Nesting IF, AND, etc. syntax

rbuckner

I am trying to get a status to report as flagged in certain situations and not others. I need it to be specific, because I have alerts for when the status is flagged and I don't want it to happen when it isn't necessary.

Right now I have:

IF(ISBLANK([Last Maintenance Check]@row), 1, IF(ISBLANK([Next Maintenance Check]@row), 0, IF([Next Maintenance Check]@row <= TODAY(7), 1, IF([Needs Maintenance]@row = "checked", 1))))

This works, except that when there isn't an item yet to have a status, meaning a blank row, then it is still flagged. I want to be able to apply this to my entire sheet so that as rows are added from the form, that the formula will already be applied. So I need to add something to the effect of: "when [item] is not equal to nothing/is not blank" as a condition.

I attempted:

=IF(AND(ISBLANK([Last Maintenance Check]@row, NOT(ISBLANK([Asset Brand/Model]@row), 1, IF(ISBLANK([Next Maintenance Check]@row), 0, IF([Next Maintenance Check]@row <= TODAY(7), 1, IF([Needs Maintenance]@row = "checked", 1))))))

but I get INCORRECT ARGUMENT

Andrée Starå

Hi,

Are the cells checked in a specific order?

Have you tried using something like: =IF(NOT(ISBLANK([Last Maintenance Check]@row)); 0)

Would that work?

I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Paul Newcome

Let's start by adjusting your original formula. You have a few parenthesis out of place.

=IF(AND(ISBLANK([Last Maintenance Check]@row), NOT(ISBLANK([Asset Brand/Model]@row))), 1, IF(ISBLANK([Next Maintenance Check]@row), 0, IF([Next Maintenance Check]@row <= TODAY(7), 1, IF([Needs Maintenance]@row = "checked", 1))))

There may be other adjustments needed, but the parenthesis was the first issue I noticed. Give it a shot and let me know how it works for you. If it is still giving you trouble, we can dive into it a little deeper.