Conditional Formatting Not Giving Expected Result for Percentages

[CMoppet]

Hello,  I am applying conditional formatting to a scorecard I've built but the formatting isn't behaving as expected for a column of data in the PERCENTAGE format.  

As per my image below, values of 96% should be green, but the January entry is coming through red, and the February is coming though green, and I'm not sure why!  Please can someone help?   Many Thanks

[CMoppet]

Thank you!  It's sorted now 🙂

[Wilson_ · Accepted solution]

Hi CMoppet,

Try setting your rules as values instead of percentages. For example, instead of >= 95 Percent and <= 100 Percent, use >= .95 Number and <= 1 Number instead.

Percentage does something different than what you're thinking. Check this Microsoft resource out for further details.

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