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    Hi,

    I have a spreadsheet that has a load of tasks which shows "Due Dates" in Column H, "Current status" (Open, Overdue, Closed) in Column I and "Days Overdue" in column J.

    I'm trying to find a way that I can get excel to update statues automatically and find a formula that will show how many days overdue tasks are while the task is still open but stop counting once it's set to closed.

    For example:
    Today being 12/06/20
    Task 1 has a due date of 20/05/20 and was completed on 27/05/20. I'd like the column J to show that it was 7 days overdue but not continue to increase as the days increase.
    Task 2 has a due date of 30/06/20 is currently open so Column J will show 0 until 30/06, where Column I will update to Overdue and Column J will increase by each day until it's set to closed where it will stop.

    I hope that makes sense.

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    Re: Automatic Updating of Overdu Tasks

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    Re: Automatic Updating of Overdu Tasks

    There are instructions at the top of the page explaining how to attach your sample workbook.

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    Re: Automatic Updating of Overdue Tasks

    Thanks for changing that for me.

    I've attached a sample workbook. I wasn't sure how to populate columns G and H.

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    Re: Automatic Updating of Overdue Tasks

    Column J will increase by each day until it's set to closed where it will stop.
    You'll need VBA code for this bit - shall I move the thread for you?

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