Hello,
I am using the following formula to represent health color for individual rows:
=IF([Start Date]40 > TODAY(), "Blue", IF(AND([% Complete]40 < 1, [End Date]40 < TODAY()), "Red", IF(COUNTIFS(CHILDREN(), "Red") > 0, "Yellow", "Green")))
This formula works well for what I need except that I use a template project sheet with phases and tasks built in. The problem arises from the health indicator being red when the start and end dates are blank. In dashboards, this makes it appear the project is failing if I dont have a future start and end date on every row. At the moment, I set the dates in the template way out into the future to achieve the blue color. The cascading issue then becomes the duration and expected end date of the entire project is massively incorrect until I get a real date on every row (which doesnt happen right away for new projects).
In a perfect world, I would like to build the project template with associated tasks in the template file, set all the start dates and end dates as blanks and have the health bubbles blue.
Thus my question: Can I add to the formula above to check for blank cells and color them blue without ruining the logic of the formula as it currently is?
Any feedback, including alternative ways to handle my issue without modifying the formula, are welcome. Also, before someone thinks I know what I am doing...I did not write the above formula. It came as part of the template pack from Smartsheet. Thanks!