Conditional formatting based on formula

I would like to highlight values in a column that are the maximum. If using Excel, would do a conditional format such as Cell Value Is, equal to, =max(a:a)
Has anyone made Numbers do this?

Here is an example of one of the "cheesy" methods, it is a clever workaround:
First image shows two overlapping tables. 2nd Image shows the underlaying table creating the highlights.
Regards,

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Conditional formating based on excel formula

Hi experts!
I have a problem with BPC formatting. Under my EVDRE expansion, I inserted a column to validate some data before sending it. The value of this formula can be TRUE or FALSE and it validates each row of the expansion.
Now, if the value is false, the row or at least some fields of it must turn red so the user knows were are the mistakes.
I have defined under the format range an entry for the heading to evaluate in rows and in format I create the next conditional formatting:: =$I38 = FALSE ---> background red.
When I push the refresh button, the format applies to al heading under the expansion, but the conditional format formula changes to =$I1064034 = FALSE
If I lock the row number, it won't iterate for each row and the format will be based just on one cell instead of one cell per row.
¿Any ideas? ¿Other ways to achieve this? I've also tried to format the cell inside the expand and eliminate the entry on the format range but it doesn't expand to the rest of the cells...
Thanks in advance

Hi Nilanjan!
Thanks for the answer, the individual conditional formatting is working fine!
The reason why it wasn't working the first time was because it's incompatible to do individual conditional formatting with conditional formatting on format range.
I gues I'll have to do all the formatting on individual cells...
Thanks agains!

Conditional format based on date

Hi,
I want to keep track of reports that my students need to turn in. The due date is set, but should turn red 10 days before the actual due date, so I can double check with the student if he started work on his report. Once the report was turned in, the due date should become grey or black. Here's an example:
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Topic
Due date
Finished
A
XX
Jan 26, 2012
Jan 25, 2012
B
YY
Feb 5, 2012
C
ZZ
Mrz 11, 2012
C3 is read, because its due date is less than 10 days away. C2 is black, because it has been finished on time. C4 is black, because its due date is more than 10 days away (from the perspective of today, Jan. 27th)
While conditional formats can be set based on dates and relative dates, it doesen't allow to compare actual date to a date calculated from a cell, as far as I can see.
Any help with this is very appreciated!
Thank you!

Maybe this sample may fit your needs :
One more case where Numbers User Guide is helpful.
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Entire row conditional formatting based on cell value

What is the best way to apply conditional formatting to an entire row based on the value of one of the columns on that row? For example, I just want to highlight the entire row (make it red color) if the value of one of the columns is greater than 0. The method described in the past discussions is just way to difficult to apply in real life scenarios. I think it should work without any tricks as it's just a very basic functionality of spreadsheets.

The other idea is to make a second table, which has a single column and is as wide as the first table. This second table will reference the value in the first table which indicates how to shade and is formatted with conditional formatting. The second table is slid behind the first, AND the first is made transparent.
- Bottom table refers to original (top) table
bottom table contains conditional formatting as:
Now make the original table transparent by selecting the table and changing the background fill to none.
Now send the second table to the back by selecting the table then the menu item "Arrange > Send to Back"
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Conditional formatting based on page number that resets on repeating frame

Hello everyone,
I have searched through multiple forums on multiple sites and haven't come across anyone who has accomplished this.
I have a report with pages numbers that reset on a repeating frame.
I have a text boiler plate that I want to only show up on page 1. On every occurrence of page 1.
SRW.GET_PAGE_NUM does not work because it returns physical page number.
I'm trying to access the value of the field for my page number. The value comes from "source" drop down with value of "Page Number".
I've tried accessing the <&page number> in the PL/SQL of my conditional formatting trigger but no luck.
This report is 14K plus pages so I'd rather not be inserting and selecting the value back out of the database.
Does anyone have any ideas??
Thanks,
Alan

To avoid inserting/selecting from the database
Maybe you could create a small package on the database to store page numbering information.
Then use get/set routines per your requirements.
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE rep_page_no IS
   gPageNo NUMBER;
   PROCEDURE set_it(pPage NUMBER);
   FUNCTION get_it RETURN NUMBER;
END rep_page_no;
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY rep_page_no IS
   PROCEDURE set_it(pPage NUMBER) IS
   BEGIN
      gPageNo := pPage;
   END set_it;
   FUNCTION get_it RETURN NUMBER
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   BEGIN
      RETURN(gPageNo);
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END rep_page_no;Then in your repeating frame you could access this package rather than insert/select from any database table.
Let me know if this works, I might like to try it.
Thanks

Conditional Format based on cell value

For example; want to turn a cell yellow if its value is less than another cell value.
Is this possible?
Conditional format rules don't seem to like cell references.

There are many ways to call attention to a value that needs to be emphasized because of its relationship to other values. What you decide to do will be influenced by how particular you are about the end result vs. the trouble that you will have to go through to achieve it. When other cells need to reference a cell that may be either text or numeric, you can use the TRIM function, or other text functions, to remove interfering characters. Here's an example, where you can see the last row multiplying the previous, manipulated row, by 2.
Also, all the cells are formatted as Currency, with to ill effect. In the example I left the cells with the conditional format in default alignment so you could see the added space character against the left margin of the cell.
I think the easiest way to call attention to a cell is to add an adjacent row of column with a conditional expression that 'lights-up' when there is an alarm condition.
Jerry

Conditional formating, based on a complex statement

Hello,
I'm trying to enhance an existing report, by adding a conditonal formatting on a table.
I know how to do it when the condition is "simple" : <?if:FIELD='VALUE'?>, but the statement I want to use is based on two different fields (or even more).
Basically, I'd like to do <?if:FIELD1='VALUE' or :FIELD2='VALUE'?>, but it doesn't work this way.
Is it only because my syntax is wrong, or is til impossible to do ? Is there a woarkaround I could use ?
Thganks for your answers

It is possible to do such checks;
Try this: <?if:(FIELD1='VALUE' ) or (FIELD2='VALUE')?>... <?end if?>
Thanks!

Conditional formatting based on current time.

I need to format column A, based on the value in column C relative to the current time. If the current time is > column C the cell in column A needs to turn Red. If the current time is <= column C the cell in column A needs to turn Green.
The following formula work fine, until I closed and reopened my sheet days later. It no longer works.
=AND(C1<=(MOD(NOW(),1)))
I have my cells formatted to 13:00 time.
I was using =MOD(NOW(),1) In cell A1 as a reference point, but found a way around using that. A1 is empty if needed.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Calculation in a Conditional Formatting

Do you know if it is possible to create a conditional format based on the result of a calculation?
I would like to use a calculation in the field "Value". The instructions to fill this field say: "Type a numeric value or select a value from the drop-down list". But my drop-down list is empty. Any idea?
Thanks

It is not possible. The value cannot be based off of another field. The only workaround that I can come up with would be to display the calculation in an adjacent column to the one you want to format, and set the format such that the background and foreground are the same color.
A few months ago, I thought this would be an easy way to highlight and entire row, but ran into this "problem".

Cross Conditional format in Pivot Table

Hi Guys
I have an important client requirement where by I need to present the data in teh following format
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KPI_NAME PROPOSED_TARGET_VALUE MIN_TARGET_VALUE Aug-09 Sep-09 Oct-09 Aug-09 Sep-09 Oct-09 Aug-09 Sep-09 Oct-09
SERVICES PROVISIONING CALL RATE (%) <5% <5% 21.00% 68.00% 10.80% 1.300% 0.100% 1200.% 2.500% 5.000% 66.50%
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15     3456     White
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Using conditional formating on member columns in essbase hirarchy in obiee

Hi All,
I ws analysing an existing sample PnL report in obiee 11g.
Wht I found that there is conditional formating used on 'Balance' member column based on one of the member column (net income) from 'income statement' hirarchy of essbase cube. I tried to open the 'Conditional Format' tab and tried to look into the conditional formating based on the columns above. Wht I noticed that , in the filter, some values are uses such as equal to is in 300000 and so on.. I thought of editing the value to specify another value, but could not edit the value as it is non editable.
Can anyone tell me how to specify such value.? I tried to furhter investigate and found that is is actually comming from net income member, but I am not able to edit it modify it.. I wanted to used this formatting feature in my another report which I created from scratch, but not able to understand how to do it..
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Santosh

Hi Dhar,
Thank you for your quick reply.
I have added couple of screenshot to flickr to clarify my problem: http://www.flickr.com/photos/93812026@N07/
Picture 1:
Yes, your assumption is correct. We are using gen x level members in report, but these members are shared members or Dynamic calculations i.e. we have created custom account hierarchy for them.
Picture 2:
Basic situation, when I query that hierarchy. I.e. it returns account names for both members in the hierarchy. Furthermore, so far I have used only one pair of account, i.e. WOC
Picture 3:
I'm able to "merge" these two account members simply by adding "case when" statement to account dimension object. It shows values correctly in a table (picture 4)
Picture 5:
BUT, when adding other accounts to query filter, the returned values are no longer correct, but some sort of multiplication.
--> it seems, that OBIEE cannot figure the context it should do the calculation against and I don't know how to define it there.
Ps. Next step was, that we tried to use dashboard prompt to return correct values to calculations, but after being able calculate correctly values for these above mentioned accounts, we ran into problem, when trying to add entity level to dashboard prompt (OBIEE gave an error refering Essbase). I believe this is a bug in this version.
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Conditional formatting using OLE in ABAP

Hello all,
Is it possible to apply conditional format using OLE in ABAP?? for example if the cell value is greater than 10, then make it red...
Thanks in advance..
Regards,
Maya

Yes,Since we can do conditional format based on other columns for a column:
Assume you pulled A,B and wants to apply RED color on A
Pull columns A,A,B (A twice) for 2nd A expression something like
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Outlook Conditional Formatting by sender's email address?

Is it possible to set Conditional Formatting based on the sender's email address (rather than the name displayed in the From field)?
We're using Outlook 2010 in cached mode with an Exchange server.
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Hi,
Currently it's by design. If we change the display name by VBA, we may set the condition based on the Sender's email address:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/contacts/bulk-change-outlook-contacts-email-display-name-format/
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Discoverer conditional formating

Hello,
I am trying to establish if I can campare 2 values at runtime and alter the background colour based on the result i.e. IF A < B THEN bg_color = 'RED'. Do I need to do this through a PL/SQL function as standard conditional formatting seems quite limited.
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R David

Hi,
No, you can only add conditional formatting based on the value in the cell. So for example, you can create a calculation CASE WHEN A>B THEN 1 ELSE 0 END. The create conditional formatting setting the text and background to red if the calculated cell is 1. Then you will have a highlighted cell on the row where A>B but the rest of the row will not be highlighted.
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OBIEE 11g : Conditional formatting in Chart view based on different column

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I would like to add formatting to the bars based on another column.
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Hi, If you have column A and column B , and for example you want the values of column A to get formatted if the the correspoding value of column B less than a specific value. You just go to Criteria -> Get to Column A -> Column Properties -> Conditional Format -> Add Condition -> Choose your Column B , and then make sure the condition is " Less than the value you want"
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You drag again your column B , so that in Criteria -> Selected Columns , you'll have the columns A - B - B , then, you go to the newely added B Column -> Edit Formula and modify the formula to be ColumnA Minus ColumnB.
Then go back in selected columns to your A Column -> Column Properties -> Conditional Format -> Add Condition -> Choose now the new column ( ColumnA Minus ColumnB ), and then make sure the condition is " Less than the value *0* "
You can later, go and hide the colum A Minus B from Edit View in Results.
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