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Conditional formatting OR option

krrissti

Please create an OR option for conditional formatting. I have a list of 50 numbers, and I need to highlight if any of them exist in a specific cell. Without an OR option, I have to make 50 rules to accomplish this. Frustrating!

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Andrée Starå

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/109309/conditional-formatting-or-option

Hi,

I hope you're well and safe!

Here's a possible workaround or workarounds

You could add a so-called helper column with a formula that checks for the different conditions. You'd then reference it in the Conditional Formatting rule.

Would that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Steve K

I very much agree that this would be very helpful. Although the helper column solution may be a workaround, it is an additional complexity. If 'AND' conditions are workable, I believe so should 'OR' conditions.

Kay_W

This would be super helpful. Our sheets are getting to the point of too many helper columns as a workaround for other functionalities. I think we are seeing performance issues on our teams with too many formula columns in a sheet. As for the conditional formatting, would be great to edit the conditions in one place, without having to find the column, edit the formula, then go back into conditional formatting to adjust the formats.

Amark

I would like to request the ability to add 'OR' logic to conditional formatting rules. Currently, formatting is limited to 'AND' conditions. Having an 'OR' option would allow us to apply the same formatting to a row if any of multiple criteria are met, rather than needing to create several separate, redundant rules.