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Stuznet
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7 years ago
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Nested IF/AND Statement

I got stucked writing Nested IF/AND statement.    Below is the statement I wrote in Excel, ref!A1 is the date 8/31/2018   =IF(V2>ref!$A$1,"Future",IF(AND(V2<=ref!$A$1, X2=0),"Late",IF(AND(V2<=ref...
  • Sean's avatar
    Sean
    7 years ago

    The reason your formula is not working is that AND accepts only 2 arguments!

    I personally prefer MFelix's SWITCH approach using && easier to ready (for me at least)

    But you could try this...

    Column =
    IF (
        Data[BL Date] > DATE ( 2018, 8, 31 )
            = "Future",
        IF (
            AND ( Data[BL Date] <= DATE ( 2018, 8, 31 ), Data[Actual Date] <> 0 ),
            "Late",
            IF (
                AND ( AND ( Data[BL Date] <> 0, Data[Actual Date] <> 0 ), Data[Variance] <= 0 ),
                "On-Time",
                "Late"
            )
        )
    )

    StuznetLet me know if this actually works! :smileyhappy:

     

    EDIT: MFelix I believe you need to add this condition...

    nested if =
    IF (
        Data[BL Date] > DATE ( 2018, 8, 31 ),
        "Future",
        IF (
            Data[BL Date] <= DATE ( 2018, 8, 31 )
                && Data[Actual Date] <> 0,
            "Late",
            IF (
                Data[BL Date] <> 0
                    && Data[Actual Date] <> 0
                    && Data[Variance] <= 0,
                "On-Time",
                "Late"
            )
        )
    )

    And...

    SWITCH FORMULA =
    SWITCH (
        TRUE (),
        Data[BL Date] > DATE ( 2018, 8, 31 ), "Future",
        Data[BL Date] <= DATE ( 2018, 8, 31 )
            && Data[Actual Date] <> 0, "Late",
        Data[BL Date] <> 0
            && Data[Actual Date] <> 0
            && Data[Variance] <= 0, "On-Time",
        "Late"
    )

     

  • Stuznet's avatar
    Stuznet
    7 years ago

    Thank you so much for your help but the correct formula I'm looking is this. Now the result are matching. 

     

    Spoiler
    SWITCH FORMULA =
    SWITCH (
    TRUE (),
    Data[BL Date] > DATE ( 2018, 8, 31 ), "Future",
    Data[BL Date] <= DATE ( 2018, 8, 31 )
    && ISBLANK(Data[Actual Date]) , "Late",
    Data[BL Date] <= DATE ( 2018, 8, 31 )
    && ISBLANK(Data[Actual Date]) = FALSE()
    && Data[Variance] <= 0, "On-Time",
    "Late"
    )