Flag duplicate titles but not if the title is blank

Hiya, I am trying to write a formula that flags entries if the content of the title column is repeated, but I need it to ignore entries that have a blank title. My current one is:

=IF(COUNTIFS([Conference Title]:[Conference Title], [Conference Title]@row > 1, [Conference Title]:[Conference Title], [Conference Title]@row) = "", 1, 0)

The syntax is correct, but it doesn't flag any entries, even when I can see duplicates.

I think the solution is simple and staring me in the face, but I can't seem to get it.

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Paul Newcome

Try this:

=IF(AND([Conference Title]@row <> "", COUNTIFS([Conference Title]:[Conference Title], [Conference Title]@row)> 1), 1)

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Paul Newcome

Try this:

=IF(AND([Conference Title]@row <> "", COUNTIFS([Conference Title]:[Conference Title], [Conference Title]@row)> 1), 1)

Elijah

That worked a charm, thank you so much!

Paul Newcome

Happy to help. 👍️

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