Question

I am working on a spreadsheet where I need to get the result of a 1, 2 or 3 depending on the conditions in an if statement, however excel is behaving very strangely. I have attached the image below and the IF statement (feel free to advise if the statement can be improved). I wonder if anyone can explain whats going on?

The issue I am experience is that The top line, and 3rd line arent different in term of status, no completed date and no revised date. The statement I am running to output 1,2, or 3 is as follows:

=IF(AND(K16<>"",J16="",OR(K16<=I16,K16<=J16)),1,IF(AND(K16<>"",J16<>"",K16<=J16,K16>I16),2,IF(AND(K16<>"",J16<>"",K16<=I16),1,IF(AND(K16="",E15="Completed"),1,IF(AND(K16="",OR(E16="Behind Target",E16="Not Started")),3,IF(AND(K16="",E16="On Target"),2,3))))))

Can anyone advise please. I am using excel 2003

Answer 1

First of all, your formula points to cell E15 but should probably point to E16. That alone may fix your problem. If not, the formula below follows these rules:

• 1’s should be for tasks that were completed by the original time or are marked as completed in the status column
• 2’s should be for tasks
  which have finished after the original target but before the revised target date or are marked as on target but not yet completed
• 3’s
  should be anything are behind target or not started and have nothing in the completed date field

=IF(OR(E16="Completed",AND(K16<>"",K16<=I16)),1, IF(OR(E16="On Target",AND(K16>I16,K16<J16)),2, IF(AND(K16="",OR(E16="Behind Target",E16="Not Started")),3)))