
I have several columns of data (Player names) where each column's values are generated from a formula in the 2nd row of that column. The 1st row is a header (Game name). This whole range is the collection of which players are willing to play which games. These are columns D-J(ish, the list is dynamically generated with another formula, based on form responses)
I have another range of data where the 1st column is the Player and the 2nd is the player's PREFERRED game. This data is also generated with a formula based on form responses. These are columns A-B.
Here's what I'm trying to do
Using conditional formatting in columns D-J, I want to highlight the player's name if this game (in row 1 of this column) is their preferred game (range A2:B).
I've tried several different variations of VLOOKUPS, MATCHES, and FILTERS in the conditional formatting, but so far nothing has worked. The problem I run into every time is that I can't figure out how to reference the cell that the formatting is applying to, but still have it reference each individual cell over the whole range.
I know I could do this if I applied an individual conditional formatting to each individual cell. However that is a very time consuming and inelegant solution to this issue considering I'm expecting my data range to be much larger in the future. I need a conditional formatting formula that will work across the whole range or , at the very least, for an entire column.
This is a mock of what I'm trying to accomplish:
This is a link to a mock of my sheet so that you can clearly see the data layout and specific formulas I'm using:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wy1T6dWJwNC_EfdCAbkuxtkJH7y4Cg3x4IyEk6R567M/edit?usp=sharing
use:
=REGEXMATCH(D3, TEXTJOIN("|", 1, FILTER($A$3:$A, $B$3:$B=D$2)))
I've set up a Google Sheets workbook that synthesizes data from a few different sources via manual input, IMPORTHTML and IMPORTRANGE. Once the data is populated, I'm using INDEX MATCH to filter and compare the information and to RANK each data set.
Since I have multiple data inputs, I'm running into a persistent issue of names not being written exactly the same between sources, even though they're the same person. First names are the primary culprit (i.e. Mary Lou vs Marylou vs Mary-Lou vs Mary Louise) but some last names with special symbols (umlauts, accents, tildes) are also causing errors. When Sheets can't recognize a match, the INDEX MATCH and RANK functions both break down.
I'm wondering how to better unify the data automatically so my Sheet understands that each occurrence is actually the same person (or "value").
Since you can't edit the results of an IMPORTHTML directly, I've set up "helper columns" and used functions like TRIM and SPLIT to try and fix instances as I go, but it seems like there must be a simpler path.
It feels like IFS could work but I can't figure how to integrate it. Also thinking this may require a script, which I'm just beginning to study.
Here's a simplified example of what I'm trying to achieve and the corresponding errors: Sample Spreadsheet
The first tab is attempting to pull and RANK data from tabs 2 and 3. Sample formulas from the Summary tab, row 3 (Amelia Rose):
Cell B3: =INDEX('Q1 Sales'!B:B, MATCH(A3,'Q1 Sales'!A:A,0))
Cell C3: =RANK(B3,$B$2:B,1)
Cell D3: =INDEX('Q2 Sales'!B:B, MATCH(A3,'Q2 Sales'!A:A,0))
Cell E3: =RANK(D3,$D$2:D,1)
I'd be grateful for any insight on how to best index 'Q2Sales'!B3 as the correct value for 'Summary'!D3. Thanks in advance - the thoughtful answers on Stack Overflow have gotten me this far!
to counter every possible scenario do it like this:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFERROR(VLOOKUP(LOWER(REGEXREPLACE(A2:A, "-|\s", )),
{REGEXEXTRACT(LOWER(REGEXREPLACE('Q2 Sales'!A2:A, "-|\s", )),
TEXTJOIN("|", 1, LOWER(REGEXREPLACE(A2:A, "-|\s", )))), 'Q2 Sales'!B2:B}, 2, 0)))
I'm trying to write a simple formula for Google Sheets. The logic is as follows:
if(it is a specific date & it is today){fill cell color with this color}
I know this needs to be done in the conditional formatting section but I am unable to get it right.
I've tried:
if(TODAY(),RegExMatch("Tuesday May 2, 2017"))
RegExMatch("Tuesday May 2, 2017") AND IF(TODAY())
IF(TODAY() AND RegExMatch("Tuesday May 2, 2017"))
but none of those work and return errors such as 'parse & invalid' when attempting to write it in the cell box.
REGEXMATCH can be used in Conditional formatting (eg) but it seems way overkill here. Please select the relevant range (I am assuming ColumnA - populated with 'true' dates, not text) and clear any existing CF rules from it. Format, Conditional formatting..., Format cells if... Custom formula is and
=and(A1=today(),A1=42858)
with fill colour of choice and Done.
Here 42858 happens to be the index number for today, but would be replaced with that for your specific date.
Have you tried just getting the value of TODAY()? It returns the date in mm/dd/yyyy format. Your RegExMatch will always fail.
You don't need to use any formula. Use this guide to see how you can use conditional formatting rules on individual or multiple cells. The correct way to do what you want to do is to select a cell, click on Format -> Conditional formatting... -> Format cells if... -> Date is -> today
If you're referring to the cell box in the 'Custom formula' section, you simply need to write =TODAY().
Not sure I'm following exactly, but if your date is in col A:
=AND(DATEVALUE(a1)=datevalue("5/2/2017"),DATEVALUE(a1)=DATEVALUE(today()))
this seems to work. The date has to be parseable to date by sheets for DATEVALUE to work though.
Image has the column in an IF as well setting 1 or 0 just an example of the logic too.
I have a worksheet that has become very complex. On it, there is a sheet in which a user will paste data about once every other day. The data will always be in the same format, and is provided to us in an exact way only. Once pasted in, I need a way for a very average user of excel to be able to press a button (or key combo, or whatever) and excel will run a series of about 8-10 regex find and replaces. All of these will be on column A of the data. Once those are all run, a simple formula would be run on every cell C2 and below in column C. Those columns should be reduced by 80% - =C2*.8
This should all be done with minimal user input if possible.
Would anybody much more versed in regex or excel know a better direction for me to look for a proper start? What resources would be recommended to best accomplish this?
If you're multiplying by some factor, then regexp substitution will be overkill. Excel is very good at multiplying an array of numbers by 0.8.
Search for "Excel paste factor" and you'll get an easy explanation, such as this one.
I might record a macro for your less-experienced users and hope that the previous user pasted the numbers in with absolute perfection.