Cell Changed Color When Formula Updated

rshelnutt · 3:12PM

I just updated a date cell formula to give someone a little longer to complete a list of tasks and they all turned yellow. It' not a cell filled color because you can't remove it. I have updated this formula before and not had any issues with the box changing colors, so I can't figure out why it's doing it now. It's a simple formula =Start@row+21. I only changed the 21 value - it previously was 14 for a two week deadline. Will the color go away? The only reason it is concerning is that I use that yellow color to indicate something is in progress and I don't want people to get confused.

TIA!

Regina

Andrée Starå · 3:14PM

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/133018/cell-changed-color-when-formula-updated

Hi,

I hope you're well and safe!

It's probably the Highlight Changes feature that is active.

Do you know of it?

Was that the issue?

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic day!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Jennifer Kurtz · 3:16PM

Hi Regina!

You're referring to the cell color where you have the formula (and not, say, a symbol Status column)?

Is it possible you have the "Highlight Changes" toggled on? That will highlight any cells where there's been a change - and yellow is the default color.

Alternately, you could check your conditional formatting rules to see what's there.

Feel free to post a screenshot if you're still having trouble!

rshelnutt · 3:35PM

Highlight changes was on. When I turned it off, the yellow went away. I have never used that feature, so it must default to that. Thanks so much for the quick response. I knew I would find my answer here! 😀

Andrée Starå · 3:50PM

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/461493#Comment_461493

Excellent!

Happy to help!

And it was probably someone else that turned it on. It's a very useful feature to be in the loop of what has changed.

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