Invalid Data Type Error

tbelly50

I'm trying to have a symbol turn "yellow" if the number of check boxes in a selected is even (and >0), or "red" if uneven. To do this I made a hidden column with a formula counting how many boxes were checked:

=COUNTIFS([ColumnA]@row:[ColumnF]@row, 1

Then in the symbol column, wrote the following formula:

=IF([HiddenColumn]@row >= 1, AND(IF(ISEVEN([HiddenColumn]@row), "Red", "Green")))

But now I get an "Invalid Data Type" error message in the symbol column when any amount of boxes are checked. Help please!

James Keuning

=IF(HiddenColumn@row > 0, IF(ISEVEN(HiddenColumn@row), "EVEN", "ODD"), "")

If it's bigger than zero, test for EVEN/ODD and return EVEN or ODD. If it's not bigger than zero, then blank

Genevieve P.

Hi @tbelly50

I see you marked James' answer as not resolving your question. I notice you have the AND function in potentially the wrong place, if you're looking for both conditions in the first IF statement.

Try:

=IF(AND([HiddenColumn]@row >= 1, ISEVEN([HiddenColumn]@row)), "Red", "Green")

If this is still returning an error, it may be that your hidden column has an error. Check to see if your COUNTIFS is in the right type of column (text/number).

Cheers,

Genevieve