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I am working on formulas to get approvals in one of my sheets - But there are more than 2 options and I'm finding it a bit confusing…

  • IF both directors APPROVE = Trade Off Accepted
  • IF one director APPROVES and the other one is PENDING = Pending Acceptance (Would I need two of these?)
  • IF both directors REJECT = Trade Off Rejected

So far I have this:

=IF(AND([Product Director Decision]@row = "Approved", [Technology Director Decision]@row = "Approved"), "Trade Off Accepted", "?")

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  • Community Champion
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    Hello,

    Something like this perhaps?

    =IF(OR([Product Director Decision]@row = "Pending", [Technology Director Decision]@row = "Pending"), "Pending Acceptance", IF(AND([Product Director Decision]@row = "Approved", [Technology Director Decision]@row = "Approved"), "Trade Off Accepted", IF(AND([Product Director Decision]@row = "Reject", [Technology Director Decision]@row = "Reject"), "Trade Off Rejected", "")))

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/zchrispalmer/

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  • Community Champion
    Answer ✓

    Hello,

    Something like this perhaps?

    =IF(OR([Product Director Decision]@row = "Pending", [Technology Director Decision]@row = "Pending"), "Pending Acceptance", IF(AND([Product Director Decision]@row = "Approved", [Technology Director Decision]@row = "Approved"), "Trade Off Accepted", IF(AND([Product Director Decision]@row = "Reject", [Technology Director Decision]@row = "Reject"), "Trade Off Rejected", "")))

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/zchrispalmer/

  • Thank you! That one helped me!

    I worked off of that one and came up with this one:

    =IF(OR([Product Director Decision]@row = "Requested", [Technology Director Decision]@row = " Requested"), "Pending Acceptance", IF(AND([Product Director Decision]@row = "Approved", [Technology Director Decision]@row = "Approved"), "Trade Off Accepted", IF(AND([Product Director Decision]@row = "Approved", [Technology Director Decision]@row = "Requested"), "Pending Acceptance", IF(AND([Product Director Decision]@row = "Requested", [Technology Director Decision]@row = "Approved"), "Pending Acceptance", IF(AND([Product Director Decision]@row = "Reject", [Technology Director Decision]@row = "Reject"), "Trade Off Rejected", "")))

  • Community Champion

    Awesome! Glad this helped get to your solution :-)

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/zchrispalmer/

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