Need to apply conditional formatting to a parent row when a child row date is in the past
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Hi Justin,
You would need to add a so-called helper column with a formula that, for example, could check a box for the parent row that meets the conditions and use that in the conditional formatting rule.
Make sense?
Would that work?
I hope that helps!
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Best,
Andrée Starå
Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD
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Thanks Andree, would you be able to tell me more specifically what kind of formula I need to enter into the column? I get that it's probably an =IF function, but I'm not sure how to define the criteria to flag if the child is red then the parent should be as well.
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Try something like this. Add the formula to the parent in the flag column.
=IF(COUNTIFS(CHILDREN(Finish@row); <TODAY(); CHILDREN(Completed@row); 0); 1)
The same version but with the below changes for convenience.
=IF(COUNTIFS(CHILDREN(Finish@row), <TODAY(), CHILDREN(Completed@row), 0), 1)
Depending on your country/region, you'll need to exchange the comma to a period and the semi-colon to a comma.
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