Trouble with RYG Formula:

Beth Blome

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong here? I am trying to automate RYG balls from a % column.

=IF([% Complete]3 < 50, "Red", IF([% Comlete]3 = 100, "Green, IF([% Complete] >50 AND <100, "Yellow")

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Beth Blome

=IF([% Complete]3 < 50, "Red", IF([% Complete]3 = 100, "Green, IF([% Complete] >50 AND <100, "Yellow")

Corrected spelling error!

Mike Wilday

Smart sheet displays the percentages as such, but in reality the backend is reading a decimal. When referencing perecentages in formulas you should use .5 for 50% and 1 for 100%. SO your formula would look like this...

=IF([% Complete]3 < .5, "Red", IF([% Complete]3 = 1, "Green, IF([% Complete] >.5 AND <1, "Yellow")

Beth Blome

Thanks Mike, but there is still something wrong: unparseable!

I have tried a dozen times with the same results!

Mike Wilday

Duh I should have looked more carefully! And statements should be made as indicated below...

=IF([% Complete]3 < .5, "Red", IF([% Complete]3 = 1, "Green, IF(AND([% Complete]3 >.5, [% Complete]3 <1), "Yellow")))

You also didn't have enough closing parenthesis.

Beth Blome

Maybe I have been staring at this too long! It still doesn't work. Did it work for you?

YOU are a peach, by the way. Thanks for helping.

Mike Wilday

Are you getting unparseable still?

Mike Wilday

=IF([% Complete]3 < .5, "Red", IF([% Complete]3 = 1, "Green", IF(AND([% Complete]3 >.5, [% Complete]3 <1), "Yellow")))

Green was missing a closing quotation mark!

Beth Blome

Yes

#baldfromtearinghairout

Mike Wilday

Did this one work?

=IF([% Complete]3 < .5, "Red", IF([% Complete]3 = 1, "Green", IF(AND([% Complete]3 >.5, [% Complete]3 <1), "Yellow")))

Green was missing a quotation mark!

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